Ofra Haza - Im Nin Alu (1987) (UK)
I remember the BUZZ about this song...everyone who heard it once wanted more, but NONE of us knew the title, who sang it, or even its country of origin. You heard it once in London, or Dublin you couldn't forget it.
It was lurking in the club scene for maybe a full year in various tapes, acetate discs, whitelabels before its use in the Coldcut mix of Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full guaranteed it's widespread release.
This song really woke me up to global music, globalism etc.
Something exciting and modern from outside Europe/US. We didn't get much of that at the time.
Ofra's story is quite sad. :(
http://ping.fm/QcLXg
YouTube - Ofra Haza Im Nin Alu
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