In case you wonder what the song means; The song tells the story of a man deeply in love with a woman and pleading with her to forget about all their past woes and hurts in their relationship. The song starts with the singer expressing how long it has been since he last saw his lover and then the chorus kicks in. He keeps repeating the phrase "bila valu valu" which means "without pain" in Swahili, as he begs his lover to let go of any pain holding back their love. He goes on to plead with her to be with him, to forget any past hurts, and to focus on their love, promising to treat her right. The first verse reveals the pain and confusion the man feels as he wonders why his lover is not showing him any love or believing in their relationship. He wonders why they cannot stay together and why love seems so hard to find. In the second verse, he assures her that he can make her happy, declaring that he has the means and the will to do so. He encourages her not to listen to others' opinions about him and reminds her that he has only pure intentions towards her. In the final verse, he pleads with her to open up her heart to him and give their love a chance. He promises to love and cherish her, and be there for her through all the joys and sorrows of life.
2022 March still here…one of the best to ever grace the East African scene..the dynamics in this song will forever be unique and soul fulfilling 💯…from 🇰🇪with love
This song reminds me when I reached in Kampala Ug ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️2012 thanks Ug for accepting my childhood 🇨🇩🇨🇩❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇩🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇸🇨🇩❤️❤️❤️2021 who’s still listening
it will never grow old! 🤣 am jamming to this song ... yaaaani wacha tu!!EAST AFRICAAANS MY PEOPLE CAN YOU FEEL WHAT AM SAYING! HIT A LIKE!!!old and young ..east africans we are one!
2024 am still listening to my big sister favourite song😢this song reminds me of my childhood memories and when we travelled from Sudan to South Sudan in 2012🥺😭this song still killing me. Big love ❤️ to the artist
I always hear this in the club, just recently found out who sang it and here to see the video for the first time in 2018, love Ugandan music. Ghana guy in Uk.😊
I was in primary seven😢 i have just graduated my university studies last year in 2022 what a classic🥹…it remembers me the days i used to study in uganda…i miss my classmates❤
I remember Doctor Jozef performing this song at stade Amahoro in Kigali. 2012. After twelve years it's still fresh and incredible. Maximum respect Doctor Joseph Chameleon we love ya here in Kigali. 🇷🇼🇺🇬
Man, I will always return to this masterpiece every single time just to remind myself that there's NO artist in East and Central Africa as melodical genius as Jose Chameleon. Period. He is the KING 🤴🏾
Remember those days when could not download music ourselves but instead go to the nearby library with 200 if an audio but if a video it would cost 300 shillings oh Lord thank you for life👈🤲👈
😢😢 this song!! The nostalgia it brings. As a young teenager enjoying the young beautiful days, I really enjoyed this song ❤. I still do but ooh my, does it not seem like a completely different world right now. How i wish things could go back to being as simple as they were back in the day. Regardless, thanks Chameleon for the beautiful memories we were able to create with this song ❤. It's a bitter sweet feeling ❤❤🎉🎉
Moyo wako ufunhue upendo wa kwel uje uingie nachoomba kama niko na ww utaratibu bby........ Spend kuwa na ww mara unachat chat😅😃🤣😂😁😀 i remember those days i was living with my stepmom lyf was to hard, my first time to hear this song was easter 2012 😥 this vibe sometimes brings out tears😥😥
This guy Chameleon cheeeeeiii! An African club banger! Maina Kageni looooved playing his music on Kiss FM radio every mornings! Most energetic and refreshing all time!
JOSE... blood is thicker than water; but blood can be contaminated...! AM right behind you right now...! The world has past the stage of smearing campaign...! SING TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN YOU!!! I AM ONE OF THEM...! ROCK IT JOSE....!.
DR JOSE CHAMELEONE You're a legend Hit after hit, album after album and year after year, Chameleone has for the last fifteen years authoritatively written his name in the history of Ugandan music, just as much as he has written it in the hearts of music fans in Uganda, East Africa and Africa at large. Since his trail blazing album Bageya in 2000, the Leone Island boss has wowed fans with his unique style, vocals and consistency; and not even his fair share of challenges has deterred him from delivering good music. His ability to stay for all these years and still make sense is indeed a great gift. The Ugandan music industry is so rocky that for every one hundred musicians that join the industry, ninety nine drop out as fast as they joined. Zero point five of them stick around without having any tangible impact; and the remaining zero point five make some mark. Yet in such a tricky industry,Chameleone still makes a huge impact after some fifteen years in the industry. Much as his first Album was Bageya, Chameleone's real deal came in with his magnum opus hit, Mama Mia! This song was so big and immediately turned him into Uganda's biggest music export of the time, with wide fan bases in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi. As if in a statement of his staying power, Chameleone has since followed Bageya and Mama Mia with such albums as Njo Karibu, The Golden Voice, Mambo Bado, Kipepeo, Shida za Dunia, Sivyo Ndivyo, Katupakase, Bayuda, Jamila, Vumilia, Valu Valu, Badilisha, Tubonge and Wale Wale. The singing Doctor has over the years swept local, Regional, Continental and International awards including Song of the year and Best Male Zouk Song for Badilisha at the prestigious 2014 HiPipo Music Awards, Best Afro-Beat song for Moto Moto at the prestigious 2013 HiPipo Music Awards, a Beffta Award, a Kora award, an MTV Europe award and a MOBO. He has over the years used his music to better society and as a result, the speaker of the parliament of Uganda, Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, designated Chameleone to be the Ambassador of the Busoga Tourism Initiative. He also volunteered on a mission aimed at returning former LRA rebels and inspiring them to start a productive life. You may also recall that his One Man, One Million concert was aimed at availing water to the people of Karamoja. There are a number of things that have kept Chameleone afloat for all these years and singing songs with a message comes first on the list. The message in most of his songs has been able to appeal to people in different age brackets and across social classes and has often times touched issues of motivation including work, gender based violence and gratitude. His hoarse voice, singing in Swahili (especially in his early days) and sticking to his style are also some of the reasons that have kept Chameleone going! When I talk about sticking to his style, it is very easy for anyone to assume that he is not versatile. To the contrary, songs like Movie star have proven that even when Chameleone ventures away from his comfort zone he still makes an impact. Just like the adage goes, credit must be given where it’s due. As such, we must all credit Chameleone for his staying power. Whether you are his fan or critic; you must appreciate that in an industry where people come and go every day, Chameleone has stayed and stayed with a massive impact. He has faced challenges along the way, that no other human being would wish to face; yet each time, he has come out on top of his challenges. DR.Jose Chameleone is indeed Lengendary
The song Hooray got me knowing Chameleon and ever since then I have never stopped playing his songs from 2014 till date . Every day and I mean it everyday I play Chameleon, Radio and Weasel, papa cidy , ziza bafana, Aganaga, Big eye songs, I am a Ghanaian but I believe I was supposed to be a Ugandan 😂😂. Your music rocks . I just want to meet Chameleon or Weazel that is the only wish for this life
Believe that Dkt Jose chameleone his Legendary Artisan of 👑 kings music for really Jose chameleone his remain can be better forever salute for legend warrior actor master Artist ❤
The instrumentals 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥I love chameleon my all time favourite apart from Esir our Kenyan legend …. Respects to chameleon man ✊🏿✊🏿😭❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥quick recovery my legend
In case you wonder what the song means;
The song tells the story of a man deeply in love with a woman and pleading with her to forget about all their past woes and hurts in their relationship. The song starts with the singer expressing how long it has been since he last saw his lover and then the chorus kicks in. He keeps repeating the phrase "bila valu valu" which means "without pain" in Swahili, as he begs his lover to let go of any pain holding back their love. He goes on to plead with her to be with him, to forget any past hurts, and to focus on their love, promising to treat her right.
The first verse reveals the pain and confusion the man feels as he wonders why his lover is not showing him any love or believing in their relationship. He wonders why they cannot stay together and why love seems so hard to find. In the second verse, he assures her that he can make her happy, declaring that he has the means and the will to do so. He encourages her not to listen to others' opinions about him and reminds her that he has only pure intentions towards her. In the final verse, he pleads with her to open up her heart to him and give their love a chance. He promises to love and cherish her, and be there for her through all the joys and sorrows of life.
Thanks bro 🙏🏾
You deserve a million likes
thanks
Merci pour cette traduction ! J’aime encore plus cette chanson depuis le Sénégal 🇸🇳
Thank you so much
Still Jamming in 2023 😍 One Of The Best East African Artist Then 😊❤ The song brings back memories ✅✅
😅😅😅😅
❤🎉
Sept 3 2023❤
Wacha usiseme...mi nko hapa wed, Sept, 6 2023 manze😂😂😂❤❤
oct 4 2023
2099 kids pliz keep this song alive. It was a hit in our time
❤👌
Ddala 😀😀😀
2022 March still here…one of the best to ever grace the East African scene..the dynamics in this song will forever be unique and soul fulfilling 💯…from 🇰🇪with love
The Best 👑 African Scene Ever 🌍
Summer 2022 and it will always be🤍💯
🇹🇿
Much love🇰🇪🇰🇪
Very true,best hit ever
This track is timeless so much nostalgia for me
My best musician from the land of museveni....that corrosive voice....wah!
This song reminds me when I reached in Kampala Ug ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️2012 thanks Ug for accepting my childhood 🇨🇩🇨🇩❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇩🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇸🇨🇩❤️❤️❤️2021 who’s still listening
nostalgic right??
Uganda is a refugee of all Africans
Chameleon hapa huu wimbo alitulia here in 2024
Team 2024😂come here
I'm here ❤❤❤
Big up
I'm heare
❤❤
Here 🎉
Chameleon tasobya❤ tebamunenya atte tagambwako cos he's the best🎉🎉🎉. He's our music king. Teli amugambayo
It's been a long long time, 2021 in the house. Chameleon still rocking, thumbs up.
Among the many good things Chameleon has done is bringing Kiswahili back to life in Uganda.
Well done!!!
True❤❤
Alikuwa anaishi ka wagware with Njoki mama mia then boom Dorotia the Dutch old woman in Runda follow his story
Here in 2021 the song never gets old... legend much love from Kenya 🇰🇪
You rock
it will never grow old! 🤣 am jamming to this song ... yaaaani wacha tu!!EAST AFRICAAANS MY PEOPLE CAN YOU FEEL WHAT AM SAYING! HIT A LIKE!!!old and young ..east africans we are one!
Yes tuko pamoja❤ I can feel that from a distance 🥰🥰🇺🇬🇰🇪🇹🇿etc😊
2024 am still listening to my big sister favourite song😢this song reminds me of my childhood memories and when we travelled from Sudan to South Sudan in 2012🥺😭this song still killing me. Big love ❤️ to the artist
2022 still feel the song Africa we might speak different language but there is that thing connect us, the spirit of music one love from ZAMBIA 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲
Wale wale,badilisha, tubonge and valu valu are my favourites ❤2024 September here i came 🎉🎉 much love from 🇰🇪 🇰🇪 chameleone ❤❤
Lots of love from Kenya..I remember wen this song was bangin luckily I was in jinja uganda
Mwalimu wa lugha
Who is still watching in 2024 ❤
I always hear this in the club, just recently found out who sang it and here to see the video for the first time in 2018, love Ugandan music. Ghana guy in Uk.😊
Thank you brother,we also love Ghannian music
zacky Trisy Ugandan Music touches my soul, I tell you the truth, thanks for the reply
Thanks bro and me i love ghana movies
It was sango by jose chameleon the song is valu valu sang in kiswahilli language
Who still here in 2020 listening to this amazing song
Caleb Ihimbazwe 😅😅😅😅✌🏽
Me😂
This hit was a real bomb across Africa
yes A'm from Tanzania
Tubangayo
2024 September, and this masterpiece still sound good
I was in primary seven😢 i have just graduated my university studies last year in 2022 what a classic🥹…it remembers me the days i used to study in uganda…i miss my classmates❤
He is always my favourite artists although I don't understand the language I can pick there and there as I am Malawian but I like Jose since
Chameleone is a Legend. Tubonge, Valu Valu will be vibing even in 2100!!!!!
I remember Doctor Jozef performing this song at stade Amahoro in Kigali. 2012. After twelve years it's still fresh and incredible. Maximum respect Doctor Joseph Chameleon we love ya here in Kigali. 🇷🇼🇺🇬
Man, I will always return to this masterpiece every single time just to remind myself that there's NO artist in East and Central Africa as melodical genius as Jose Chameleon.
Period.
He is the KING 🤴🏾
Lovely Morning ....... still listening 2024😊
We Love you.
Woo, this song will never loose Value ❤
Love your songs! Much love from Eritrea 🇪🇷 ❤️ 💕
Its now hear in 2024 🎉🎉 what a gem
Remember those days when could not download music ourselves but instead go to the nearby library with 200 if an audio but if a video it would cost 300 shillings oh Lord thank you for life👈🤲👈
Every year I come back to revisit this song. I will love this song till I'm no more. Thank you always Mr. Chameleon for this masterpiece
2024 who's is still listerning this song
😢😢 this song!! The nostalgia it brings. As a young teenager enjoying the young beautiful days, I really enjoyed this song ❤. I still do but ooh my, does it not seem like a completely different world right now. How i wish things could go back to being as simple as they were back in the day. Regardless, thanks Chameleon for the beautiful memories we were able to create with this song ❤. It's a bitter sweet feeling ❤❤🎉🎉
My mom loves all your songs😂😂😂i think he crushed on you back days😂😂❤
😂😂😂
I don't know why when everytime I listen to any luganda song I feel so fresh,,,, mad love from the 254,that language is so beautiful
Bt it's in swahili nt luganda
Walio view 2020 from tz🇹🇿🇹🇿 like apa
KIZAZI CHA 2050 NAJUA SITAKUWEPO ILA MJE MSKILIZE HII SONG NAJUA MTAKUJA IPENDA...
Children of 2095 when you see this song just vibe it otherwise ni hit sana, zambia ❤
Je suis fan de la chanson, mon chéri qui m'avait fait écouter tout le temps pendant le confinement covid , je suis tombé fan 🇨🇩
Zambia 🇿🇲🇿🇲 approves 2020. Who still here
2020 and still listening to this
It's September 2029 here after Time Travel and its hit song ever 😂😂😂😂😅❤❤❤🎉
I don't understand anything in this song but still I am listening to it in 24-10-25.😍😍
Moyo wako ufunhue upendo wa kwel uje uingie nachoomba kama niko na ww utaratibu bby........ Spend kuwa na ww mara unachat chat😅😃🤣😂😁😀 i remember those days i was living with my stepmom lyf was to hard, my first time to hear this song was easter 2012 😥 this vibe sometimes brings out tears😥😥
love this stanza mostly
We love you so much, here in RWANDA 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Enyewe it's been a long long time if you are here in 2024 leave a like on my comment 😘❤️
2014 Dem Malindi days ..miss my former colleagues....PC's Nzivo,Mbithi and Mambo...
Je suis de la côte d'ivoire, mais jadoreee cette chanson. José l'Ougandaise merci de m'avoir fait découvrir cette star
Camili never never faded
my favorite songs 2014 🇿🇲🇿🇲
I remember those days when I was in Uganda 2012
Still remember my first girlfie with this wonderful song how I miss those days... With love from kisumu Kenya.
still watching
November 27 2023 still rocking ❤🎉🎉
Greatest of all time
This guy Chameleon cheeeeeiii! An African club banger!
Maina Kageni looooved playing his music on Kiss FM radio every mornings! Most energetic and refreshing all time!
I am dancing from Juba, enjoying this song.
Always a pleasure listening to this legend 2024✌️
Maina Kageni has maintained this art in the airwaves by playing it every morning.
Forever young. Keep it up sir.
Isn't one like that artist in eax gonna like twende sambamba in 2023
Who is still watching in 2025 🤣
Me😂
My God you came from the future??? 😂😂😂
Maybe lol 😂
I am here
😂😂😂😂😂😂
2023 still hear nakumbuka border palace busia hizo days 😂😂😂
Pure, natural born talent, Chameleon, I don't think he struggles to compose his songs, pure genius.
Tanzania 2023
Who else came back to enjoy this song,,,Am even heading to look for instrumental version it’s so so nice in slow motion❤
After listening to this in 2024, in 2025 will start bolingo and forever..much love from Zambia
2021 but still here because the song never gets's old🇰🇪
What an amazing song! 2022 in kenya still enjoying valu valu! Love you UGANDANS!😘
will never forget these song back then..dopest Nairobi Kenya
No that man sing baby ❤❤❤❤
JOSE... blood is thicker than water; but blood can be contaminated...! AM right behind you right now...! The world has past the stage of smearing campaign...! SING TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN YOU!!! I AM ONE OF THEM...! ROCK IT JOSE....!.
Where is this guy. I 😊those moments
Growing up I was convinced.He is Kenyan.
2025 and still a hit❤
DR JOSE CHAMELEONE You're a legend
Hit after hit, album after album and year after year, Chameleone has for the last fifteen years authoritatively written his name in the history of Ugandan music, just as much as he has written it in the hearts of music fans in Uganda, East Africa and Africa at large. Since his trail blazing album Bageya in 2000, the Leone Island boss has wowed fans with his unique style, vocals and consistency; and not even his fair share of challenges has deterred him from delivering good music. His ability to stay for all these years and still make sense is indeed a great gift.
The Ugandan music industry is so rocky that for every one hundred musicians that join the industry, ninety nine drop out as fast as they joined. Zero point five of them stick around without having any tangible impact; and the remaining zero point five make some mark. Yet in such a tricky industry,Chameleone still makes a huge impact after some fifteen years in the industry.
Much as his first Album was Bageya, Chameleone's real deal came in with his magnum opus hit, Mama Mia! This song was so big and immediately turned him into Uganda's biggest music export of the time, with wide fan bases in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi. As if in a statement of his staying power, Chameleone has since followed Bageya and Mama Mia with such albums as Njo Karibu, The Golden Voice, Mambo Bado, Kipepeo, Shida za Dunia, Sivyo Ndivyo, Katupakase, Bayuda, Jamila, Vumilia, Valu Valu, Badilisha, Tubonge and Wale Wale.
The singing Doctor has over the years swept local, Regional, Continental and International awards including Song of the year and Best Male Zouk Song for Badilisha at the prestigious 2014 HiPipo Music Awards, Best Afro-Beat song for Moto Moto at the prestigious 2013 HiPipo Music Awards, a Beffta Award, a Kora award, an MTV Europe award and a MOBO.
He has over the years used his music to better society and as a result, the speaker of the parliament of Uganda, Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, designated Chameleone to be the Ambassador of the Busoga Tourism Initiative. He also volunteered on a mission aimed at returning former LRA rebels and inspiring them to start a productive life. You may also recall that his One Man, One Million concert was aimed at availing water to the people of Karamoja.
There are a number of things that have kept Chameleone afloat for all these years and singing songs with a message comes first on the list. The message in most of his songs has been able to appeal to people in different age brackets and across social classes and has often times touched issues of motivation including work, gender based violence and gratitude.
His hoarse voice, singing in Swahili (especially in his early days) and sticking to his style are also some of the reasons that have kept Chameleone going!
When I talk about sticking to his style, it is very easy for anyone to assume that he is not versatile. To the contrary, songs like Movie star have proven that even when Chameleone ventures away from his comfort zone he still makes an impact.
Just like the adage goes, credit must be given where it’s due. As such, we must all credit Chameleone for his staying power. Whether you are his fan or critic; you must appreciate that in an industry where people come and go every day, Chameleone has stayed and stayed with a massive impact. He has faced challenges along the way, that no other human being would wish to face; yet each time, he has come out on top of his challenges.
DR.Jose Chameleone is indeed Lengendary
thank you for this very interesting and informative post
Nice music
Who sits down to write all this🤭😮
Perfect 🥰
The song Hooray got me knowing Chameleon and ever since then I have never stopped playing his songs from 2014 till date . Every day and I mean it everyday I play Chameleon, Radio and Weasel, papa cidy , ziza bafana, Aganaga, Big eye songs, I am a Ghanaian but I believe I was supposed to be a Ugandan 😂😂. Your music rocks . I just want to meet Chameleon or Weazel that is the only wish for this life
Believe that Dkt Jose chameleone his Legendary Artisan of 👑 kings music for really Jose chameleone his remain can be better forever salute for legend warrior actor master Artist ❤
This is beautiful song that create a cocktail of multiple African cultures ❤️
Ma chancon préférée valu valu j,aime mb star Dr Jose chameleon......longue vie à toi
2024 making 12 years down since its release in 2012🫡
🤞
The song was ringing in my mind ...i had to search for it and listen
Am in Love with Jose Chameleon's voice
Same here 💓
Philosophical songs normal holds for long time , nice
The world will remember history.
tugende Tokole, Leone Island music Empire Jose Chameleone year 2018!!😍😍🇺🇬🤛🤛🇺🇬🇺🇬🇱🇷🇱🇷😁🗽 liberty Change
I have been in love with the girl in purple from day one. smn send her my way, please
Who is still enjoying 2022 valu valu babe it's me Pop wander 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇹🇿🇹🇿
The king of live music
2020. This song is Gold! It has aged so well.
We gonna age with it hopefully
A living legend ✊
We need to have his youtube above 2 million subscribers guys, this guy is our legend bana
That is a cool lion
2023 November 13th, am here enjoying this hit from legend Jose, great song it will always be
Ngoma kali. Much love from 254 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 🔥🔥🔥🔥am here March 20, 2019
I don't know it's meaning but I really enjoy it so much
Seriously sweet song mad love ❤️ from Kenya
2024 this song is still on my favorite list😊 and it will never grow old to me....much love from 🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲
2020 jose🇰🇪🎶👑🔥🔥❤️
My favorite from Jose chameleon
2022 November still here This song will forever be unique and fullfill From 254 Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 we r Africa and African is our Business
Wonderful experience
2023 here chameleon followers gathering here from Nigeria, I used to listen to chameleon when i was studying in India with my east African brothers.
The instrumentals 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥I love chameleon my all time favourite apart from Esir our Kenyan legend …. Respects to chameleon man ✊🏿✊🏿😭❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥quick recovery my legend
2022 were still here....