Angélique Kidjo - Batonga (1991) Official Music video

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  • Опубліковано 18 кві 2010
  • An excellent artist and a wonderful person. It's incredible feeling to hear her voice first time in live concert, go and see when she is performing near you!
    I hope owners of the rights want to see this as an honor to this artist, which it really is.
    You can see this very same video freely also elsewhere in the internet.
    My hope is that everyone can just listen to this wonderful musician. Enjoy!
    And all of her albums are still rather easy to find!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 283

  • @Tmccccc
    @Tmccccc Рік тому +12

    2023, who's here listening to the greatest African music goddess??

  • @getplantednative
    @getplantednative 12 років тому +67

    Last time I saw Angelique was at the Roxy in Hollywood. Before she played her set she circulated among the audience. She personally greeted everyone of us individually, conversed with us, and thanked us for being there. What a Queen she is!!

    • @waterlord4146
      @waterlord4146 3 роки тому +1

      She's a really sweet lady......many african musicians are like that

  • @mariusgadoufio3643
    @mariusgadoufio3643 4 роки тому +63

    2020 who is with me once again

  • @adamiddris2143
    @adamiddris2143 3 роки тому +37

    When I was a kid I was travelling with my mom and they were playing this song in the bus. when I grew up I always remembered the song but didn't know the artist and the title I had been looking for it and today I've found it much love from ghana

    • @user-cm7tg2ns6p
      @user-cm7tg2ns6p 11 місяців тому +2

      Omg i have the same exact story , i went to Ghana with my mother and sister in 93 and this song was all over the radio, i always remembered the course “ batongo” lol tried for years to find out who sang this song, thank god for youtube 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

  • @ROWLURES
    @ROWLURES 12 років тому +28

    I don't know a word that she's saying, but I truly love this song!

  • @Quinarra
    @Quinarra 6 років тому +62

    I remember this song from the days when BET played international music

    • @sharrysparkz
      @sharrysparkz 3 роки тому +2

      Wow, you’re not lying... 😩🥺🙏🏾✊🏾

    • @Ghostmanriding
      @Ghostmanriding 3 роки тому +1

      Alas, this was when BET peaked imo.

    • @kamkam4571
      @kamkam4571 3 роки тому +2

      Caribbean Rhythm was the show!!

  • @trinimami1902
    @trinimami1902 5 років тому +14

    I’ve been trying to remember the name of this song for YEARS....finally found it omg 😭

    • @COSME90
      @COSME90 5 років тому

      This song is very good :)

  • @Dabadorofficiel6203
    @Dabadorofficiel6203 5 годин тому +1

    Le pays est fier de toi maman 💕🇧🇯

  • @hitomusic4
    @hitomusic4 11 років тому +17

    This has got to be one of the greatest recordings/performances of all time in the history of music.

  • @bhaveshtochabbra6853
    @bhaveshtochabbra6853 2 роки тому +2

    Elyotto sent me here:)

  • @alessandroasciano9330
    @alessandroasciano9330 8 років тому +35

    I first listened to this awesome and funny song in 1993 movie Caro Diario by Nanni Moretti...and now I have to thanks him :)

  • @Comicando
    @Comicando 12 років тому +22

    "Caro Diario" by Nanni Moretti!

  • @Megaliberator-mt4dc
    @Megaliberator-mt4dc 2 місяці тому +2

    This woman represent the African consciousness

  • @sethachamfour-yeboah5019
    @sethachamfour-yeboah5019 10 років тому +44

    Thank you Angelique , my 6 yr old Ghanaian American daughter is loving you right now, shes like daddy i love her voice , is she from Ghana.. sadly not but she is from Benin and all africans are one. Im gonna blast wombo lombo, agolo etc to send me down memory lane... Accra ,Ghana ...

    • @user-cm7tg2ns6p
      @user-cm7tg2ns6p 5 років тому +2

      I heard this song on the radio when i visited Ghana for the first time way back in 93 and i always wonderd who sung this song because when i came back to Canada where i was born i heard the same song on a international count down on a Canadian station and was shocked that i was hearing the same song. I guess the song must have been hot at the time and i never got to hear who the artist was which has been in my mind the past 26 years. Up until today may 29 2019 i was watching African voices on CNN and they where showcasing Angeliques music and the voice hit me instantly and brung back the memory of me in ghana as a child. Thank god for youtube because i youtubed it and it came up right away. Thanks for the beautiful music, I am a proud 1st generation Canadian Ghanaian. Bless up

    • @nanaayiwa8459
      @nanaayiwa8459 3 роки тому +2

      Uncle just love your comment. This is Nana Ayiwa Achanfuo-Yeboah

    • @kamkam4571
      @kamkam4571 3 роки тому

      She’s not from Benin

  • @CeCeMe1
    @CeCeMe1 2 роки тому +1

    I loved this song when I was a kid. BET use to hip is to so much music.

  • @KetzalAzulFilms
    @KetzalAzulFilms 2 роки тому +1

    Some friend once let me this CD for 2 weeks, it was 1991 or 92, I could never forget it...

  • @blackaphrodicte8351
    @blackaphrodicte8351 5 років тому +16

    may 2019 anyone?

  • @pariegoza
    @pariegoza 3 місяці тому

    My favourite of Anjeli collections ❤

  • @mohammedmudasir9108
    @mohammedmudasir9108 4 роки тому +9

    It's 2020 and this song is hitting my ears like crazy. Timeless music

  • @paulebai6811
    @paulebai6811 8 років тому +57

    in ancient benin kingdom the belief in
    many gods is a tradition. God of iron,God of thunder.,God of fertility. God of war.just as in Ancient African egypt transcends space and time.soo such too is the God of music.angelique
    she just tapped into her ancestral God of music.not surprising tp an AFRICAN. we the oldest people on earth gave music to the world.the europe learnt from us never the reverse. soo moth it be.a baby cant teach yesterday to his great great great grand parent.Africa your story will only be told by the Gods
    noy humans

    • @Keckegenkai
      @Keckegenkai 6 років тому +3

      Africa didnt 'invent music', it's a god given thing to like repeating beats, it's in our blood. Even animals like it.
      Ignorant fool.

    • @80schild31
      @80schild31 5 років тому +1

      We are all Gods

    • @nananyantakyi1549
      @nananyantakyi1549 4 роки тому

      @@Keckegenkai pig

    • @josem8753
      @josem8753 4 роки тому

      @M.C.Honey Rose "nope that's your believes don't push it on people by say "we all have a chance to become gods"😅

    • @maureenbrennanpichault4694
      @maureenbrennanpichault4694 3 роки тому

      I had the wonderful expérience of visiting Benin several times. I love the country ad people.Hoping to return when possibe.

  • @TheFilipsutka
    @TheFilipsutka 13 років тому +2

    this song was played in an italian movie called Dear Diary made by Nanni Moretti.
    i love this song

  • @jonaslaurince
    @jonaslaurince Рік тому +2

    Durant mon adolescence j'ai beaucoup aime les musiques d'Angelique Kidjo et encore je me sens heureux de les regarder et me fon revivre 30 ans de cela ...

  • @etaets21
    @etaets21 6 років тому +62

    Who here watchin it 2018

  • @Rebelnightwolfe
    @Rebelnightwolfe 3 роки тому +3

    I heard this on a local college radio station a couple years ago. I've been hooked on Angélique ever since.

  • @feltonamus
    @feltonamus 2 роки тому +2

    Classic! Used to play this all the time as a child!

  • @feltonamus
    @feltonamus 9 років тому +51

    Use to love this song as a kid even though I never knew what they were saying

    • @string1414
      @string1414 8 років тому +1

      +Felton Brown Me Too!

    • @ninosimone
      @ninosimone 6 років тому

      me too

    • @ZIXI357
      @ZIXI357 6 років тому

      Me too

    • @kimahector9781
      @kimahector9781 6 років тому

      Felton Brown me too.

    • @lawdhammercy4448
      @lawdhammercy4448 5 років тому +1

      Me too. I died to know what they were sting though. I used to just make up meanings while my brothers laughed me to scorn.

  • @cameliaaboua6867
    @cameliaaboua6867 10 років тому +14

    ma mère me la chantait quand j'étais encore très jeune. et jusqu'à ce jour j'aime cette chanson et surtout Angélique KIDJO. Elle représente bien le Benin

  • @nellykutana
    @nellykutana 10 років тому +17

    i ve luvd dis song since i was a child

  • @niihjulienne6353
    @niihjulienne6353 3 роки тому +11

    When I see dance crews dance with luminous effects today, I'm like 'Angélique set the pace!'.
    This woman, even at that time, had the most creative videos.

    • @84doll
      @84doll Рік тому +1

      Real talk

  • @tebogomatloa3636
    @tebogomatloa3636 2 роки тому +2

    2022 I never left..SA 🇿🇦

  • @eCelia08
    @eCelia08 11 років тому +4

    This song deserves more views

  • @leonardmabunda69
    @leonardmabunda69 8 місяців тому +1

    Great song

  • @paulebai6811
    @paulebai6811 8 років тому +6

    angelique kidjo. shes an African artist
    along with cella stella.they both originatef from benin.in west Africa.both were coached into African music in Africs.by the great cameroun
    master artist known as Ekambi brillant
    who help launch angelique first solo known as ninveh in 1982. both are very gifted Africans. Mrs kidjo.songs and choreography accentuate traditional African religions.spirits. the same as the yoruba of the benin kingdom. nigeria and togo.these same bantu traditions is the same practise in ancient egypt. its no doubt. that music
    originated in ancient African egypt by us Africans. even sports and religion.
    thered alot of variety of music in Africa
    that the world havent yet discover. every ocassion have its music.weeding.funerial.celebration etc
    music is like a recipe for living in Africa

  • @xstarr7893
    @xstarr7893 4 роки тому +10

    Who is here 2020?

  • @Investinyourselfdarling
    @Investinyourselfdarling Рік тому

    Wow I was in my early 20s BET used to play this. The video is so beautiful. AMAZING TIMES ❤❤❤❤❤ Dallas TX🇺🇲

  • @carapo66
    @carapo66 Рік тому

    Iconic music video....

  • @xXiBlackstarrXx
    @xXiBlackstarrXx 8 років тому +16

    Omg thanks for uploading this. I use to hear this song as a young girl growing up in Ghana and recently heard it in a car when I visited last year.

  • @kamkam4571
    @kamkam4571 3 роки тому +1

    Busta Rhymes def got the idea for his “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See” video from Angelique Kidjo

  • @robinkoehler2017
    @robinkoehler2017 3 роки тому +4

    Si Ilse la hubiera lanzado de sencillo con un videoclip de esta estética fluorescente aqui en Mexico, se habría llevado premio a la creatividad...

  • @afriqueafricains5005
    @afriqueafricains5005 4 роки тому +4

    This song and my childhood go from pair nostalgia that is here in 2020

  • @josebigjo2172
    @josebigjo2172 5 років тому +15

    Qui écoute encore en 2019?❤❤❤🍁

  • @jedelixmedia
    @jedelixmedia Рік тому +5

    Love this song since 1991..
    here is, roughly speaking, what the song says:
    she's talking about a beautiful girl with good hair, braids that reminds her cultural origins, and when she (Angélique) sees her, she is filled with joy.
    Then, she's asking her to dance, to move her butt, her hips on her song.
    😊😉

    • @nanadmedici6505
      @nanadmedici6505 Рік тому +1

      Which dialect is that,i learnt it "fon"a native language in Benin

    • @jedelixmedia
      @jedelixmedia Рік тому

      @@nanadmedici6505 "Fon" yes !

  • @KNot-Mi-ReelName
    @KNot-Mi-ReelName 14 років тому +2

    I saw her a few years ago too. More like 10. She is great!

  • @riccardograffieti2780
    @riccardograffieti2780 10 місяців тому +1

    Grazie Nanni

  • @rwelmer
    @rwelmer 14 років тому +3

    One of the coolest videos ever! We've seen her live twice in Chico, CA and she gave wonderfully uplifting performances both times. No sitting still during her shows!

  • @kwadwoaduse3058
    @kwadwoaduse3058 3 роки тому +1

    It's 2021 and I'm glad to know this is from a Legend!

  • @markaplier1261
    @markaplier1261 5 років тому +5

    Here in 2019!!

  • @RadiantJasmin
    @RadiantJasmin 14 років тому +2

    Thanks! I saw her live a few years ago, she is so amazing. She invited me and lots of other folks up on the stage to dance with her and we had a ball! :-)

  • @ajar1988
    @ajar1988 13 років тому

    I love this women so much, we are from the same country, Benin ma terre, i miss Ouida so much my home!!!!!! and Porto Novo too, been here in America for too long!!!!! need to go home!!!! thumbs up for Angelique Kidjo.

  • @area2378
    @area2378 4 роки тому +3

    I'm getting chills. ♥️♥️

  • @sawutishow636
    @sawutishow636 4 роки тому +1

    We're watching this 2020!!!this is Africa..

  • @kodjoblacka
    @kodjoblacka 4 роки тому +1

    Watching this in 2019. I was 2 year old living in Togo when this came out. Good memories. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @Benfzworld
    @Benfzworld 13 років тому +3

    I love this song, because TheFilipsutka is right, it was played in that italian movie. We had to study the film at uni, in one of my cinema seminars, and I remember loving the song so much; The lecturer asked ME out of the hundred of other students what I thought of the opening sequence, and all I could come up with was "the song's great!!!"... it was true but she probably thought I was a complete idiot as it wasn't that relevant to the course. Anyway, I LOVE it, brings back good memories

  • @madera3650
    @madera3650 4 роки тому +1

    this is what dreaming is all about. Angelique was pushing boundaries before pushing boundaries became a fad. Long live, love queen

  • @smoothnubian
    @smoothnubian Рік тому

    After I saw this video, I went out and bought the cassette

  • @JooliganDyer
    @JooliganDyer 4 роки тому +1

    I remember seeing her drop backflips in the middle of a song, without pausing to even catch breath. Amazing gig, great voice, also love her version of Malika. x

  • @cerimccoy
    @cerimccoy 11 років тому +1

    Yeah! Angelique Kidjo is better live than on record, I saw her on this tour and it was amazing.

  • @smcm5
    @smcm5 11 років тому

    I love this video. It's modern, but completely African! LOVE Angelique Kidjo!

  • @landynscriver2357
    @landynscriver2357 4 роки тому +1

    i have to watch this for my french class

  • @isaacfokuo8773
    @isaacfokuo8773 2 роки тому +1

    Wow 😍🤩💋

  • @ElyOtto
    @ElyOtto Рік тому

    this is definitely her best music video. so fcking cool and amzing song too

  • @therapycatguardian
    @therapycatguardian 13 років тому +1

    Superb! Angelique looks SO young in this video!

  • @Philip331
    @Philip331 13 років тому +1

    This song reminds me of the Caribbean, heading back in 3 weeks. YES! Thanks for posting :)

  • @fuji5953
    @fuji5953 11 років тому

    Thanks! I've danced to this in my room 20 years ago. It was my hot memory!

  • @nickvie71
    @nickvie71 8 років тому +2

    great groove!! love it

  • @SpankRamen2
    @SpankRamen2 14 років тому +1

    This is honestly one of the coolest videos I've ever seen! I first saw this vid in late 1992 (I was only 11) & I've been a fan of hers ever since!

  • @FEBRIZIOtv
    @FEBRIZIOtv 9 років тому +8

    All I can say is...fuck yes.

  • @Dah2291
    @Dah2291 11 років тому +7

    '' FONGBE '' . it's the most popular language from Benin

  • @kingpraise4809
    @kingpraise4809 4 роки тому +32

    Who is here after the Grammys award.

  • @straightarrow372
    @straightarrow372 12 років тому +1

    Very nice! I love to see stuff that's different and creative.

  • @sojournerculture
    @sojournerculture 10 років тому

    Amazing talent, amazing video!!!

  • @urbanfryk4590
    @urbanfryk4590 6 років тому +1

    Africa! Cheers and all the best from Sweden!

  • @ssouzan
    @ssouzan 7 років тому +1

    Divina. Sensacional!!!!

  • @tonykoffa1962
    @tonykoffa1962 5 років тому

    this was the first i saw her in and now it is my best for her.

  • @DONLINDEMAN
    @DONLINDEMAN 11 років тому

    A great video to go with a wonderful song

  • @buzzfoxx1
    @buzzfoxx1 13 років тому

    awesome video!

  • @olamilekan-chef
    @olamilekan-chef Місяць тому +1

    Who's here 2024 ?❤

  • @timafiggy
    @timafiggy 9 років тому

    I loved the house mix to this. this made my day, perfect I feel at peace in my heart!

  • @munkamonka
    @munkamonka 11 років тому

    this is so great!
    I love it!

  • @JamConcerned
    @JamConcerned 13 років тому

    Thank you so much for uploading this video I have been looking for it.

  • @camilamariaschaererhermosa5398
    @camilamariaschaererhermosa5398 6 років тому +2

    There is a Portuguese version titled Saudade, sang by Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury.

  • @MyOhMyVixen
    @MyOhMyVixen 4 роки тому +1

    Still one of my all time favorite songs

  • @merciavw1
    @merciavw1 10 років тому

    Saw her long time AGO. In johannesburg...still have the shivers...

  • @cherrrianna
    @cherrrianna 12 років тому

    I saw this video on Bet a few years back I thought it was wonderful then and I think it's still beautiful to hear and see .

  • @Ventosolido
    @Ventosolido 11 років тому

    Solamente hoy estoy conocendo esta hermosa cantante! Esta música es estupenda!

  • @robertoaguilar9887
    @robertoaguilar9887 Рік тому +1

    Remember they used to play this on BET

  • @chadleyftl
    @chadleyftl 11 років тому

    I first saw this video on BET around the time it came out. I always remembered it vaguely (I thought she was saying "ta-tonga" then heard it in a restaurant where I was Sunday night. Thank heavens for Google search so I could finally find out what the artist and title were!

  • @benjaminquaicoe18
    @benjaminquaicoe18 2 роки тому +1

    Still watching this video in 2022

  • @docteurrichman8837
    @docteurrichman8837 3 роки тому

    2021 WHO IS THERE TO REMEMBER GOOD TIMES?

  • @mikearom2520
    @mikearom2520 4 роки тому +1

    Nanni in Vespa

  • @akouvifashionstyle7947
    @akouvifashionstyle7947 5 років тому

    I love this song very much, thank you angélique

  • @LEVMATICS
    @LEVMATICS Рік тому

    WE SAW THIS VID ON TV 30 YRS AGO ....compare with her today on NPR Tiny Desk vid in '22........

  • @SunnyIlha
    @SunnyIlha 4 роки тому

    Every single time I listen this
    Everything Syncing

  • @ag-jo1hi
    @ag-jo1hi 5 років тому

    My cousins love you! I think their fav is we we. When they hear your music they dance and sing along! You truly are a inspiration for them.

  • @nakeishamammeri5094
    @nakeishamammeri5094 5 років тому

    This is song is still fire...to the drums, the costumes...the very soul of the motherland

  • @NadiaSosa05
    @NadiaSosa05 12 років тому

    Hermoso !!

  • @WalterPaulKomarnicki
    @WalterPaulKomarnicki 10 років тому +1

    great snappy sassy tune!

  • @afroblack1000
    @afroblack1000 10 років тому +3

    Her very first single and one of her best tracks

  • @kimahector9781
    @kimahector9781 6 років тому +1

    The video is fun and crazy.

  • @urbanfryk2878
    @urbanfryk2878 2 роки тому +1

    Benin!? Please correct me if I'm wrong! Cheers from Sweden! A million thank's for upload cojwat! Name of bassplayer please! We are not alone - at all!!! Peace - and love!