eddy grant - gimme hope joanna

[lxtrix1]

how is this song now something that sells yogurt drink ?

[Bios1924aek]

my ex-girlfriend's name is joanna..joanna give me my life back :(

[LICDEEZ001]

love this song (-:

[aguyuno]

How is it possible to hear this song, an anti-apartheid theme, and think "HEY THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR A YOGURT COMMERCIAL". Like what the fuck, advertising people. Seriously.

[Confirmedgenius]

SWEET!!! EDDY IS A MAGNIFICENT TALENT - MY FAVOURITE REGGAE ARTIST - AFTER BOB OFCOURSE

[Pancakex31]

south africa i love you!

[shillbert]

Give me Yop, me mama, Yop me mama, Yop for when the morning come!

[donttalkshizzle]

my nan was born 1938, she was mixed race, this was her anthem, i say was because she has passed.. this so reminds me of growing up in southafrican sunshine ahhh lifetime supply of vitamin d

[rmo18]

johannesburg is a huge stinky dump

[MetalDoraemon6]

MariJoanna

[Bozewani]

Oh the ANC he ruins a country they runs in Pretoria and the Eastern Cape they only cares about few people he don't give a damn about the rest While every mother in black Shoshangwe is begging for water and electricty the ANC is partying with diamonds and gold even the archbishop is a peaceful man says the service delivery protestors will overcome the very strong I want to know if you dumb joana if you want to see another Arab spring can't you see the tide is turning

[hayden50]

@Bozewani hehehe...

[Bozewani]

@hayden50 i didn't support apartheid but neither do I support the ANC

[hayden50]

why can't i stop listening to this song ???

[donttalkshizzle]

@hayden50 because it is beautiful =]

[majoran1999]

:D

I like this song

[Lajjan29]

Gimmie hope joanna, GIMMIE HOPE JOANNA! <3

[faffajani]

hope

[hayden50]

meaningful song, anti-apartheid reggae

[suntbelgae]

i love the messege that this song contains about post colonial africa :)

[05051978able]

The song is really rocck till to time indefinate!

[XxSuperBock96]

gimme DOPE joanna, DOPE joanna

[cinephilia1]

@XxSuperBock96

I'd rather have her diamonds. >=D

[Dmitjrew]

Such a positive tune. True reggae shaman! Yah man!

[gospodinPipi]

it took me a while to find out that joanna is actually johannesburg (...she runs the country, ...in a black soweto) nevertheless, the lyrics are so powerfull and meaningfull

[highrhino]

@gospodinPipi i dont think joanna is jo'burg i cant find any resource to support that it was the seat of apartheid power and i inst one of the 3 capital cities now just the biggest in sa

[xdogu2]

@highrhino According to wikipedia "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" is a song originally by Eddy Grant, a well-known anti-apartheid reggae anthem from the 1980s, written during the apartheid era in South Africa.

[greatwhitefish1]

@highrhino I am South African and was born and raised in Johannesburg. Johannesburg is also known as "Joeys" or "Joburg" or "Egoli" (Zulu name for "gold" which is where gold was discovered) and this song Joanna refers to Johannesburg which is the largest city in South Africa and was during the apartheid era the centre of the anti-apartheid movement. This song was banned in SA when it was released. Inside SA, we never knew about the song until years later.

[AtelierVrealestate]

HH Shri Shri 1008 Soham Baba referred to this song in several interviews during the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference COP17 in Durban, "Give me hope Durban, give me hope Durban before the morning come". Unfortunately there came no real hope that the world leaders will act on short term to stop global warming. It's a shame that the speech from a 13 year old girl about Climate Change at UN Conference June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro is after 19 years still very actual!

[channelhismojo]

@AtelierVrealestate That's because people know global warming caused by CO2 emissions is a SCAM.

[StarsksyHype]

WHEN I WAKE UP IN THA MORNIN AM STILL ASLEEP

I REALLY DONTA WANT NO TOAST

DONT WANT NO TEA NO CERAL

ITS A YOGHURT DRINK IM WANTIN' MOST OOOOOOOOH

GIMME YOP ME MAMA, SMOOTH, YOP ME MAMA

GIMME YOP ME MAM FOR WHEN DA MORNIN COME

[elel70]

@StarsksyHype Haha, I remember that

[JokiicaxD]

My name is Jovana. :)

[Mozzartpwns]

@JokiicaxD Ćao zdravo :D

[JokiicaxD]

@Mozzartpwns ma caoooo :D

[ThePeace2012]

Oh God...Give every one HOPE...

[Tautoulogic]

Joanna is a Mossad operative obviously.

[debmalya34]

can't u see the tide is turning.....don't let me wait till the morning come....oh...what a veiled threat!!!!

[HinFoo]

too little booties, bitches and drugs..............j/k

[Eeney1]

Mourning, not morning........inspired stuff, people dancing around to a fairly dark political cry.

Could anyone get away with a pop song about Chinas human rights? doubt it...

[Bozewani]

@Eeney1 Already have Chinese democracy Guns N Roses

[Mec7407]

Increíble, que canción. Me encanta.

[hilebard]

i am from sweden

[ruler277]

Great song and especiaslly the artist.

What happened to Gimme hope, washington

[rebelflames]

CLASSIC!!!

[paganini1224]

eddie grant, in this song, seemed to be years ahead of his time. it appears that when he mentions 'JOANNA" he is talking about the "real" leaders of this world who will do anything to be leaders of us all. he is speaking of the new world order

[Augustusfrank]

@paganini1224 lol at you

[starguard]

@paganini1224 AMEN!!

[MegaEli1971]

wow... great memories of good music......

[osadia13]

Maravilloso vídeo, Arte puro de ÁFRICA!

[Martha7481]

So cuteeeeeee



[iarhungry]

Durban - South Africa!

Show your Pride!

[Killarney12345]

been in South Africa on charity work before and it's pretty sad to say that even though it may seem like eddy grant's wish came true, it hasn't...

[g00nther]

@Killarney12345 There's a long way to go. There are deep structural problems that will take a generation to resolve, if the political will is there. I hope the political class is enlightened enough to do what's needed.

I'm still amazed by the relatively bloodless transition from apartheid to democracy. What Mandela and others did is truly amazing.

[ashekist1]

@g00nther Now its going back into apartheid, this time whites are to be killed. That's what the ANC has said -_-, the old south africa that mandela wanted was long fucking gone.

[kolotoumpaz]

aekara...stathera kai ameiwta

[claudegreengrass81]

@bbajen yes he was but the stork didn't bring him there

[petreosfe]

soy de Guinea Ecutorial y me encanta esta música, en especial esta canción. Gracias Eddy. estoy muy orgullosa de todos los negros que hacen buena música. Saludos desde Pontevedra España.

[truthoutmedia]

More hope for South Africa when White ruled.

[bbajen]

Eddy Grant is not even from Africa. He is born in Guyana in South America.

[Ratchet936]

fucking disgraceful song

[Darrknox]

@Ratchet936 How so?

[slimv29]

This song nowadays sounds more like US nowadays, coincidence? Don't think so

[joann4970]

hey that song is only for mee :DDDD

[StarWarsjunky1]

@hstac09 yep

[JoannaBanana2011]

Joanna had him killed for singing this song. its an amazing song great singer

[ashekist1]

Way better than that waka waka shit.

[g00nther]

@ashekist1 There's nothing wrong with Waka Waka. It's was just a feel good upbeat song for the World Cup. It fit the mood perfectly. Gimme Hope is something else entirely.

[rockstribute]

whoa Gimme YOP me mumma

[hstac09]

This is real music. I miss the 80's...

[ThalesIII]

One of the few songs that had a distinct impact. I mainly danced to it, but it reached a huge audiance that way. OF COURSE I LOVE IT!

[cozzyMz]

this song anoyying

[Adeldee]

The audio is so clear!! I understood every single word :)

[vanderoost111]

now the zulus are breeding the joannas lol

[dmistavy]

คนล่าฝันใช่ไหมคับ คนไทย!!

[ham123321]

@dmistavy  i think so, haha

[Koeienkapsel]

my name is joanna... ;p

[iarhungry]

Proudly South African!

[MaggieACharva]

Yop me mamma smooth brought me here & it sounds like a Boney M song too.

[n050890]

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ - Congratulations AFRICA!!! - RESPECT FROM EU!

[rdshooligan]

eddy tekken 3

[rikard1414]

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, activist Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and rights activist Tawakkul Karman of Yemen share this year's Nobel Peace Prize... Congratulations from Sweden :D

[ThemuthaphukkinP]

Filthy fucking coons

[kitkittykatie]

OMG THEY SHOULD TOTALLY PLAY THIS IN THE CLUBS INSTEAD!! :o maybe people would start growing hearts aswell again.. :o you are what you hear keep that in mind ;) give me hope jo'anna <3 :O 

[deki740]

@kitkittykatie

I heard this song for the first time last Saturday at a cafe club in the city. So they are playing it, at least here. :)

[inshepherdswetrust]

@kitkittykatie yes but you know what they say. sex drugs and violence sells...

[kebbs56]

@kitkittykatie we did, today

[kebbs56]

@kebbs56 .discochesterfield.co.uk

[vertxxgg]

give us hope Johannesburg bru coz Joannasburg JHB n jozie needs A LOT of HOPE DIS DAYS broders n seuntjies....from jo-burg

[theOliverse1]

98 people are hopeless

[ShizuokaDolphin]

98 people got no hope.

[gamebreaker9921]

Let me top Joanna let me top.

[1ndestructible]

Why I start singing "Obladi' oblada' life goes on braaa"...?

[zzz7628]

There was nothing wrong with apartheid, people should remember that if it wasn't for the white race colonising Africa then all the blacks would still be chucking spears around and eating each other. Blacks played no part in building it into a civilised country. It the nigs didn't like apartheid they were welcome to go back to living away from the towns and building mud huts and eating each other which is what they'd still be doing if the white man had never gone to Africa.

[SwissGuitarStarter]

Gimme hope, damn, give me hope solo :)

[monkeytown1000]

Eddy Grant grew up near where I live in Kentish Town, north London.went to Acland Burghley school which is 400 yards from me. When he was in The Equals in the '60s he had hair dyed white, when he went to the barber's in Kentish Town to tell him what he wanted the barber replied "Don't be a c**t"

Had a heart attack when he was young so went back and live in the Caribbean, think I read he eats about 20 mangoes a day cos he thinks they are good for your heart and "keep you regular. Ace song.

[rabesw]

Here in RSA we now sing "gimme hope malema" and "gimme hope mandela"

[blessmeish]

I love this old song :)

[RoleTDI]

Firstly I heard this song in 1987 and even after so many years, I remember and whist that song...:)

[ElMaruecan82]

Can't believe we went from this to "Waka Waka" :-)

[94vulic94]

@ElMaruecan82 well it is Africa :P

[kaurpalang9]

@ElMaruecan82 But teenagers in nowadays just shake their asses, and that kinda weird. Old school dude, old school!

[TheElrubio66]

yeah listen and smoke marihuana yeah uuuuuuuu

[ajna88]

That song remember me my holidays in Greece,in Selanik....tour by boat...and that song was playin'...Wow! I love,love,love Greece!

[RadaMcLaren32C]

97 people had to wait for the morning to come obviously :/

[mastergoalkeeper]

omg. love this one.

i´ve been to turkey this summer and they were playing this all the time (Y)

GIMME HOPE JOANNA !!!!

[granesmokio]

one of the voices of reggae!

[10ianpanda]

we are all fucked up..in a fucked up world..as long as we all pay our taxes and do what we are fuckin told..nobody gives a fuck...

[jokatlynch]

my names joanna. hehe

[Franckfromjapan]

That tune reminds me my young years... I so love it. ^^

[SashKaLakers]

@Franckfromjapan Man ! I was like 4 years old jumping all over my small bed when listening to this song and repeating - Bi-bi-bop Joanna ! Of course I didn't know english so well back then... but still repeating the song in english... :D:D

[pmlv666]

paulo

[Charlytrippo]

man... I think joanna can`t giev me no hope people are ever going to get better.

this is music guys, not some political babble about racism.

Grow some F*ing brains sometime.

[FateForga]

Do ya wana hear the sound of drums? No thx lol zulu are sick heads!

[livebetter2]

URGENT/IMPORTANT, READ THE MESSAGE IN MY PROFILE...

[aminrodriguez]

how can a song so cool bring a comment like that from the asshole down there...?

[putty1994]

This is to all the libyan rebels keep fighting and you'll soon be be free good luck and well done

[samirgossain]

Having heard this piece of shit, I can now confidently say, that BLACK people cannot do ANYTHING right.

[putty1994]

@samirgossain racist bastard you deserve to be executed

[putty1994]

@samirgossain and no i'm not black just not an idiot

[samirgossain]

@putty1994 hi mate sorry a friend of mine wrote that comment on my computer. i'm sure he didn't mean what he said and wrote that purely to get a reaction and to wind up youtube users. if it's any consolation i think the way that eddy grant combines a knack for writing craftily arranged pop songs with genuinely moving messages is something the industry hasn't seen in a while. i'm glad you felt the need to dispute a comment like that. i'll stress again that it wasn't me, but i appreciate ur spirit

[SashKaLakers]

@samirgossain Screw you, snowwhite racist bastard ! From a white european.

[samirgossain]

@SashKaLakers congratulations. if you read the reply you'd realise that the initial comment wasn't left by me. I'm not white. You are an idiot. From a British-Asian who loves the music of Eddie Grant and absent-mindedly left this page open whilst having friends round.

[FreeLoveRockMusic]

0:47 destruction of vuvuzela

[111971adrian]

grande EDDY  je i emocionues

[mario19991]

fajny, wakacyjny kawałek! :)

[dschemael]

Epic!

[primalius]

MARyJOANNA!!! :)

[thejigoku]

Stand up Africa, don't let anyone buy U out. And ya I'm a white...LOL

[philipruthson]

Wow it is so soothing. At 21, was in South Pacific - Fiji, Tonga, Apia, Pago Pago, Honiara, Solomon Island etc. This song was most liked across Islanders and was often played on local / ANZ Radio. I am now 42 and whenever I hear this song - whole South Pacific comes before my eyes and give me pleasant memories. Especially when Mr. Grant performed in South Africa during closing ceremony of Cricket 20-20. All the best Mr. Eddy Grant !!!! Your fan from India PHILIP / MUMBAI / 12082011

[MrAXELFIELD]

dieses lied ist eines meiner liebsten!!!

[Rous1an]

Скажи Нет расизму!

[giota51]

eddy grant loves you in greece..:-)

[TheBarbaDaddy]

nostalgia at a high level! It was played constantly when I lived in Africa.

really like the song, and you can not help but love Africa.

[IoanaStoian]

My name is Joana :x

[TheLaradaniela97]

love love *.*

[sbabbaro1995]

96 persons doesn't know what is "hope"

[sbabbaro1995]

96 persons don't know what is "hope"

[fran4353]

peace

[ThemuthaphukkinP]

Fucking coons.

[nedatronics]

@ThemuthaphukkinP Yeah, these coons suck for being talented at singing and hoping for a better future. dolt!

[Misssgagacherryheart]

I`m 13. THIS IS BLOODY AMAZING! (:

[Misssgagacherryheart]

I`m 13. THIS IS BLOODY AMAIZING! (:

[Chitranjan7]

Thats my Countryman GUYANESE pride!!

[ritecliqer]

it doesnt matter anymore... let's all just move on an confront the common threat facing us all.. Child trafficking, domestic violence, corruption of leaders, oppression and suppression of the innocent... Can I hear somebody echo "yes we can..."

[MrsNoelFieldingXo]

give me yop me mamma xDD

[MrsNoelFieldingXo]

yop!

[totoledjay]

@MrBrisbane97 germans = nazis? ok then: french = cowards dutch = weed smokers italians = sexual pervs swiss = low english = unfunny belgians = retards americans = uncultivated jewish = means black = lazy arabs = thieves muslim = terrorists russians = alcool addicts asians = working robots south americans = drug dealers ... do you have other "smarts and very constructive" things like these to share on such a video?

[naccer1912]

@totoledjay

*Dutch = Ganja Smokers*

When i smoke i listen to this song and than i spaceee.

[mashinebenz]

@totoledjay Lol, good job ;)

[bilelulabula]

@totoledjay no, I think you've shared them all

[SouthsideNN]

@totoledjay portugueses and frenchs are the best people in europe,the rest is is scam and son'sof hitler

[totoledjay]

@SouthsideNN you're ridiculous, whatever your nation is!

[putty1994]

@SouthsideNN fuck you

[TheGenX1979]

@totoledjay hahaha dutch = weed and bellgiums = retarded , hahaha lmfao ! ( im dutch btw ) whahahaa

[Sauron000]

@totoledjay i like to be italian LOL, by the way ^^

[DevilDawg941]

@totoledjay you got it partially wrong russians= vodka addicts irish= alcohol addicts and you forgot about the native americans

[MoffSeerdon]

@totoledjay

Russian= Communist, "drunk"

Chienes = Annoying, little communist

Jamaicans = Marihuana, raggie

Brazilian = sex mania

Hungarians = Unhealthy foods, puszta emberei.

[SargeantDeath99]

@totoledjay these are simply...great stereotypes.

[Tumealicious21]

@totoledjay thanks for making that clear! :-)

[PeterYos]

@totoledjay jews=greedy evils.. or something like that

[SorenSorenssen]

@totoledjay Oh thank you, thank you, thank you for that comment, what else I could say, being part of one of the nations you have mentioned?! You give me hope :)

[dalejnc]

@totoledjay

slovenians are better drinkers than russians... :)

[dkrushi1]

se strinjam sz tabo :))))

agree with you :))))

[dalejnc]

@dkrushi1

hehe, nej se ve, kdo je bolši =D

[Njzizskmp]

@totoledjay i dont know about the rest, but as an european I know for a fact that Germans are nazis and French are cowards, history proved it to be true over and over again. Now Germany lost the World War two so they cant be as openly fascist as they once were and French as a nation are declining and are pretty much a minority in their own country right now, but the facts remain that Germans are nazis and French are cowards.

And EVERY SINGLE RUSSIAN I KNOW LOVES TO DRINK ;)

[Machine0141]

never realised how deep these lyrics were before. Only remembered the chorus and the meaning was totally lost on me untill now.

Jesus :S

[blakars]

wicked song, takes me back to the 80's... you da man Eddy, caught you at ragga's last year... or was it the year before?!

[MegaRocamadour]

@MrBrisbane97 It was English and Afrikaans speakers that put apartheid in place, not German speakers.