If they don’t have this as the intro to Coming To America 2 then I’ll be cartwheeling out that cinema faster than Cleo McDowell starts to “like” Akeem after he learns he’s a prince
Hands down and on a deep level, very best 80'movie ever made. So pure in it's innocence and Beaty, enchanting the folks right away with a hymn of untouched joy wich hides under a costume called "introSong" Frisian greetings
Now that I 'm older and teaching the children this side of their ancestry my heart cries as I shed tears for the "Mother" I never knew still calling for me to come home. I have played too long in the fields of "afar-off" and she beckons me through the wind with her sweet whisper of the one word we all can relate to-LOVE. Afraid, I can never close my eyes as her every word shows me a ravaged birth right along with the faces of kings great and long past. Soon Mama- soon, I will return home.
one of the most beautiful things I've heard in my life.......thank you for posting this. I recorded it on a crappy tape recorder when it finally arrived on shit cable back in the late 80's...LOL memories..
Fun fact: Eddie Murphy played Prince Akeem, his parents played by James Earl Jones & Madge Sinclair who 6 years later after Coming To America went on to play the voice of Mufasa & Sarabi who are Simba's parents in the 1994 Disney animated movie, The Lion King. Young Simba played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas from Home Improvement & Adult Simba played by Matthew Broderick from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Rest in peace to both of James Earl Jones & Madge Sinclair. 🙏 🌹🌹
Salomon Linda Wrote this song back in the 1900s in Zimbabwe. He lived in poverty he never got paid for his song. The lion King hijacked it and made millions off of the song title the lion sleeps tonight. Solomon Linda’s family never received compensation for their fathers work. THE END. Check out the documentary on Netflix
Right there with you. CTA was iconic and done extraordinarily well in every aspect. Of course John Landis did the original and I have no clue who did the second but it was downright horrible. It was like, script, who needs a well-written script? Let's just have meaningless cameos with everyone from the original movie. #SAD
@@SkiCourchevel You've hit the nail right on the head! I didn't laugh out loud at all but I did appreciate the cameos from everyone in the original! The twins especially made me smile. Eddie peaked comedically with BHC 1&2, Coming to America and Trading Places. That's ok cause those were brilliant.
Artist is of course Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the song is actually their version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight just shortened/ remixed for use as the intro to the movie
THANKS!!! i've been looking for this actually just had trouble searching. originally was just looking for the music and i HAVE come across it but the intro seems to be a more sped up ver of the track i found. i personally prefer this ver, also i love the music paired with the visuals it just comes off more peaceful and relaxing.
For those looking for the original song: It's called: Wimoweh Mbude by Ladysmith Black Mambazo Spotify link : open.spotify.com/track/4XsfDYpZamAzxUkYVynCav?si=5QExzshVTZ-mr8rgfAjl4w
@Kathleen7801 The Lion Sleeps Tonight IS the same song. This is Mbube, originally written by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds, then adapted in the 1950's by Pete Seeger and the Weavers as Wimoweh, and in turn adapted in 1961 by The Tokens as The Lion Sleeps Tonight. This is one of the many Ladysmith Black Mambazo versions of the song.
Seen CTA 8,000,000 times. I've rewound, yes tape, this opening scene and watched it 4,000,000 more times! Love the soulish, in the jungle, african sounding whatever. John Landis?! How did you make Zamunda?! God bless you!!!
full version was never recorded but is actually Ladysmith Black Mambazo's version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight or at least the beginning of it used for the intro
This song can end wars.
Amen!!!
yes
The song started royalty wars with disney and other americans who tried to copyright the song from the south African who made the Original song
Amen
@@SmokieDeLaCruz what’s the name of the song
Man I could listen to this all day
me too
Gunnerrich god yes
me three
@@Blue369 me four
Me too bro
Who's listening to this in 2020?
@Danielle Malone me to haha
Me
yo
I’m wacth if the movie right now
Meee I’m just now watching it
Fun fact: Six years after this movie, Akeem's parents-James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclar played Sarabi and Mufasa in ,,The Lion King" :)
Thank you mr/miss historian.
Thanks! Thats awesome
Yes they did and for that Disney will be forever the Greatest film production companies for creative thinking.
@@damientyre3784 many are there better than Disney, more will come that will be much better than Disney. Ok.
Does that mean Simba’s gonna work at McDowel’s & Akeem will kill his evil uncle?
Before Wakanda, there was ZAMUNDA!!!
etheangel2220 no I’m pretty sure the black panther comic existed long before this script was written
@@PHATB0Y20 Yeah, they prolly wrote music for the comics...
Wrong, Do you know how old the comic book is!
@Aleksandar Samardzic Hush LMAOO
R.I.P Chadwick Boseman 😢 WAKANDA FOREVER! But also ZAMUNDA 😅
Once the scene went over the mountain peak, I knew it was on.
Literally man. Saw this film for the first time two weeks ago and blew me away
You couldn't tell by the first second??
Yep. On an poppinnn
Why hasn’t this been looped to 10 hours yet???
this used to be my alarm clock back in 2005!
They have the golden arches, we have the golden arcs.
How did you do this?
Zoe Cat make it my alarm? It was on an android phone I had, it was one of the settings to set custom mp3s as ringtones, notifications and alarms
@@sithisrants4154 they have the big mac we have the big mic
This intro and music has such a "perfect world" quality to it. Anyone know what I mean, it's difficult to explain.
its so peaceful, surreal and so familiar at the same time. Its the song of the soul…. i love it!
I get exactly what you mean. =)
I got you !!! :P
Nothing touches true African folk and harmonization, especially Ladysmith Black Mambazo. "Perfect world" quality is a great description.
DRailroad Nothing like African harmonies..
I love this version. Their album version isn't quiet the same as the one recorded for this opening scene.
Name me a better intro ever....
Is it fuck.. a load of writing that disappears. Don't come close.
+Damon Smith lmao. best intro
+Rhigelle Augustine best intro ever #agree
+Damon Smith beverly hills cop
+Poisonous Sins apocalypse now? I like this though :D
If they don’t have this as the intro to Coming To America 2 then I’ll be cartwheeling out that cinema faster than Cleo McDowell starts to “like” Akeem after he learns he’s a prince
They will. I will bet all I have on it. Can’t improve on perfection.
They don’t. It has John Legend’s voice instead without this song at all.
Well, good news, you don't have to cartwheel out of a *cinema*
😂😂.
Covid.
34 years and I still love this beautiful prologue and Film
Imagine waking up in Zumunda......
Good Morning my Neighbors!!!
Great start to your day after listening to this
No matter what color you are, you can always listen to this music and comeback to yourself and just relax and just breath.
This song just brings awesome chills! What a pleasure to listen to.
Listening to this in 2023 fun fact they showed this film in my junior high school when I actually came to America.
They should absolutely use this opening for the new Black Panther movie
Indigenous black people do have more than one song you know.
Wakanda forever!!!
Lmao
@@djelite07 zamunda forever
Ibh Zamunda is better than Wakanda
2019 still mesmerized 🙌
Great for meditation... Love this song..
I was just thinking the same thing!
@@cmo8179 It's just like "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" !
Hands down and on a deep level, very best 80'movie ever made.
So pure in it's innocence and Beaty, enchanting the folks right away with a hymn of untouched joy wich hides under a costume called "introSong"
Frisian greetings
Eddie Murphy made fantastic comedy-movies in the 80s and early 90s. I love the song of this Intro.
Now that I 'm older and teaching the children this side of their ancestry my heart cries as I shed tears for the "Mother" I never knew still calling for me to come home. I have played too long in the fields of "afar-off" and she beckons me through the wind with her sweet whisper of the one word we all can relate to-LOVE. Afraid, I can never close my eyes as her every word shows me a ravaged birth right along with the faces of kings great and long past. Soon Mama- soon, I will return home.
one of the most beautiful things I've heard in my life.......thank you for posting this. I recorded it on a crappy tape recorder when it finally arrived on shit cable back in the late 80's...LOL memories..
Fun fact: Eddie Murphy played Prince Akeem, his parents played by James Earl Jones & Madge Sinclair who 6 years later after Coming To America went on to play the voice of Mufasa & Sarabi who are Simba's parents in the 1994 Disney animated movie, The Lion King. Young Simba played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas from Home Improvement & Adult Simba played by Matthew Broderick from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Rest in peace to both of James Earl Jones & Madge Sinclair. 🙏 🌹🌹
Made the chill run down on my spine.
BTW one of the best movies I've seen ever.
All I hear is cool whip, hemorrhoids. No joke.
shat myself reading that.
LMAO!!!! You're a fool. You need a hearing aid. (smh!!!)
Thanx now I hear that shit...lol
Ladysmith black mambazo rocks bigtime :)
Wonderful soundrtrack for a epic movie!!!
thank you for posting this. one of paramounts best ever openings. loved it then, love it now
I enjoy this African theme to this 1988 Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall classic.
This is a perfect stain glassed window of beauty. Each note shakes a heart.
This Song Remind Me Of Playing Sonic Games And Not The New Ones The Old Ones Specially Sonic Adventures Or Anything Dealing With Knuckles
I love this song
I love this it’s so soothing!
Rest in Power Japhi "Mufasa" Japhur🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
What an incredible group!
Whenever this movie came on tv My grandma would always say 'Turn that off that's scary' I'll die laugh when i hear her say that😂.
2024 and had to revisit this
Salomon Linda Wrote this song back in the 1900s in Zimbabwe. He lived in poverty he never got paid for his song. The lion King hijacked it and made millions off of the song title the lion sleeps tonight. Solomon Linda’s family never received compensation for their fathers work. THE END. Check out the documentary on Netflix
Sam Jackson was funny in this movie before he got big.
Fuck yoooou!!! -Sam L. Jackson.
More like funny looking! 😂
I first watched this movie in 2012. Found it on Amazon Prime, watched it, and enjoyed it
The single, most disappointing aspect of the sequel was that they failed to bring this theme back. Didn't read the room on that one, unfortunately!
Right there with you. CTA was iconic and done extraordinarily well in every aspect. Of course John Landis did the original and I have no clue who did the second but it was downright horrible. It was like, script, who needs a well-written script? Let's just have meaningless cameos with everyone from the original movie. #SAD
@@SkiCourchevel You've hit the nail right on the head! I didn't laugh out loud at all but I did appreciate the cameos from everyone in the original! The twins especially made me smile. Eddie peaked comedically with BHC 1&2, Coming to America and Trading Places. That's ok cause those were brilliant.
So sublimely beautiful it transcends and takes you away.
Rest in peace james earl jones and madge sinclar Mufasa and Sarabi
In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight is literally this tune
Artist is of course Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the song is actually their version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight just shortened/ remixed for use as the intro to the movie
This is truly of our origin....proudly African
Zamunda walked so Wakanda could run.
This better be the opening intro to the second coming to america movie! I mean how can they not...
I love this song!!!!
bro have y’all watched coming 2 america yet??? It’s literally so good but in my opinion the first one is so much better 🤩🤩
Solomon Linda: Mbube
this song brings tears to my eyes
THANKS!!! i've been looking for this actually just had trouble searching. originally was just looking for the music and i HAVE come across it but the intro seems to be a more sped up ver of the track i found. i personally prefer this ver, also i love the music paired with the visuals it just comes off more peaceful and relaxing.
R.I.P James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair! :(
For those looking for the original song:
It's called: Wimoweh Mbude by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Spotify link : open.spotify.com/track/4XsfDYpZamAzxUkYVynCav?si=5QExzshVTZ-mr8rgfAjl4w
Wake up to this song and the sun is shining and you have the day off
one of my favorite movies of all time.
Luv'this..singing it right now!!
@Kathleen7801 The Lion Sleeps Tonight IS the same song. This is Mbube, originally written by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds, then adapted in the 1950's by Pete Seeger and the Weavers as Wimoweh, and in turn adapted in 1961 by The Tokens as The Lion Sleeps Tonight. This is one of the many Ladysmith Black Mambazo versions of the song.
2023 still sounds good
Classic. The intro alone lol
I love this movie
This is like the melody of The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Seen CTA 8,000,000 times. I've rewound, yes tape, this opening scene and watched it 4,000,000 more times! Love the soulish, in the jungle, african sounding whatever. John Landis?! How did you make Zamunda?! God bless you!!!
i love the intro to this movie.. it kinda makes me sway ^_^
Came here to confirm this is in Black Is King
R.I.P James Earl Jones😢
RIP James Earl Jones
full version was never recorded but is actually Ladysmith Black Mambazo's version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight or at least the beginning of it used for the intro
Perhaps John Landis was inspired by Stanley Kubrick a bit for this opening.
not to mention, he is seen wearing Mufasa as well! :D
This is wakanda 100 years ago before the technology take it all in this is history
I be in the bathroom harmonizing this bit in the shower
love this song
When I need my daily dose
Coming to america is my favorite movie
great video
Edie Murphy is the man!!!!!!
Panda Bear sent me here
black panther 2 should open this
so beautiful and soothing.
It's like, What you'll here when The Mother Ship is landing!
Ich find die toll 😂 der Film ist auch gut 👍 👍 👍 ❤🎄
that guy singing sounds like hes enjoying himself lol
She’s you’re queen toooo beeee!
:D !!!
..So Im Just Watching ...THE LION SHARE .... Coming To America ...Just Got BIGGER For Having This Orignal...
Love this song.
master piece.
Love this movie!!!!!😀😀😀
"I'm gonna tear you apart" LMAO
Remember Solomon Linda!
Thank you for uploading this.
Ahhhh, I knew it!! It had so much of the elements of that song. I just love the sound of it. Thanks TomTheSpursDude for your reply.
@mellitusone The name of the song is Mbube Wimoweh.
He’s not the king,
He’s the king
Thumbs up if your listening to this in 2012 lol.
Wonderful Intro.Yes it is...
Africa!🇿🇦🇺🇬🇰🇪❤️👍