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| "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" | ||||
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| Single by Eddy Grant | ||||
| from the album File Under Rock | ||||
| B-side | "Say Hello to Fidel" | |||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Blue Wave Studios, Saint Philip, Barbados | |||
| Genre | Worldbeat | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | Parlophone/EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eddy Grant | |||
| Producer(s) | Eddy Grant | |||
| Eddy Grant singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" on YouTube | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Number One |   [1] |
"Gimme Hope Jo'anna" is a British anti-apartheid song written and originally released by Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eddy Grant in 1988, during the apartheid era in South Africa. The song was banned by the South African government when it was released, but was widely played there nonetheless.[2] It reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Grant's first British top 10 hit for five years.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
numberonemagazinewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "How Eddy Grant gave hope to South Africa". The Telegraph. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Eddy Grant". Official UK Chart. Retrieved 4 July 2021.