Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album

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Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released31 May 2010 (2010-05-31)
Recorded2010
GenreDance-pop
LanguageEnglish, Portuguese, Fang, Duala, Xhosa
LabelEpic
ProducerPatrick Doyle, Benicio del Toro, Drew Barrymore, Dan Griffith, Goldie Hawn, Andrew Farriss
FIFA World Cup chronology
Voices from the FIFA World Cup
(2006)
Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album
(2010)
One Love, One Rhythm
(2014)
Singles from Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album
  1. "Oh Africa"
    Released: 31 January 2010
  2. "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"
    Released: 11 May 2010
  3. "Sign of a Victory"
    Released: 6 June 2010

Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album is a compilation album with various artists including both local African and international. This album is the official music album of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and album was released on 31 May 2010.[1]

Background

The album consists of collaborations between Colombian singer Shakira and Freshlyground, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", Nomvula, Claudia Leitte, R. Kelly, Pitbull.[2] Japanese singer-songwriter Misia is the first Asian artist to participate in the worldwide edition of an official FIFA album.[3] South African teacher/ activist/singer Jpre contributes a revamp of his historical song, "Ke Nako" to the album. Originally recorded and adopted by Mr. Nelson Mandela as his election campaign "theme" song, the 2010 edition features International Superstar Wyclef Jean, 5 Time Grammy Nominee Jazmine Sullivan, and introduces new sensation B. Howard.[citation needed]

Proceeds from the album will benefit FIFA's "20 Centers for 2010", whose aim is to achieve positive social change through football by building twenty Football for Hope centres for public health, education and football across Africa, and other African charities.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Province(C−)[4]

Canadian critic Stuart Derdeyn from The Province gave the album a C− and said "Red card for bad taste.[...] This leads to sonic vomit such as Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)," perhaps the stupidest official song for any major sporting event ever. At least the official "anthem" - "Sign of Victory" by R. Kelly and the Soweto Spiritual Singers - is somewhat listenable." Talent Haus[who?] fired back to Derdeyn's comments, saying "Calling a work of art from another culture 'vomit' is very disrespectful. Not having an open mind to other types of music that you don't hear in your country does not mean that a song won't be enjoyed globally, and the World Cup is a very global event."[5]

Track listing

International[2][6]
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Sign of a Victory" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Anthem)R. Kelly featuring Soweto Spiritual Singers4:13
2."Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song)Shakira featuring Freshlyground3:22
3."Viva Africa"Nneka3:31
4."One Day"Matisyahu featuring Nameless3:28
5."Shosholoza 2010"Ternielle Nelson, Jason Hartman, Uju, Louise Carver, Aya & Deep Level3:42
6."Ke Nako"B. Howard, Wyclef Jean, Jazmine Sullivan, J Pre4:04
7."Move On Up"Angélique Kidjo and John Legend3:07
8."Spirit of Freedom"Uju and Judy Bailey3:53
9."Game On" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Mascot Song)Pitbull, TKZee and Dario G3:19
10."Maware Maware"Misia featuring M2J and Francis Jocky3:40
11."As Máscaras" (South Africa '10 to Brasil '14)Claudia Leitte and Lira3:11
12."Hope" (with Nelson Mandela)Siphiwo Featuring Message of Hope from Nelson Mandela3:50
13."Oh Africa"Akon featuring Keri Hilson3:21
Latin America and Spain Bonus Tracks[7]
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
14."Gol De Mi Corazón"Doctor Krápula3:08
15."Waka Waka (Esto Es África)" (Canción Oficial de La Copa Mundial FIFA 2010)Shakira featuring Freshlyground3:22
South African Bonus Tracks[8]
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
13."Nkosi Sikelel' Iafrika"Soweto String Quartet 
14."Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (Afro Fab mix)[9]" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song)Shakira featuring Freshlyground3:22
Asian Bonus Tracks[10]
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
13."No. 1"2AM3:18
14."Roka Roka"Shine 
Other Bonus Track
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
14."Grito Mundial (Daddy Yankee Mundial)"Daddy Yankee3:04

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide[1] 31 May 2010 Standard edition (CD, digital) Sony Music Entertainment
Canada[18] 1 June 2010 CD Album
France[19] 7 June 2010
Japan[20] 9 June 2010

See also

References

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  3. ^ "MISIA W杯公式CDで"アジア代表"に(芸能) ― スポニチ Sponichi Annex ニュース". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 6 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  4. ^ Stuart Derdeyn. "Review: Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album". The Province. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Broadcast Yourself". YouTube. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
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