Very true. My mom used to be a beautician in the 70s and every time she closed the shop, she heard "that song about some ol ma cuckoo" lmao 😂😂😂, but this song is so good it made me dance a mild salsa and hip-hop. She heard me playing it again, and because I'm in rehab, she grabbed my hands and we got down. After the song was over, she asked "Didn't Michael Jackson do that mama coo sah part?" I say "Just like Robin Thicke did "Got to Give it Up" by Marvin Gaye". Mom said "Lawd have mercy. Can't nobody write songs no more?" (She from Arkansas, so she's extra country) I agree with her but I still think this one is better.
This was the Shyt back in the day. East Harlem 1970’s. Didn’t matter where you were; my cousins in Bed Stuy rocked it just as hard as we did🙌🏽🙌🏽. Can you say “Block Party” boys and girls😂
Many people don’t know that this song is where Michael Jackson got his ‘mama se mama sa mamakossa riff in Wanna Be Starting Something. Many thought it was just nonsense stuff he made up, but it started here with Soul Makossa!!
Man, I remember going to the club in Munich Germany and dancing my ass off to this. I'm 63 next week and I'm STILL dancin' to this!! Lol!! This was and still is the shit!!!!
@Cheryl Mays Certain types of music come from different cultures. There is no escaping that. Mozart is the height of the classical EUROPEAN tradition, for instance. That is FACT--JUST as FUNK and R&B ROOTS are AFRICAN. It is okay to acknowledge difference and dispense with the delusion of not 'seeing' OR 'hearing' differences.
I'm an OG. I used to play this on the saxophone with my band in 1972. We partied hard to this at the college parties. Wow, them were the days. Rest peacefully - Manu Dibango. Thank you for uploading this chinta41.
great memories of the past.. I used to practice my congas along with this 70's... just been playing my bongos before this reply... still going.. still playing.. still poppin'.. ;)))))
Manu Dibango, one of the greatest jazz musicians in the world. Proud to be an African precisely from the same country with him.. If you don't know his country it's Cameroon. And the Language he's speaking is call Douala Language.. Kind of a Bantu language
I was 11 and across the river in Rockland when I first heard it, but yep, loved this song. To this day and partly because of this song, I still love Funk, Jazz, Disco and Dance tunes.
Oh My... Me and my wife just live dancing on his music... We're 56 and 52... But we can dance anywhere and any time and any length of time... Wish his soul a peaceful journey in his life beyond...
The Man who unleashed the most powerful, massive, and effective hunk of Afro Funk, upon an unsuspecting World. We miss you dearly Manu R.I.P, Long live the Makossa Beat. Trinidad And Tobago has spoken.
This was one of those songs in the 70s when your party was lagging, ya put this on and everybody would get up and jam. Didn’t know what he was saying and didn’t care!
So I'm playing this and my mom who's sick is up in her bed jamming lol music heals. She was just saying she's not feeling well 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 now take your meds mama kossa🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 stay safe
Have you seen the original video of this.pull it up those young kids got it going on and the last part of it were the man dancing moving his feet amazing LOL
@@arpc0027 What deacade was that? Yeah.. great memories of the past.. I used to practice my congas along with this 70's... just been playing my bongos before this reply... still going.. still playing.. still poppin'.. ;)))))
I remember in the 70's, I walked in to a bar in Portchester N.Y. and Manu and his band were playing. That's the first time I heard Soul Makossa. I love that song, it makes you dance. RIP Manu
Every time I hear this song, I remember when my cousin was visiting from Jamaica for the summer. Whenever this played on the radio we would dance like crazy in my other cousin's living room. We were only five or six at the time and could dance our butts off. That was so many moons ago. Where did my childhood go? I miss the 70's.
I can still see me dancing with my young kids in the living room. We loved it so much, this was an lp from my youth..., I had my dog, a Cocker Spaniel in my arms, while dancing. He loved this too!
My father had this album and I used to listen to this over & over again. Searched for the song for years as an adult. Thanks for bringing it back to light.
Saxophonist, vibraphonist, and songwriter Manu Dibango passed away on March 24th, 2020 at a hospital in France of complications of COVID-19. He was 86 years old... Having grown up in Cameroon, Dibango attended high school in France, where he learned to play the saxophone. After leaving school, he began playing in Belgian nightclubs, then he became a member of the Congolese rumba group African Jazz. As a solo artist, Dibango collaborated with other notable musicians including Fela Kuti, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Youssou Ndour, and Bernie Worrell. His “Soul Makossa”* was a Top 40 hit in 1973 and was widely covered by other artists. Its chanted refrain, “mama ko, mama sa, maka makossa,” was adapted by Michael Jackson for his 1983 hit “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'” and again by Rihanna for her 2007 “Don’t Stop the Music.” In 2009, Dibango sued both artists for using the hook without permission. Jackson admitted he borrowed the line and settled out of court... May he R.I.P. * "Soul Makossa" entered Billboard's Top 100 on June 17th, 1973 at position #88, five weeks later it would peak at #35 {for 2 weeks} and it spent nine weeks on the Top 100...
This song rocks. It was one of my sister's favorite songs. My gorgeous and beautiful sister Sandy passed away last month and I will forever love her and remember this song
This jam here set the under ground roller skating scene on fire! Back in the mid 70s. It also created a whole new style of music mixing Latin Jazz with African rhythms!
I can feel "Don't stop the music" by Rihanna, and "Wanna be starting something" by Michael Jackson. Proud to be from Central where the music inspiration is from. Congo and Cameroon especially. Congo's River is the real source of inspiration for all world music
I lived in fort lauderdale and went to a bar on 441 that was great for hanging out with friends. when this song came on the juke box everyone would dance. it was so cool because no matter what you were doing, when this song would come on the whole place would start to dance no matter who you were, you put your drink down or pool cue and bust a move. even people who didn't know about it would start to dance too. I loved it!
I remember this song in the summer of 1973 in Washington DC. This song was playing everywhere in the DMV.YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT DANCE TO THIS GROVE. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS DANCING TO THIS SONG.I HAVE GREAT MEMORIES AROUND THIS SONG.I WAS 10 YEARS OLD.
Rest In Peace Manu . You touched the whole world with your music.But you touched every persons soul with this song.Street cred galore With love from your Puerto Rican Brothers i once again have been brought to tears 😭 Actrue musical legend!
Some serious sound ...my dad used to listen to this when l was young and we would dance our ass off,now lm 40 n l miss my dad so much n l'm finding myself going seaching for all the songs he played....memories
I loved this song as a kid in brooklyn new york, it took me forever to remember the name , but I am sooo glad I tracked it down !!! I LOVE THIS SONG!!!
Defintely one for the books. Never gets old. When Im driving on the highway to nowhere (clears my mind ) I blast this, and all the other songs of our generation. You can hear my coming on the highway 10 cars down.
Rediscovered this song a few months ago and its on my Saturday morning playlist. Just found out that Manu Dibango died today. Playing this song brings back memories of my youth. Thank you for the music, Manu Dibango. May your soul rest in peace.
We used to do the "BUMP" to this song. Old school days in the Bronx. My girlfriend was Jeannette Molina and I was in J.H.S.80 on Moshulu Pkwy. That was 44 years ago. I used to wear "sharkskin pant, playboy shoes, and a stitch shirt".
Nope, The Push and Pull!! It was the sexier version. We did The Runaround to this, not to be confused with the Running Man...though probably came from it.
The Bronx was the place to be. I went to JHS 22 on E.167th Street. This song was the joint and the bump sure was the dance. Wow it brings back memories.
Ruthie Dig...You are a definitely a 70's child. The bump was the only dance I could ever to actually do. Yes indeed Ruthie, it brings back a flood of emotions.
Originally Michael Jacksons "mama say mama sa mamakusa" part was originally said as "Wanna dance to the sound of Michael's song" but it got replaced cause it sounded to cheesy or something. Anyways, interesting fact. R.I.P Manu and thanks for this awesome piece of music 🙏
I was shopping at a Wholefoods one day, and this song was in the background but I had my headphones on. Then when I passed an isle I saw a gorgeous girl softly dancing as she was looking for items. It caught my eye so I took my headphones off and heard the song. I looked it up right away, everytime I listen to it now I always picture her cute dancing to it and appreciate such gorgeous music. RIP Manu.
What to say in 2019. Just beautiful music. First Tim I bounce it up on the tube. But heard it growing up. The African diaspora contribution to music is far reaching. So relevant. So potent. So infectious. So so good.
The first time i heard this song was in a JLo video& it was just a snippit of the song. I was hooked & needed more, i finally found the song & artist. Been obsessed ever since
we used to partyoff this hard back in the day, there was this disco we use to party at call dukes dilemma in nyc west third and mcdougal, the best times that's when the bump was out so much fun great memories.
wow! one of those forgotten jams again back in the day!! they don't do music like they used to. I know you remember roller skating to such jams as this one
I’m 52 I grew up on this song. For me it’s part of my heritage born and raised here in the U.S Brooklyn NY ✊🏾✨🤎💫💪🏾✊🏾. Forever Grateful for his contribution it speaks to my soul and spirit overtime I hear it. Although at the time I didn’t understand what they were saying 🤣🤣😍
Back in the early 70s I remember hearing this tune on the radio ,west coast Cali, and looking into music genres recently it turns out that this tune is considered the first disco song...once again, a music style influenced by the dark continent. The song is about a place, it's a chant if sorts, it's easy to absorb the beat due to it's simple construction... Michael Jackson used a chorus line from this song and I hope Manu got paid for it...have a peaceful forever Manu and thank you for this song...
I heard this song at a party when I was a teenager. It was so amazing and unusual from anything I had ever heard. It still makes me act like a teenager! 57 and still dancin to funk:)
This song brings back fun times and memories, I remember this song came over the radio on FM. And the salesman at Hi- Fi Fo- Fum turn it up, way up!!! The amp was a Crown DC 300A going through a pair of klipsch Corner Speakers, unbelievable sound to this day I have never heard anything like that, made my skin tingle! Those were the days and all the stereo sales man at Hi-Fi Fo-Fum back in 1972 you were the best!
Chinita, thanks a bunch for this song !!!, it reminds me so much of growing up listening to this song in the radio, in Cuba, where I born and raised. Thanks !!! it has been over 35 years I haven't heard it, but the soonest I heard it, I couldn't stop dancing. ;)
The never ending jam that does not age.....recently just lucked up a found it was on these digital jukeboxes.....played it at pool hall and the kids were like what is this ? bodies started rockin and they were who played this and is this new....Told them this song is far older than YOU...but till ROCKS...
What a delight to see this on youtube. I bought this on vinyl many years ago and it got ruined at many parties. I had completely forgotten about this great song. Missed it a lot once I heard it again. Love this and Hugh Masekela's stuff
I used to play this for one of my work associates who had a big heart and a big smile to go with it. She'd do her 'Makossa' dance in the back aisle of the auto parts warehouse then proceed back into the office as though nothing had happened. Great times, July 2002 to October 2004.
My Dad loved this song and would play it on his record player. I first heard it in 1985 from our living room. I liked it and remember even moving to it at 4 yrs old. NYC loved Manu
This one song aided in the creation of the genre of Disco. Disco aided in the creation of the genre of House Music and House Music aided in the creation of the genre EDM. Truly legendary! R.I.P Manu
Your comment couldn't farther from the truth.Please learn Not to disrespect and speak Facts.The song was written in celebration of Cameroon making it to the quarter finals of the Africa Cup of Nations Football Tournament.
@@frankjames6232 Yeah! Hio hop nourished from the repetitive disco music, it was sampled, extended, added a nice beat and Voila! A perfect base for rapping
Love this song!!!! Manu recorded it in New York City at Buddha Record's studio! We ROCKED the Loft parties with this song in New York...!!! Rest in Power Baba...I know the Imakyu (Ancestors) are jammin' in the Nu...
@@sandrabell9673 funk, rock'n'roll, jazz etc came from African American. I know music, you to learn. It's very ignorant when you do know the history of music.
I knew this song with my blood brother back in the late 70’s early 80’s...didn’t know much about it but we loved it.......small town white boys that just liked rhythm....crazy but true
I remember my Dad ( rip) 🌹🙏🌹dancing his ass off to this getting his drink on, as a little girl, so glad I grew up with great music like this Rip Manu 🕯️🙏🕯️
I was born in 1970 and my mother would play this on the radio or we played it on a record player This song 🎧 ❤ speaks to my soul as a black American 🇺🇸 This is legendary song and before afrobeats Fela is the original artist from Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Igbo music 👏👏👏
We just lost one of the great fathers of soul... Manu Dibango just passed away from COVID-19 at age 86... RIP :( Nous venons de perdre un grand homme au COVID-19... que la terre te soit légère :(
This was THE jam in Brooklyn N.Y. (Red Hook) in the 70's. Couldn't have a block party without it.
Very true. My mom used to be a beautician in the 70s and every time she closed the shop, she heard "that song about some ol ma cuckoo" lmao 😂😂😂, but this song is so good it made me dance a mild salsa and hip-hop. She heard me playing it again, and because I'm in rehab, she grabbed my hands and we got down. After the song was over, she asked "Didn't Michael Jackson do that mama coo sah part?" I say "Just like Robin Thicke did "Got to Give it Up" by Marvin Gaye". Mom said "Lawd have mercy. Can't nobody write songs no more?" (She from Arkansas, so she's extra country) I agree with her but I still think this one is better.
This was the Shyt back in the day. East Harlem 1970’s. Didn’t matter where you were; my cousins in Bed Stuy rocked it just as hard as we did🙌🏽🙌🏽. Can you say “Block Party” boys and girls😂
Grew up in Brooklyn New York and this was even the jam after the 70s
In the Brownsville part of Brooklyn too. They threw block party performances in the 70's with African dress wear and dances.
AYEEE
Many people don’t know that this song is where Michael Jackson got his ‘mama se mama sa mamakossa riff in Wanna Be Starting Something. Many thought it was just nonsense stuff he made up, but it started here with Soul Makossa!!
Yeah they do especially us who was around in the 70s when this song first came out. 😂
Yeah got that right 👍. That's were it came from 😊
This always bothered me while growing up. Glad someone else said it. I still got my parent's 45 record in my closet. LOL!!!
ESATTAMENTE….L’ORIGINALE È QUI ❤️🔥
Oh no! Michael Jackson was a baby.
Is anybody out there still listening to this song in 2024 it never gets old it gets better when you listen to it❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I am, I am. ❤❤❤❤
I am classic when we grew up
I'm sixty-four years young, and this is one of my favorite songs from my adolescent.
Absolutely, still listening to this song
Still listening to Jungle Fever by the Chakachas
Manu just passed away today in France. He was 86. Rest In Peace, Brother.
One Love!
God bless him
Rest in peace Manu 🌹✊🏾
One love brother ❤️🔊
Sorry to hear that...One Love!
Rest in peace Manu. Half a century of an exceptional career. Jazz, funk music, Makossa 🇨🇲. Your legacy lives on sir.
MERCI MANU ! PEACE ...
True
I agree bro. Soul Power!
,,,o, , ,,,
May the king rip long island n.y. will always love you my king one
Man, I remember going to the club in Munich Germany and dancing my ass off to this. I'm 63 next week and I'm STILL dancin' to this!! Lol!! This was and still is the shit!!!!
We're you on cocaine
Muy husband was five yet still feels it to his bones.
HEYYYYY
Omg!! Me to. What happened to everything and everyone 😕 still good though 🙇
@@claudettestarr1275 exactly, where's the essence of life now
Cannot escape African roots, Reggae, Calypso, Salsa and don't forget Funk!!!!
And Zydeco
All came from us all black
@Cheryl Mays get the fuck out of here with that bullshit
@Cheryl Mays Certain types of music come from different cultures. There is no escaping that. Mozart is the height of the classical EUROPEAN tradition, for instance. That is FACT--JUST as FUNK and R&B ROOTS are AFRICAN. It is okay to acknowledge difference and dispense with the delusion of not 'seeing' OR 'hearing' differences.
Well said thank you 🌟
FOREVER MY JAM IT'S NOW 2024 AND ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT HERE ANYMORE HE HAS LEFT A HELLUVA LEGACY IN HIS TIME THAT HE WAS HERE- REST IN MUSICAL POWER- SIR
You are so right 👍
Listening this music just few hours after the passing away of Manu Dibango is total devasting, RIP legend
I'm an OG. I used to play this on the saxophone with my band in 1972. We partied hard to this at the college parties. Wow, them were the days. Rest peacefully - Manu Dibango. Thank you for uploading this chinta41.
I wished I was a adult in 1972 , cuz the music is so freakin great...but I was only 7 years old
great memories of the past.. I used to practice my congas along with this 70's...
just been playing my bongos before this reply... still going.. still playing.. still poppin'.. ;)))))
Rise and shine soldier. Job well done. Welcome to your new assignment... princess Lea ❤️💜😊
OG here
Manu Dibango, one of the greatest jazz musicians in the world. Proud to be an African precisely from the same country with him.. If you don't know his country it's Cameroon. And the Language he's speaking is call Douala Language.. Kind of a Bantu language
thank's for this
good info
Thank you very much for the information.
Proud West African here...Many do not realize that, Michael Jackson used this song as a chorus in his famous hit...
Thanks, what is the translation to what he is saying in the chorus?
I was 8 and Jammin' to this sh*t when it came out in '72.....Growing up in the Bronx....GOOD MEMORIES!!!...GREAT JAM!!!
I was 11 and across the river in Rockland when I first heard it, but yep, loved this song. To this day and partly because of this song, I still love Funk, Jazz, Disco and Dance tunes.
I was 8 also great memories killer beat
BLACK IN CABRINI GREEN ON THE 70'S SOUL MACHINE DOING OUR THING..IN A GANGTA LEAN..
The first black African funk to hit the world Manu Dibango from the Cameroun Nation sings in French and his native language ,original smash.
Oh Wow
@Bantze Hotep not exactly because then you are forgetting the culture of Northerb Africa .... Which technically by ethnic origin isn't Black.
White, black, yellow, pink, who care the color but the music?
@@hawkinsa90 why does it bother you
@@theashologist it is black whats wrong with you
michael jackson, rihana, wyclef from the fugees they all used this song
proud to be cameroonian
Akon too
Profondo dispiacere per la scomparsa di un grande artista, nato a Douala, città che conosco e della quale ho nostalgia.
The Grim Reaper from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy too. R.I.P. Manu
Beyonce too during her Coachella performance.
They still first and they pay after like m jackson mr kinder surprise
Oh My... Me and my wife just live dancing on his music... We're 56 and 52... But we can dance anywhere and any time and any length of time... Wish his soul a peaceful journey in his life beyond...
The Man who unleashed the most powerful, massive, and effective hunk of Afro Funk, upon an unsuspecting World. We miss you dearly Manu R.I.P, Long live the Makossa Beat. Trinidad And Tobago has spoken.
You couldn't have said it better Brother. One Love. Universal.
This was a big hit in the summer of 1973.
Yes!
Still Rock-n it!
If I die bury me dee two turntables right on my feet. Go on ski. Beep bleep. !!!
We was still bumpn this in 75 lol😅 ii Love dis $#!+
This was one of those songs in the 70s when your party was lagging, ya put this on and everybody would get up and jam. Didn’t know what he was saying and didn’t care!
Soo True... R.I.P SIR
So I'm playing this and my mom who's sick is up in her bed jamming lol music heals. She was just saying she's not feeling well 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 now take your meds mama kossa🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 stay safe
Amen to that ain't it the truth
Strate out the jungle
Could emgan this in the jungle
Song over 50 years old and still pumping!!!!! Classic. Stands the test of time. Rest in Peace Manu🙏🏾🎶🎶🎶🎶
Have you seen the original video of this.pull it up those young kids got it going on and the last part of it were the man dancing moving his feet amazing LOL
I remember skating to this song in San Antonio at Skateland West. What great memories of the past.
@@arpc0027 What deacade was that? Yeah.. great memories of the past.. I used to practice my congas along with this 70's...
just been playing my bongos before this reply... still going.. still playing.. still poppin'.. ;)))))
1973
I danced to this in the 80s and boy didnt we really go for it - I wish I had a proper hifi to listen to it on
I remember in the 70's, I walked in to a bar in Portchester N.Y. and Manu and his band were playing. That's the first time I heard Soul Makossa. I love that song, it makes you dance. RIP Manu
Heyyyyyyyyyy 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
You can still play this jam at any club now and I bet the crowd would go crazy on the dance floor, no question!
YEP!!!💜😎
i remember this when i went to the new york disotechs they played this song all the time back in the day 1970s and early 1980s great song
IKR 💯🌟
@@petercaruso2925 1973-74 in Atlanta
Frankie Crocker was responsible for bringing this jam to the US.
i was a 20 year old white boy and this came old the radio - i ended up with a saxophone ..and still dig it.
This isn't your culture or customs. 🧹
Idiot!!!!
Rock it my brother
Every time I hear this song, I remember when my cousin was visiting from Jamaica for the summer. Whenever this played on the radio we would dance like crazy in my other cousin's living room. We were only five or six at the time and could dance our butts off. That was so many moons ago. Where did my childhood go? I miss the 70's.
This made me smile :)
I can still see me dancing with my young kids in the living room. We loved it so much, this was an lp from my youth..., I had my dog, a Cocker Spaniel in my arms, while dancing. He loved this too!
My father had this album and I used to listen to this over & over again. Searched for the song for years as an adult. Thanks for bringing it back to light.
This was a main stay on WBLS F.M. radio N.Y.C.
Frankie Crocker played it all day long in the Early 70s.
R.I.P. Mr. Crocker!
The chief Rocker.
No doubt
Rip many Dibango😖😖😭😭😭
Rip Manu !
RIP MANU DIBANGO
Saxophonist, vibraphonist, and songwriter Manu Dibango passed away on March 24th, 2020 at a hospital in France of complications of COVID-19. He was 86 years old...
Having grown up in Cameroon, Dibango attended high school in France, where he learned to play the saxophone. After leaving school, he began playing in Belgian nightclubs, then he became a member of the Congolese rumba group African Jazz. As a solo artist, Dibango collaborated with other notable musicians including Fela Kuti, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Youssou Ndour, and Bernie Worrell. His “Soul Makossa”* was a Top 40 hit in 1973 and was widely covered by other artists. Its chanted refrain, “mama ko, mama sa, maka makossa,” was adapted by Michael Jackson for his 1983 hit “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'” and again by Rihanna for her 2007 “Don’t Stop the Music.” In 2009, Dibango sued both artists for using the hook without permission. Jackson admitted he borrowed the line and settled out of court...
May he R.I.P.
* "Soul Makossa" entered Billboard's Top 100 on June 17th, 1973 at position #88, five weeks later it would peak at #35 {for 2 weeks} and it spent nine weeks on the Top 100...
I appreciate you sharing what you shared🙏
He even sung with the greatest salsa singer Hector Lavos in Africa fight with Muhammad Ali n Gearge Frazier
You are so informative thank you what a man he is missed
Bad ass
MJ died in 2009.
this was in every puerto rican club back in the days!🇵🇷🕊️🙏
Excellent RIP 5:07
Wepa!
Bikers dig this shit ( crazy bishops)
RIP my brother! Your music moved the world! He was not a young man but the coronavirus took him before he should have gone.
Could have been the common flu bruh, don't buy the brainwash.
@@katl1489 I've been in EMS for 20 years and lost 3 colleagues to COVID-19 in a week and I have two on respirators. You believe what you wish.
RIP ! The man who got me into African music!
This song rocks. It was one of my sister's favorite songs. My gorgeous and beautiful sister Sandy passed away last month and I will forever love her and remember this song
Rest In Peace Manu Dibango, you were one of Africa’s music legends!!
This jam here set the under ground roller skating scene on fire! Back in the mid 70s. It also created a whole new style of music mixing Latin Jazz with African rhythms!
latin jazz are african rhythms
I remember when this first came out in early 70's.. and it kicked ass. Every one rocked to this...it was so different. It still kicks ass!!
All time classic and one of the best funky pieces ever !
George Demetriades love this was it a hit I was born in 71
George Demetriades ok Mr. George shake that white booty!
I can feel "Don't stop the music" by Rihanna, and "Wanna be starting something" by Michael Jackson. Proud to be from Central where the music inspiration is from. Congo and Cameroon especially. Congo's River is the real source of inspiration for all world music
Your absolutely correct!!
@Aluthando Bottoman 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That’s a laugh
This song can bring the dead back from the grave! Who didn't love this song! As soon as you hear it, the beat just gets you!
LOL>.. yes..
Lol
Reality says something else. Hell & Heaven
Sal Mocosa 3:07
Oh MY ! Hey Dawn what up Mami ?
I lived in fort lauderdale and went to a bar on 441 that was great for hanging out with friends. when this song came on the juke box everyone would dance. it was so cool because no matter what you were doing, when this song would come on the whole place would start to dance no matter who you were, you put your drink down or pool cue and bust a move. even people who didn't know about it would start to dance too.
I loved it!
cruiser I live in the Miami area and we did the same thing at North Dade High dances back in the day!!!
Debra Williams I think it must have been a south florida thing. it sounds like you enjoyed it as much as i did. :)
cruiser
I did!!!
what's the name of the club cruiser?
+cruiser
On the "Poop Deck" at the Marlin Beach, Ft. La-dee-dah!
I'll make sure to bump this during the quarantine period. Rest easy, Manu Dibango. From a Cameroonian born in America ❤
RIP to the creator of a sound that reverberates memories and inspires still.
I remember this song in the summer of 1973 in Washington DC. This song was playing everywhere in the DMV.YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT DANCE TO THIS GROVE. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS DANCING TO THIS SONG.I HAVE GREAT MEMORIES AROUND THIS SONG.I WAS 10 YEARS OLD.
I'm so glad I grew up with this music in NYC in the 70s and didn't have to discover it on some cheesy movie soundtrack.
ME TOO 118ST. 3N2
shut up dork.
That doesn't make you any "cooler" 🙄
True Indeed. It's my my earliest memories. Bed Stuy...Do Or Die!!!!! One Love Brother!...
Hey nothing wrong with finding music on a movie sound track...we all can't be old and grow up in the 70's...overall a great fucken song👍
Rest In Peace Manu . You touched the whole world with your music.But you touched every persons soul with this song.Street cred galore With love from your Puerto Rican Brothers i once again have been brought to tears 😭 Actrue musical legend!
Some serious sound ...my dad used to listen to this when l was young and we would dance our ass off,now lm 40 n l miss my dad so much n l'm finding myself going seaching for all the songs he played....memories
I loved this song as a kid in brooklyn new york, it took me forever to remember the name , but I am sooo glad I tracked it down !!! I LOVE THIS SONG!!!
Me 2
Cruisin down 86th street wearing decks and Sergio valente...lol best song
@mary lynn lupo ahhh,knickerbocker avenue😲😲😲evergreen
Niggia used this shit
I gotta represent Brownsville. Trend setters. Outdoor music and community dances. This was it. I love it. Thanks for bringing it back 💃🏾💃🏾🤸🏾♀️💜
Defintely one for the books. Never gets old. When Im driving on the highway to nowhere (clears my mind ) I blast this, and all the other songs of our generation. You can hear my coming on the highway 10 cars down.
This shit was jamming and if you weren't dancing .its cause your lame
2019....this song will never have an expiration date on it. still bumping
THROWBACK JAM
We rocked this Brooklyn when I younger and I still play it in my mixes....RIP Manu!
Me too. former Brooklynite! ain't no party like a Brooklyn Party - Saratoga Ave, Strauss St, Amboy St - Betsy Head Park - Aye!
@@bcherryladyglady7494
Park Slope. Brooklyn rules!
Yup! Hov ended up using it on Vol. 1 “Face Off” feat. Sauce Money also
@@bcherryladyglady7494 don't forget St. John's Pl. The best block parties were in Brooklyn.
Rediscovered this song a few months ago and its on my Saturday morning playlist. Just found out that Manu Dibango died today. Playing this song brings back memories of my youth. Thank you for the music, Manu Dibango. May your soul rest in peace.
This still rock's the parties and anywhere you play it or hear it. You will shake that body and dance.
We used to do the "BUMP" to this song. Old school days in the Bronx. My girlfriend was Jeannette Molina and I was in J.H.S.80 on Moshulu Pkwy. That was 44 years ago. I used to wear "sharkskin pant, playboy shoes, and a stitch shirt".
Nope, The Push and Pull!! It was the sexier version. We did The Runaround to this, not to be confused with the Running Man...though probably came from it.
Italian knit button down shirt with deep copper silk and wool pant, alligator slip-ons over thick & thins. '63 - '67 Detroit Southwestern.
The Bronx was the place to be. I went to JHS 22 on E.167th Street. This song was the joint and the bump sure was the dance. Wow it brings back memories.
Ruthie
Dig...You are a definitely a 70's child. The bump was the only dance I could ever to actually do. Yes indeed Ruthie, it brings back a flood of emotions.
Ruthie Wade 117 off the Grand Concourse baby!
Found this in my father's tape from '73. Timeless music. RIP
It doesn't matter we're you from everyone was dancing to this great music back then long live the amazing 70's!!!👍😉✌👉🤘.
Originally Michael Jacksons "mama say mama sa mamakusa" part was originally said as "Wanna dance to the sound of Michael's song" but it got replaced cause it sounded to cheesy or something. Anyways, interesting fact. R.I.P Manu and thanks for this awesome piece of music 🙏
Gil 180 BX this is a classic classic song I love it I used to break dance to this song I’m a BBOY for life 💯🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷💯💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Good memories! Still listening ... Watching Crooklyn! 2023🔥
I was shopping at a Wholefoods one day, and this song was in the background but I had my headphones on. Then when I passed an isle I saw a gorgeous girl softly dancing as she was looking for items. It caught my eye so I took my headphones off and heard the song. I looked it up right away, everytime I listen to it now I always picture her cute dancing to it and appreciate such gorgeous music. RIP Manu.
I would love 2 see my ancestors jam out 2 this in their tribal dance! I know they would get it innnnn!
That would have been epic. But we can make our own tribal routine in their memory.
Manu you are one of my greatest inspirations as a lyricist & alto saxophone musician. RIP your music will live on for generations to come.
Thank you for the music we danced last night To this song..Rest Easy Keep on Dancing..Love from California...
Rip Papa groove. One of the greatest EVER...
What to say in 2019. Just beautiful music. First Tim I bounce it up on the tube. But heard it growing up. The African diaspora contribution to music is far reaching. So relevant. So potent. So infectious. So so good.
The early 70's great Music to dance!! I remember this vividly I was 21 years old.....................Wooooo
Juan Martinez the nostalgia is alive.
PURA VIDA
Yes, time when we was jounger)))
The first time i heard this song was in a JLo video& it was just a snippit of the song. I was hooked & needed more, i finally found the song & artist. Been obsessed ever since
RIP Mister DIBANGO! Thanks for the happiness you brought to Earth with your music
Timeless music that still sounds up to date. Really like this authoritative sound of Manu Dibango
Rest In Peace! I was about 15 when this song came out. Always picked me up!
I'm 67, this music never gets old
2019 and this song is still banging. Play this in a cookout or old timers day in the PJ's and you will be moving to the beat. It never gets old.
THE PARTY JAM
we used to partyoff this hard back in the day, there was this disco we use to party at call dukes dilemma in nyc west third and mcdougal, the best times that's when the bump was out so much fun great memories.
Bruce Young yes I remember the bump the spank to.
Bruce Young /don't want to bum no big fat women.
wow! one of those forgotten jams again back in the day!! they don't do music like they used to. I know you remember roller skating to such jams as this one
I’m 52 I grew up on this song. For me it’s part of my heritage born and raised here in the U.S Brooklyn NY ✊🏾✨🤎💫💪🏾✊🏾. Forever Grateful for his contribution it speaks to my soul and spirit overtime I hear it.
Although at the time I didn’t understand what they were saying 🤣🤣😍
Back in the early 70s I remember hearing this tune on the radio ,west coast Cali, and looking into music genres recently it turns out that this tune is considered the first disco song...once again, a music style influenced by the dark continent. The song is about a place, it's a chant if sorts, it's easy to absorb the beat due to it's simple construction... Michael Jackson used a chorus line from this song and I hope Manu got paid for it...have a peaceful forever Manu and thank you for this song...
Michael Jackson did not use a line from this song. What Michael Jackson said was Imma say it one more time I’m not going to stop.
The rhythm and Influence in that line is obvious. It’s a nice tribute actually.
Bongo Rock was the first upbeat disco song in 1973. (By The Incredible Bongo Band.)
I heard this song at a party when I was a teenager. It was so amazing and unusual from anything I had ever heard. It still makes me act like a teenager! 57 and still dancin to funk:)
Many views on my soul makossa track. I never get tired of listening to it.. #funkitup
This that shit...
John Smokes Jr gotta move to this classic gem..
Paul McBride lol dancing is the oldschool ultimate workout.. #funkitup
chinita41 Real talk...
chinita41 Many views, lots of money for you. It's not your property so don't monetize it!
Merci l'artiste,que la terre de ton Cameroun natal,te soit douce...merci pour tout ce bonheur...
This song brings back fun times and memories, I remember this song came over the radio on FM.
And the salesman at Hi- Fi Fo- Fum turn it up, way up!!!
The amp was a Crown DC 300A going through a pair of klipsch Corner Speakers, unbelievable sound to this day I have never heard anything like that, made my skin tingle! Those were the days and all the stereo sales man at Hi-Fi Fo-Fum back in 1972 you were the best!
Chinita, thanks a bunch for this song !!!, it reminds me so much of growing up listening to this song in the radio, in Cuba, where I born and raised. Thanks !!! it has been over 35 years I haven't heard it, but the soonest I heard it, I couldn't stop dancing. ;)
that song was fricking awesome..hA ? I remember my hippie years..Lol. L and 23..
Jeff George En el vedado ? lol
😉😂 si..por alli y el Focsa y Kawama..
Jeff George Ya se me había olvidado ese edificio. Pura gente del Partido ahí.
Long live Manu. I remember this song from the 70's for sure !!
The never ending jam that does not age.....recently just lucked up a found it was on these digital jukeboxes.....played it at pool hall and the kids were like what is this ? bodies started rockin and they were who played this and is this new....Told them this song is far older than YOU...but till ROCKS...
What a delight to see this on youtube. I bought this on vinyl many years ago and it got ruined at many parties. I had completely forgotten about this great song. Missed it a lot once I heard it again. Love this and Hugh Masekela's stuff
Oh yeah!! This used to get every one up to dance, didn't matter your color or age, you danced.
Eric Rivera I know it did wish I was old enough to be part of it I was just a kid
I used to play this for one of my work associates who had a big heart and a big smile to go with it. She'd do her 'Makossa' dance in the back aisle of the auto parts warehouse then proceed back into the office as though nothing had happened. Great times, July 2002 to October 2004.
70s music, best of all time. There is nothing in the world like it.
My Dad loved this song and would play it on his record player. I first heard it in 1985 from our living room. I liked it and remember even moving to it at 4 yrs old. NYC loved Manu
Ils ont un génial saxophoniste là haut maintenant. Reposez en paix Monsieur Dibango 😢🙏🏼
This one song aided in the creation of the genre of Disco. Disco aided in the creation of the genre of House Music and House Music aided in the creation of the genre EDM. Truly legendary! R.I.P Manu
Also hip-hop too
Your comment couldn't farther from the truth.Please learn Not to disrespect and speak Facts.The song was written in celebration of Cameroon making it to the quarter finals of the Africa Cup of Nations Football Tournament.
@@frankjames6232 Yeah! Hio hop nourished from the repetitive disco music, it was sampled, extended, added a nice beat and Voila! A perfect base for rapping
@@MatameVideos facts 💯🔥
1972-3 hit and still strong as ever
From 1973 !
Love this song!!!! Manu recorded it in New York City at Buddha Record's studio! We ROCKED the Loft parties with this song in New York...!!! Rest in Power Baba...I know the Imakyu (Ancestors) are jammin' in the Nu...
RIP Legend... Ta musique a bercé notre jeunesse... Quand notre papa jouait ce morceau sur sa platine, le bonheur total...
Rest in peace I listen to your song everyday during my workout at the gym
this is a pure classic
Roberto Chilly Nice yes it is
This is proof that Funk is from the Mother Land !!!!
No
They got it black Americans do your research please.
grega1972 : Sure is. A good part down south, USA, too! Don't miss it! Big question, what do you know about it? Not alot! Masoma!
flower321 channel do your research. Tell me all about it! HEY! OH, HA!!!
@@sandrabell9673 funk, rock'n'roll, jazz etc came from African American. I know music, you to learn. It's very ignorant when you do know the history of music.
I knew this song with my blood brother back in the late 70’s early 80’s...didn’t know much about it but we loved it.......small town white boys that just liked rhythm....crazy but true
ITS 2023 AND I STILL HAVE THIS SONG ON MY PARTY PLAYLIST- ALWAYS THAT ONE!!!!❤❤❤❤
it's 2024 need I say more!!!
R.I.P Brother. True jazz legend
I remember my Dad ( rip) 🌹🙏🌹dancing his ass off to this getting his drink on, as a little girl, so glad I grew up with great music like this
Rip Manu 🕯️🙏🕯️
I was born in 1970 and my mother would play this on the radio or we played it on a record player
This song 🎧 ❤ speaks to my soul as a black American 🇺🇸
This is legendary song and before afrobeats
Fela is the original artist from Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Igbo music 👏👏👏
I was 16 when this song came out it was such a huge Hit ! Thank you for your gift of music 🎶 Gone too Soon RIP
So cool ! This is 1972 !!
We just lost one of the great fathers of soul... Manu Dibango just passed away from COVID-19 at age 86... RIP :( Nous venons de perdre un grand homme au COVID-19... que la terre te soit légère :(
Première fois que j’entends « que la terre te soit légère »
I used to wander around muttering these lyrics 'mama koo mama sah'.....people sure got out of MY way..!!