"E No Easy" is a 2009 song by P-Square featuring J. Martins. It was revived as a bilingual French/English song "Positif", by Matt Houston featuring P-Square in 2012, becoming a hit in France.
"E No Easy"
"E No Easy" is a successful song by P-Square featuring J. Martins that was a hit locally in Nigeria. The song was written by the three singers Peter and Paul Okoye and by J. Martins. It is taken from P-Square's album Danger. A French version using the music of "E No Easy" and retitled "Positif" became a big hit in France. And after success of the French adaptation, "E No Easy" was also released finding some additional success in France in 2012. In 2011, French-Algerian rapper El Matador had also included a mix of "E No Easy" credited to "El Matador feat P-Square" in his mixtape release Escale sur la lune. adding French rap verses, raï influences and additional Spanish lyrics to the track.
"Positif"
"Positif" is a 2012 bilingual song in French and English by Matt Houston featuring Nigerian brother duo P-Square. It is a remake of the earlier hit by P-Square with French lyrics added by Matthieu Gore The song is taken from Houston's forthcoming album Racines as a first pre-release on 23 April 2012 from the album due in June 2012. Houston sings the introductory French part while P-Square brother Peter and Paul are doing the backing vocals. The English parts are done by the Okoye brothers. As a promotion, Matt Houston also released a "making of" video of his collaboration with Peter and Paul Okoye in the Video ClipStudios where the French hit was cut. It was the third of a series of "Welcome To My World" video episodes. The official music video was uploaded on Matt Houston's VEVO channel on 4 May 2012. The single featured at #47 in its first week of release and climbed up to #6 on the SNEPFrench Singles Chart.
Charts
"Positif"
The release included the following track list:
"Positif" – 3:49
"Positif" – 3:51
"Positif" – 4:24
"Oh Gosh" – 2:47
Chart
Peak position
"E No Easy"
Based on the success of "Positif", the English original "E No Easy" gained attention and popularity in France also entering the French SNEP charts reaching #141 on chart dated 26 May 2012.
