"Helele" is a song by South African singer Velile Mchunu and Danish percussion duo Safri Duo

Safri Duo

Safri Duo is a Danish percussion duo composed of Uffe Savery and Morten Friis . Initially classically oriented, by 1999 they were discovered by a label executive working on classical music. After being signed, a track mixing both tribal sound and modern electronica was set to be released in 2000...

. It was released on 7 May 2010 as the lead single from Safri Duo's forthcoming Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (Safri Duo album)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Danish percussion duo Safri Duo released on 21 June 2010. It is released nearly ten years after Safri Duo scored an international hit single with "Played-A-Live " in 2001, which became the fourth fastest selling single ever in Europe, selling over 1.5...

album. The song is the official trailer song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup

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 broadcasted on German television channel RTL

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 and Switzerland's Schweizer Fernsehen

Schweizer Fernsehen

Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland...

 and Télévision Suisse Romande

Télévision Suisse Romande

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 in June–July. "Helele" is based on the 1971 song "Aieaoa

Aie a Mwana

"Aie a Mwana" is the best-known title of a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger....

" by French producer Daniel Vangarde

Daniel Vangarde

Daniel Vangarde, born Daniel Bangalter in 1947, is a French songwriter and producer. He is the father of music composer Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk.-History:...

 and Belgian producer Jean Kluger

Jean Kluger

Jean Kluger is a Belgian artist, producer, songwriter and musical composer.His career started in 1957, working for his father's company, World Music. He wrote widely for the French and German pop music markets, including songs for Dalida, Will Tura, Ringo and Petula Clark...

 in the group Yamasuki. It was famously covered by Belgian group Black Blood in 1975 and English girl group Bananarama

Bananarama

Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...

 in 1981. "Helele" peaked at number one in Switzerland, number two in Germany and number eight in Austria.

On 29 August 2010, "Helele" has won an award for "Best International Single of the Summer" during the 2010 Bydgoszcz Hit Festival in Poland.

Track listing

• CD single

1. "Helele" (Safri Duo Single Mix) – 3:07
2. "Helele" (Single House Mix) – 3:27

• Digital download #1

1. "Helele" (Safri Duo Single Mix) – 3:07
2. "Helele" (Single House Mix) – 3:27
3. "Helele" (Flipside & Michael Parsberg
   Michael Parsberg
   Michael Parsberg is a Danish trance and house producer and DJ.Parsberg has been the co-producer behind successful Danish acts such as Safri Duo, DJ Encore and Barcode Brothers, and has remixed numerous of Danish and international artists like Shakira, Infernal and Aqua.-Singles:* 1993 "Anal Snax"...
   
    Remix) – 5:52

• Digital download #2

1. "Helele" (Tribal Pop Mix) – 3:27
2. "Helele" (Safri Duo Extended Mix) – 5:05
3. "Helele" (Klaas
   Klaas (DJ)
   Klaas Gerling, known as Klaas, is a German DJ and producer from Cologne in Germany. He works with Micha Moor under the label Scream & Shout. He has remixed Global Deejays, Armand Van Helden, Eddie Thoneick, and Michael Mind...
   
    Club Edit) – 5:30
4. "Helele" (Klaas Radio Edit) – 2:59
5. "Helele" (Kato Remix) – 7:11
6. "Helele" (Kato Remix Edit) – 4:00

Personnel

• Jean Kluger
  Jean Kluger
  Jean Kluger is a Belgian artist, producer, songwriter and musical composer.His career started in 1957, working for his father's company, World Music. He wrote widely for the French and German pop music markets, including songs for Dalida, Will Tura, Ringo and Petula Clark...
  
   – songwriting
  Songwriter
  A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
  
  
• Daniel Vangarde
  Daniel Vangarde
  Daniel Vangarde, born Daniel Bangalter in 1947, is a French songwriter and producer. He is the father of music composer Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk.-History:...
  
   – songwriting
• Velile Mchunu – lyrics
  Lyricist
  A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
  
  
• Hardy Krech – production
• Mark Nissen – production
• Tonekind – co-production

Source:

Charts

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Chart (2010)	Peak position
European Hot 100 Singles	12
Poland (ZPAV)	3

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
European Hot 100 Singles	83
German Singles Chart	14

Certifications