Makeba (song)


"Makeba" is a song by Jain released in September 2016. The song peaked at number seven on the French Singles Chart.
The song references Miriam Makeba also known as "Mama Africa", a South African singer and activist.

In popular culture

"Makeba" was used in the American Dad! episode "A Whole Slotta Love", the Levi's "Circles" television commercial, the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross television commercial, and an episode of the BBC3 drama Clique. It is also used as the theme for Amazon’s Premier League Football Coverage.

Music video

The three minute and forty-three second music video for the song "Makeba" was released in November 2016 on Jain's official YouTube channel. The video shows a lot of visual illusions and creativity. It opens with the last frame of Jain's song "Come" from the same album Zanaka, as she crumples the frame from the camera as if it was a paper and walks to the right of the screen. As Jain turns knobs on the sound deck, street poles rise up or fall down, and buildings rise and lower. From crates being packed on top of each other to simulate the beat and volume and Jain, herself painting the lines on a zebra, the music video is filled with artsy illusions.
The music video, shot in South Africa, was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
France 161

Certifications