Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Mbube Wimoweh

[MsBootzilla]

SIMPLY AWESOME

[Chupucabracandleabra]

I'm not ashamed to admit Coming to America brought me here

[angelorf]

if everyone is related to eachother, yo momma did incest!

[KINGOUNIT]

Coming to America!!!!!!!!!

[swiftalb]

I just can't believe that there are no instrumentals in this piece. My God, the beauty of the human voice!!!

[MoriyaMug]

@swiftalb Hunt down some Da Vinci's Notebook. You'd be surprised at just how much they do with a capella. :)

[ladime79]

PURE!!!...Amazing vocals!!..

[ezgsince93]

ill smoke a bowl to this



[psychomiri]

great !

[gvd90]

@Wesleech

Lol not everyone is related to everyone moron

[MoriyaMug]

@gvd90 Not exactly. If you go back far enough, all life is related to all other life. Of course, once you go past five degrees of separation, the degree of genetic relation is so remote that it's completely irrelevant... no more so than any random person one might meet on the street.

[verdemanthe1]

@gvd90 explain then how we are not all related,if you are a bible thumper we all came from one man,if you believe in science then we all came from the ocean,what is your creation theory? inquiring minds want to know!

[renton1983bish]

@TheWahr  ive traveled the world as well, ive been to 97 countrys, but the best is always home. GOD BLESS ENGLAND.

[beerbeIIy777]

it's very different from the "Coming to america" theme

[willlfc1]

COMING TO AMERICA, HO COULD NOT FORGET THIS SONG. LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO JUST GREAT

[WorldWatcher9]

Absolutly Beautiful Africa's Lullabys

I've visited africa twice only to realize one lifetime is'nt enough to experience all of its treasures they're singing in hausa a zulu language with its distintive clicking sounds

they should revive this beautiful acapella group and have them tour the U.S.

[AjLVChi]

I LOOVE this song! It's soo beautiful! i just love the music! The harmony is amazing! No amps; No electronic revamp or any instruments own! Just their amazing voices! Love, Love this!!!! I would LOOOOOVE to visit Africa some day, in which I will in the future visit my homeland!!

[TheNZNick]

Absolutely love this song, my all time favourite since i was just a young lad. I am told the original meaning of this song is a prayer for the return of Shaka Zulu, who is the 'sleeping lion' can anyone tell me what the words mbube and wimoweh actually mean? Cheers.

[ImperialistRunningDo]

@TheNZNick "Nbube" means "lion." "Wimoweh" doesn't mean anything; 'uyimbube' meanins "he is a lion."

[bsnguluwe25]

Long live the spirit of Africa

[dingo48307]

this song has a strangely calming affect on me. A true wordl classic.

[coldwatersonmyface]

have an original white label of the manhatten bros doing this. is excellant, best version i have heard

[ANTSSLAOSEOR]

lol..... i thought i never find this melody.....but i did...

[frankhaugen]

this song is one of THE most covered songs in the world, it's original is from early 1900's and I think this truly shows how great organic music really is. This particular rendition is my favorite, truly beautiful.

[mrjamiestraw]

You lsiten to this then wonder how the artist today that somehow get away with choosing there own nicknames get the most hits. Well they get hits from chart whores thas about it. This music on the other hand is sooo much closer to perfect. Much lvoe.

[magamans12]

amen

[kirby28645]

There is a /lot/ of amazing African folk music out there. Their culture, I believe, truly tends to define the very essence of humanity. Sure, I love a lot of European cultures, but there's no denying the fact that the African tie to nature and their own pasts is a trait all should strive for to some degree.

And if you like this, listen to Baba Yetu (from Civilization IV).

[LovingMyNaturalSelf]

beautiful

[themitchytshow]

I love this song it gives me a feeling I can't explan I can only express! And I would of never of heard this song and less I had watched Y yes the movie Coming to America!!!!

[themitchytshow]

I love is song it gives me a feeling I can explain I can only express! And I never would of heard this song and less I watched y yes Coming to America!

[ChRoNiiC95]

i love this song so much. their voices are gifts from God... you can feel it through your soul. does anyone have the lyrics to this song please?

[muneca227]

I loved this song!

[ajbondmi6]

A truly breathtaking piece, I will never tire of hearing it. I truly believe that if God were to send us a sound to inspire us, then this would be it. Astounding group of musicians. If only life was as beautiful and simplistic as this. I have seen many news clips from South Africa during the World Cup, and I am certain that although the tournament is over, your great nation will stay close to the hearts of those of us around the globe who witnessed it . Many thanks from England!

[jaramillo67]

Gracias Sudáfrica

[ChocolateChadice]

Yeah an some ignorant person commented on a video of them on Sesame Street saying they were expecting to hear some tongue clicking and stuff........like that's all they do right????????

[SuzyG80]

@ChocolateChadice No reason to get offended for that :) It's a remarkable and somewhat funny way of speaking. I remember that first time I heard the clicking sounds being spoken on telli I thought there was something wrong with the telli :) Because if I'd do those clicking sounds I make funny faces, but for those who speak these "click-sound"-languages it comes all natural. Anyway I recommend this one on youtube: 2Mwh9z58iAU

[LaminaDieWills]

I first heard this watching Coming to america...a bit far away from traditional means, but i loved it ever since. Its so soulful, peaceful and powerful.

[BloomfieldInc]

@solepo - That is powerful! It's people like you that will be the catalyst for change. I first heard this song when I was 14 from a South African teacher of mine, and fell in love the band ever since. I am heading over to Africa in 2 years time, maybe sooner, to help where I can. Even though I don't know you yet, it would be good to have you come with.

[DrKlassick17]

Ladysmith Black Mambazo made 3 different versions of Mbube. This is my favorite version of all the Mbube's ever made. My 2nd favorite version is the one my Ladysmithe Black that is like 4 minuts long. LOL!!!

[jonjah1]

as far as acapella is concerned the best so far. Sweet voices.

[juergi0815]

Ich steh auf diese Musik.

[apiszok]

Thank you, baqaqi, I checked, I know the english lyrics already. What I need is the zulu words... :)

[Palomee16]

Brought peace to this soul of mine...

[HappyfeetxD]

Despite all the bad things going on in South Africa, things as beautiful as this just makes me Proud to be South African

[jarellii]

I love this.. As an African American I'm proud of our native music.. this is such a great sound.. make me want to cry because of the emotion i feel while listening to my beaitiful brothers and sisters singing..

[apiszok]

Please.... Somebody could help me to find the lyrics...??

[baqaqi]

lyricsmode has them in English translation. I've been trying to post the link but it's not working. If you search Ladysmith Black Mambazo on their site you can find them

[MsStolly]

OK; I love Karl Denver's version - but - this is surely how Wimoweh SHOULD sound.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo's vocals generate shivers down the spine.

Beautiful; just beautiful.

[130664952]

I love them!

[ScriptWorker]

Amazing music and harmonies. Can anyone authentically write out the pronounciation of the Zuku words? They can sometimes be lost in the great crossover of the singing. So beautiful.

[SammoGP]

I am so proud to be a South African... this song evokes the images of Africa... the might plains, the wide open spaces, the wild... beautiful... no place like africa.

[firulaybimbinisio]

well said my friend!! i love this song even i am not an south \african.. but you people have a great culture and lovely music..

graten from Amsterdam Holland(born in the Domincan Republic)

[plimsoul222]

@SammoGP Does it also invoke memories of Apartheid, diamond theft and rape of freedom and dignity for the benefit of a few immigrants?

[SammoGP]

@plimsoul222. Not really of apartheid as much... their music is centered around the beauty of africa and the zulu nation... just a few of their songs reflect on apartheid... but really their music is really about healing and reconciliation through the medium of music and the harmonies they sing of... but I hear u...

[BiffLunch]

This is what enlightenment sounds like. Opening the soul to all that exists around you. EPIC!

[claytonskyler]

This group is incredible......what an inspiration to us all.I think they are great

[etah41us]

This is P.U.R.E C.L.A.S.S

[Dragonwing16]

this music makes me feel alive and love everything around me

[adove73]

When my son was a baby their music was his lullaby tape. I love them!

[nightswimmer99]

@adove73 - your son was a lucky baby. I bet he spent many peaceful nights. :)

[Dragonwing16]

i second that

[obzaoagile]

do u guys know dat there are no beats here!!!thy making heir owns sounds!!!vintage!!!

[justaman6972]

google (esperanto) this is what you are hearing.

namaste

[lovelydiva06]

beautiful, just so beautiful

[Beezerjuice]

To hear these gentlemen sing is a very emotional experience. Such Harmonies. 5*****

[TheWahr]

I traveled the world and no doubt South Africa inspite of it´s problems, is by far the most beautiful,amazing Place on earth ,it´s people ,diverse culture,music there is nothing on this world which compares trust me I lived on three continents seen some of the most amazing places on earth but nothing ,nothing compares with South Africa

[willemellis]

@TheWahr thank you!

[Oyvindjs]

Suddenly.... my skin feels so crammed and too tight to wear... cause of the chills and all the goosebumps i just got!!!

this... is... music from the soul!

[samdon815]

Harmony is the language of Uversa

[RespectJahJah]

Beautiful, peaceful and IRIE song! Love it

[bitchylawlor123]

your a fag

[ZeNoodle]

come on...this is a beautiful song with people just trying to appreciate ancient cultures, do you HAVE to troll here?

[bitchylawlor123]

suxh a peacful song ! found it through coming to america ha any1 else ?

[Cosmictalk]

I love the Opening to that Movie Version so much! A lion Sleeps tonight.

[langdonboy08]

i hope all guys in the footy world start playing this in the world cup s africa 2010!!

[fishgul69]

I know!! I'm so excited!!

[dipzno1]

yhh it wud be amaaaazing :D:D

[lemarcus123]

i love this song... don't ya'll agree

[MelzaRiotQueen]

We had to analyse this song in music :D

We were all laughing at the beginning but were silent by the end because we all found it so good! <3

[leechdom]

magic.

[kugfujoe]

Now that I 'm older and teaching the children this side of their ancestry my heart cries as I shed tears for the "Mother" I never knew still calling for me to come home. I have played too long in the fields of "afar-off" and she beckons me through the wind with her sweet whisper of the one word we all can relate to-LOVE. Afraid, I can never close my eyes as her every word shows me a ravaged birth right along with the faces of kings great and long past. Soon Mama- soon, I will return home.

[joleblonde]

Kugfujoe...that is one of the most beautiful things I have read, ever...(never mind the incessant nonsense one tends to read on YouTube)...as another teacher to another, I'd like to thank you for sharing your marvellous poetic vision

[SK8TERFOREVA]

Such an unbelievably beautiful song, it was in the beginning of Coming to America with Eddie Murphy, it is the first song that plays!

[rayva1]

This is Zulu ~ yes? This song would be translated as "The Lion". Someone please help me clarify, because I need to know this for my exam in class for my Music for Contemporary Life.

[Mantsjemosk]

Super!

[clockworkninja09]

eargasm! awesome song

[emogurl41]

My friend Mauzulu Is from south africa, he loves this song, and he taught it to me.

[xMyOgGyCaTx]

i love the klick-sounds and the rolling R :-)

[leechdom]

this later became.. the lion sleeps tonight. but i like this better... its like audio zanax. :)

[MsRose1369]

LMAO audio zanax... love it

[S1nn1ngSh4d0wS]

wimoweh....mmmm... wim..o....weh

[OffensivePi]

It's actually pronounced "EEM-boo-beh".

[diplomaticwiz]

I first heard part of this song in Coming to America

[zachbmth]

Me too. I love it

[onlyonesuperdiva]

@diplomaticwiz me too LOL

[mfalmekali]

Sweeeeeeeet black african music.

[lavanya2world]

first time i hear this... and i love it... it reaches straight to my heart... good voices!

[dodoal001]

Wonderful

[leechdom]

wimoweh.. turned into a wem o wey... a wem o wey.... and so forth.. but still... any version.. if you know it ...you love it. :)

[darkwarriorduck]

they're not singing wem o wey but mbube. you missunderstood it, like Pete Seeger did. mbube means lion.

[emogurl41]

It means lion... and great destroyer. But the loved loins, this song means the slave owner is the lion. for gumboot dancing.

[OffensivePi]

Did you know that mbube is pronounced "EEM-boo-beh"?

[leechdom]

sounds nothing like it i mean. the lions sleeps tonight song in english kind of ..well.. raped it. this is sooooo much better.

[leechdom]

well if i was one of your students i would be happy to sing it. but i think this is... them.. and no one else.. this song became the lions sleeps tonight.. if you didnt know.. with im sure you did.. but for those who didnt. .... weird huh... really songs nothing like it.

[smartiesareyummy]

this is just bloody amazing!

i wsh my choir could sing like THIS!

these harmonies are TIGHT!

wow.

[ltstush]

i m african,i live with an african american,have a bunch of african american friends i dont see no issues

,however some women love africans ,some guys love afrcans ,its just the normal thing everywhere

[solepo]

As an "African-American" sometimes I feel disassociated with Africa. It's not that I'm ashamed or anything (I'm proud of who I am) it's just sometimes I feel like we are letting our ancestors down. With all this violence and hatred I wonder if we will ever get back to this? I'm not gonna type here and pout because I am hopeful that things will get better. The future is never certain but I will do my part to do what I can to help my people because I love y'all too damn much. The Lion will Return!

[auntbecky]

@solepo The Lion never left if people like you are around. Have a good one.

[ubrirasta]

@solepo

YOU BEEN IN AFRICA?

THINGS ARE CHANGING FOR BETTER

[swagger2000]

@solepo Atleast you are man enough to admit it. Honesty is the beginning of the healing. Music like this somehow will give us the direction. Respect.

[TheLoadedDog]

@solepo We're all from Africa originally. I'm a white dude, and I'm from there originally. Don't beat yourself up over things. We as humans do too much navel gazing over race as it is. Mother Africa is there - just enjoy.

[Ronshepherd79]

@solepo Im a Swedish and South African Zulu-mulatto! Actually most of my relatives live in Zambia since a couple of decades ago but the importance of the heritage has always been passed on. Reading your comment brought tears to my eyes(for real for real)  Dont know you but what you wrote moved and made me extra proud.

Maybe i can pass it on to some people cause im moving to the states (VA)

Anyway take care and be proud

Joshua

[droploaf]

@solepo the lion live and breathe

[rain1209]

@solepo I agree with you.

~~~ African American culture is not as strong as it truly is being African, we are all of brothers and sisters keepers but I wish those of us whom were born and raised here in the US actually had traditions and rituals that we take pride in when we express our beautiful blackness.

[swimmingmantis22]

@solepo MY BROTHER,I AM LATE TO SEE THIS POST,BUT I SAY TO YOU THAT YOUR BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE A HEART THAT REMEMBERS HOME.YOUR MOTHER.AND KNOW THAT WHEN EVER YOU ARE READY,CLOSE YOUR EYES AND PICK A PLACE,ALL OF AFRICA IS YOUR HOME O.

[swimmingmantis22]

@solepo you have a beautiful heart to remember home and feel it.we are never really apart.when you are ready,just pick a spot and come,all of africa is your home my brother.

[XNakisisaX]

@solepo Yeah the ancestors are pretty much shaking their heads in disgust. I don't blame them, but at the same time, they helped put us in a hole that's gets harder to get out of each moment. Remember, it was they who let the enemy onto our lands, trying to treat them like humans...big mistake.

[JennelleBelle]

@XNakisisaX shut the fuck up keyboard commando and listen or scram. you have nerve to talk lots of shit about the actions of others when its annoying persons like you who gotta go in, talk shit and fuck up a simple beautiful video.

[XNakisisaX]

@JennelleBelle This music/video is a result of the actions of those "others", most notably, the ones that look like you. Keyboarding is just one of my skills, history is another and there's another one, but you won't see it coming, so you stfu when grown folks are talking.

[Erika1Luv]

@solepo Amen

[nubianconqueror]

omg i think that this was in the movie coming to america, whch eddie murphy starred in. great movie, transcedent song

[crankthatprostate]

from i gathered in the first few comments, it never fails that anything that has to do with African people, or African American people will become an arguement about racism. you people really know how to feed the troll. im assuming someone made a racist statement and the arguement proceeded forth. learn how to ignore the troll. serioulsy.

[irvin2cartel]

its not Wimoweh it Mbube which is i think zulu for lion

[ToobeFFex]

Sounds like the very stem of all human life.

[thomasyoung2003]

The opening credits from "Coming to America" !!!!!!!

[x0xbulletproofx0x]

Love it

[MRT408]

that's exactly what i was thinking

[azitaliana]

The history of this song, originally done by Solomon Linda, and ensuing legal problems after his death, can be viewed in a documentary on PBS' new channel called "World".

The program is Global Voices and the episode is called "A Lion's Trail"...

It's well worth watching.

[lucialight4]

Beautiful, freeing! Thank you for sharing this melodious group. First heard them years ago on the radio during an interview with Paul Simon. He was recalling the inspiration he gained from visiting and collaborating with this group. *****

[GiselleKan]

I'd call it a false statement, unless you have evidence that a scottish people originated before an african tribe. But it doesn't matter, does it? Mythology all over the world is also similar, and no one implies the egyptians copied the hopi indians becuase they lacked imagination. It's simply called a shared human nature.

[kichaa13]

How do you know when it originated?

And what does it matter? How is it relevant?

[marsbreakfast]

There are competent arguments all over the net detailing the history of both the song and the Zulu as the second settlers after the Boors. It matters because people who forget history are doomed to repeat it. It's relevant because a racist statement was made which implied that certain people can't appreciate a certain type of music because of their skin color, which is not only outrageous, but ridiculous. The music is sublime, in any case.

[DRSYNSCARECROW]

Bravo you. A rare thing to see a salient, logical and accurate statement on Youtube.This music speaks tyo and moves people of ALL nations. Sublime music knows no race or creed.

[kichaa13]

I'm not black either, and I hate to say it but this kind of idiotic 'you're not black so you can't understand' argument is quite common amongst middle class africans, *especially* the ones that have emigrated to the west.

At the same time there are idiots that think Africans had no culture before the Europeans came, which is what your first post came across as. Apologies.

[saikoza1]

Further proof that when God created music, He created it in Africa!!

[Allanmp2]

If I close my eyes when I'm listening to it I feel it takes me places I have never been before, I love this song, thanks for posting it

[pnp2k6]

Unprecedented Beauty!

[uuqueen16]

Beautiful.

[thpeter]

joyful stuff!

[leechdom]

racists are racists, because they dont know any better, and i feel sorry for them. they were raised to hate....the ones who raised them are to blame... and on and on.. it is a cycle that i hope will end some day..but i dont think it will...

[luvenna]

luvly song soo humbling, was feeling really low but this very music has lifted something good within ma soul. nice song!

[BitingOsprey]

Damn such a good song

[funkadelication]

makes your heart feel good

[ashburnhouse]

...introduces you to your heart...

[VariusMayhem]

I just can't understand people that are racists. What a wonderful world it is with so much to share. I as a white man salute this song and the wonderful culture it is from. Without every facette of us all this world would be incomplete.

[dpmcdona]

I was a black woman could not agree with you more. Very well said. All cultures are wonderful and worth learning about and learning from.

[dpmcdona]

Correction........I AS a black woman agree whole heartedly that all culture are important and wonderful.

[horserider2244]

Me either - this music moves me to tears and I AM a white woman - I have tickets to see them Feb 24th!

[maggzagg]

he, he,

horserider2244 ,

Moving a white woman to tears is no hard task.

ha, ha

heee, hee,...

[horserider2244]

Not all white women are the same

[viwe7]

yep true I lived amongst white community in the Uk and Australia very nice people ever and Im an African I wish communities could be intergrated in Africa.

[kykdaar]

I love you amafuwethu (my brothers ...)

Shayella po ...

'mshengu ka KwaZulu'

(Washington, DC)

[orneno3]

This is the song from the opening to Coming to America!

[JRNipper]

Genuine work of art!! Thank you for posting.

[PinkPunkyKat]

Beautiful!

[smb4smb]

ONE LOVE PEOPLE....didn't they use this song for the opening for "Coming to America"? If not someone please direct me....

[nubianconqueror]

yes smb4smb this song was in coming to america, at least the very start of it.

[leechdom]

hope its good to know that some of us know it for what it is. and love it aswell

[leechdom]

well uchakide? what ya ganna do? better then "the lion sleeps tonight"

[uChakide]

God I hate the title "wimoweh", it is a bastardisation of the "imbube".

[amidsummerxnight]

So soothing. I've been so stressed out lately and this just melted my headache away.

[TwoTube2]

Beautiful music :)

[leechdom]

damn.. nobody listens to this.. been longer then 3 weeks since i bloged on here.. sad :(

[leechdom]

as they DID other things.. sorry brain and figures don't like eachother.

[leechdom]

i hope the rap nation of america doesn't take this and destroy it as they didn't other things. well not just rap.. all types "running out of ideas" "lets throw this in there and call it a break threw!!" bullshit. bullshit.. bullshit..

[Mardevac]

Hahaha!!!!!!!

Some songs def shouldnt be touched... this one of them.

[leechdom]

first herd this YEARS AGO... its makes me sleep well.

[leechdom]

i am white as a ghost.. born in IOWA.. this in the most amazing music ive ever heard... fuck hip hop.. this is REAL music.

[bobmillerbygod]

i feel you

[leechdom]

its not aspirin its musical zanax..