"Helele" is a Zulu language song by South African singer Velile Mchunu and Danish percussion duo Safri Duo. It was released on 7 May 2010 as the only new single from Safri Duo's Greatest Hits album. The song was the official trailer song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on German television channel RTL and Switzerland's Schweizer Fernsehen and Télévision Suisse Romande in June–July. "Helele" is based on the 1971 song "Aieaoa" by French producer Daniel Vangarde and Belgian producer Jean Kluger in the group Yamasuki. It was famously covered by Belgian group Black Blood in 1975 and English girl group Bananarama 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.Safri Duo z Danii podbili Bydgoszcz (in Polish)
Track listing CD single "Helele" (Safri Duo Single Mix) – 3:07 "Helele" (Single House Mix) – 3:27
Digital download #1 "Helele" (Safri Duo Single Mix) – 3:07 "Helele" (Single House Mix) – 3:27 "Helele" (Flipside & Michael Parsberg Remix) – 5:52
Digital download #2 "Helele" (Tribal Pop Mix) – 3:27 "Helele" (Safri Duo Extended Mix) – 5:05 "Helele" (Klaas Club Edit) – 5:30 "Helele" (Klaas Radio Edit) – 2:59 "Helele" (Kato Remix) – 7:11 "Helele" (Kato Remix Edit) – 4:00
Personnel Jean Kluger – songwriting Daniel Vangarde – songwriting Velile Mchunu – lyrics Hardy Krech – production Mark Nissen – production Tonekind – co-production
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Charts and certifications
Charts Chart (2010)PeakpositionEuropean Hot 100 Singles12 Hungary (Editors' Choice Top 40) 20Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard) 3Poland (ZPAV)Note: click 12.06. – 18.06.2010 3 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 8
Year-end charts Chart (2010)PositionAustria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)33European Hot 100 Singles83Germany (Official German Charts)14Russia Airplay (TopHit)91Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)12
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