Signature
key confidence medium · relative Bb minor · tempo confidence medium · half-time 54.4 · low end 40% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
Character
Not tagged yet. The words are proposed and waiting for a person.
Good for
Nothing yet. The rules need the character words above before they can say.
Lineage
- CoveredArt of Fightingsource
- CoveredBenjamin Ingrossosource
- Sampled byJunior Vasquez, Get Your Hands Off My Man! (Nush Chocolate Factory mix)source
- Sampled byJunior Vasquez, Get Your Hands Off My Man! (Nush Chocolate Factory mix)source
- Written byLionel Richiesource
- CoveredMy Morning Jacketsource
- CoveredSouth Dolphinssource
- Sampled byThe Cheetah Girls, Fuegosource
- Sampled byThe Cheetah Girls, Fuegosource
- CoveredThe Countdown Singerssource
- CoveredThe Sergio Rafael Orchestrasource
Why it is here
- Richie invented the song's 'African' chant lyrics as gibberish after realizing he lacked time to hire a translator, calling it a 'wonderful joke'. source
- Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. source
- The song has been sampled and interpolated by later artists, including in the Cheetah Girls' 'Fuego' and Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, and RedOne's 'I Like It'. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.