Original upload date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:35:07 GMT
Lyrics: https://youtu.be/vVkC44LjCL0
This version was featured in the film Cry, For The Beloved Country: https://youtu.be/60uIgNea_OU
"Mbube" was recorded three times, the most-known take was the thi
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rd, which sold over 100,000 copies. Here is the second take.
"[...] a dense meshing of low male voices above which Solomon yodelled and howled for two exhilarating minutes, improvising occasionally. The third take was the best, achieving immortality when Solly took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and improvised the melody that the world now associates with these words: In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight." – Rian Malan
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