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FIFA World Cup 2022: FIFA World Cup’s hangover is speaking on people these days. This is the reason that the song Waka Waka of Columbian singer Shakira is once again trending on social media. 2010 Football WorldRead more
Waka Waka Song: Shakira made a lot of headlines by singing the official song ‘Waka Waka’ of the 2010 Football World Cup.
New DelhiThe semi-finals of the Football World Cup will be played on 14-15 December. The first semi -final match between Argentina and Croatia is to be held between Argentina and Croatia in Qatar’s stadium. Before the World Cup semi -final matches, you must hear the most famous official song Waka Waka of the Football World Cup. Because this song not only reflects the innocent love of sports enthusiasts towards football, but also gives a chance to listen to the charming voice of Columbian singer Shakira once again. The popularity of this song can be gauged from the fact that more than 335 crore people have seen this song of Shakira on YouTube.
This number of listeners of Waka Waka Song is on Shakira’s official channel, its copy can be seen and heard on many other channels of YouTube, whose number of views is also in millions. In 2010 in South Africa Football World Cup This song was given the status of official song. Colombian superstar singer Shakira Tal ‘Waka waka‘By singing, there was a panic worldwide. Say the magic of Shakira’s voice or crazy about football, even today this song is seen very much on YouTube.
Waka Waka How Popular
You may be surprised to know that this song is not originally from Colombia’s famous singer Shakira. This song is from Africa, but it was first sung by the Cameron Group in the year 1986. The African song ‘Zameena Meena Jangaleva’ was first sung by the Cameron Mina, Zangalewa by Cameroonian Group. Say the craze or sweetness of this song, Shakira sang it for the Football World Cup in 2010, after which the craze towards it continued to grow further. This is the reason that more than 300 crore people have seen this on Shakira’s YouTube channel alone.
Shakira accused of stealing a song
The ‘Jangaleva’ song that the Cameronian group made the song popular in 1986 included members of the army of parts of Africa. The army and policemen there have been using this song during training. So when Shakira sang ‘Waka Waka’, she was accused of theft. But neither Shakira’s record label nor FIFA gave credit or compensation to the artists of Cameron for using their songs and composition.
