Helele

"Helele"
Single by Velile & Safri Duo
from the album Greatest Hits
Released	7 May 2010
Format	CD single, digital download
Genre	Pop
Length	3:07
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Jean Kluger, Daniel Vangarde, Velile Mchunu
Producer(s)	Hardy Krech, Mark Nissen, Tonekind
Safri Duo singles chronology
"Twilight" (2008) "Helele" (2010)

"Helele" is a song by South African singer Velile Mchunu and Danish percussion duo Safri Duo. It was released on 7 May 2010 as the only new single from Safri Duo's Greatest Hits album.^[1] The song was the official trailer song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on German television channel RTL and Switzerland's Schweizer Fernsehen and Télévision Suisse Romande in June–July.^[2][3] "Helele" is based on the 1971 song "Aieaoa" by French producer Daniel Vangarde and Belgian producer Jean Kluger in the group Yamasuki. It was famously covered by Belgian group Black Blood in 1975 and English girl group Bananarama in 1981. "Helele" peaked at number one in Switzerland, number two in Germany and number eight in Austria.

On 29 August 2010, "Helele" has won an award for "Best International Single of the Summer" during the 2010 Bydgoszcz Hit Festival in Poland.^[4]

Track listing

• CD single^[5]

1. "Helele" (Safri Duo Single Mix) – 3:07
2. "Helele" (Single House Mix) – 3:27

• Digital download #1^[6]

1. "Helele" (Safri Duo Single Mix) – 3:07
2. "Helele" (Single House Mix) – 3:27
3. "Helele" (Flipside & Michael Parsberg Remix) – 5:52

• Digital download #2^[7]

1. "Helele" (Tribal Pop Mix) – 3:27
2. "Helele" (Safri Duo Extended Mix) – 5:05
3. "Helele" (Klaas Club Edit) – 5:30
4. "Helele" (Klaas Radio Edit) – 2:59
5. "Helele" (Kato Remix) – 7:11
6. "Helele" (Kato Remix Edit) – 4:00

Personnel

• Jean Kluger – songwriting
• Daniel Vangarde – songwriting
• Velile Mchunu – lyrics
• Hardy Krech – production
• Mark Nissen – production
• Tonekind – co-production

Source:^[8]

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2010) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 8 Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[10] 1 European Hot 100 Singles[11] 12 Germany (Official German Charts)[12] 2 Israel (Media Forest)[13] 1 Luxembourg Digital Songs (Billboard)[14] 3 Poland (ZPAV)[15] 3 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[16] 6 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position European Hot 100 Singles[18] 83 German Singles Chart[19] 14 Certifications Region Certification Germany (BVMI)[20] Platinum Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[21] Platinum

References

1. "Helele – Single by Velile & Safri Duo – Download Helele – Single on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
2. "Der offizielle RTL WM-Hit 2010: "Helele"" (in German). RTL. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
3. "SF gibt Polo einen Korb" (in German). 20 Minuten Online. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
4. Safri Duo z Danii podbili Bydgoszcz (in Polish)
5. "Helele: Velile: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads". Amazon.de. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
6. "Helele – EP by Velile & Safri Duo – Download Helele – EP on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
7. "Helele: Velile: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads". Amazon.de. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
8. "Velile & Safri Duo – Helele (CD, Single) at Discogs:". Discogs.
9. "Austriancharts.at – Velile & Safri Duo – Helele" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
10. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201044 into search.
11. "Velile & Safri Duo Album & Song Chart History". European Hot 100 for Velile & Safri Duo. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
12. "Musicline.de – Velile & Safri Duo Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
13. "Velile and Safri Duo – Helele Media Forest". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest.
14. "Luxembourg Digital Songs - July 3, 2010". Billboard.
15. Note: click 12.06. – 18.06.2010
16. "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201040 into search.
17. "Swisscharts.com – Velile & Safri Duo – Helele". Swiss Singles Chart.
18. "European Hot 100 | Billboard.com". billboard.com. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
19. https://web.archive.org/20110107091832/http://www.einslive.de:80/musik/charts/2011/jahrescharts.jsp. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
20. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Velile & Safri Duo; 'Helele')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
21. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Velile & Safri Duo; 'Helele')". Hung Medien.