Wavin' Flag is a 2009 song by Canadian rap artist K'naan that reached #2 in Canada as well as #99 in the USA.  In support of relief for Haiti, K'naan has gathered a group of popular Canadian artists to re-record a new version that was released on March 12, 2010.  For those of you outside of Canada, you will recognize a few of the singers.

It's a great song, but I think they should have billed it as "Canadian Artists for Haiti" rather than "Young Artists" as you can see, some of these singers aren't exactly young ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB7L1BIDELc


Artists who appear on the song:

K’naan
Nelly Furtado
Avril Lavigne
Sam Roberts
Jully Black
Josh Ramsay (Marianna's Trench)
Jay Malinowski (Bedouin Soundclash)
Chin Injeti
Jacob Hoggard (Hedley)
Emily Haines (Metric)
Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan)
Tyler Connolly (Theory of A Deadman)
Kardinal Offishall
James Shaw (Broken Social Scene)
Hawksley Workman
Drake
Ima
Elisapie (Taima)
Pierre Lapointe
Esthero
Red 1
Lights
Deryck Whibley (Sum 41)
Serena Ryder
City n Colour
Arkells
Pat Kordyback (Stereos)
Dave Faber (Faber Drive)
Brandon Lehti (The Latency)
The Canadian Tenors
Lamar Ashe
Colin James
Nikki Yanofsky
Suzie McNeil
Stephen Moccio
Aion Clarke
Justin Bieber
Torquil Campbell (Stars)
Corb Lund
Fefe Dobson
Kathleen Edwards
Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo)
Shiloh
Stacey Mckitrick
Jessie Farrell
Colin Mcdonald
Justin Nozuka
Jim Creegan (Barenaked Ladies)
Tom Cochrane (Red Rider)
Kevin Parent
Hayley Sales
Matt Mays

I like it better than WATW-25. Nice job by you Canucks.  :)

Only things I might have changed are to have alot more shots of the Maple Leaf.

Oh and yeah, they shoulda had Avril Lavigne tearing thru the set on a go-cart.  :P

Wavin' Flag is a 2009 song by Canadian rap artist K'naan that reached #2 in Canada as well as #99 in the USA.  In support of relief for Haiti, K'naan has gathered a group of popular Canadian artists to re-record a new version that was released on March 12, 2010.  For those of you outside of Canada, you will recognize a few of the singers.

It's a great song, but I think they should have billed it as "Canadian Artists for Haiti" rather than "Young Artists" as you can see, some of these singers aren't exactly young ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB7L1BIDELc



Not bad, not bad at all.  8)


Artists who appear on the song:

K’naan
Nelly Furtado
Avril Lavigne
Sam Roberts
Jully Black
Josh Ramsay (Marianna's Trench)
Jay Malinowski (Bedouin Soundclash)
Chin Injeti
Jacob Hoggard (Hedley)
Emily Haines (Metric)
Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan)
Tyler Connolly (Theory of A Deadman)
Kardinal Offishall
James Shaw (Broken Social Scene)
Hawksley Workman
Drake
Ima
Elisapie (Taima)
Pierre Lapointe
Esthero
Red 1
Lights
Deryck Whibley (Sum 41)
Serena Ryder
City n Colour
Arkells
Pat Kordyback (Stereos)
Dave Faber (Faber Drive)
Brandon Lehti (The Latency)
The Canadian Tenors
Lamar Ashe
Colin James
Nikki Yanofsky
Suzie McNeil
Stephen Moccio
Aion Clarke
Justin Bieber
Torquil Campbell (Stars)
Corb Lund
Fefe Dobson
Kathleen Edwards
Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo)
Shiloh
Stacey Mckitrick
Jessie Farrell
Colin Mcdonald
Justin Nozuka
Jim Creegan (Barenaked Ladies)
Tom Cochrane (Red Rider)
Kevin Parent
Hayley Sales
Matt Mays


What? No Deadmau5?  :( ...No Jon Lajoie?  ::)

Not bad, not bad at all.  8)

What? No Deadmau5?  :( ...No Jon Lajoie?  ::)


If the song had incorporated beats, they probably would have used deadmau5 and maybe even James Doman and Tiga, though I don't think they'd be able to get deadmau5's giant mau5 head into the recording studio :D

As for Jon Lajoie, he is quite odd, so I think they made a good move not including him LOL

As for Jon Lajoie, he is quite odd, so I think they made a good move not including him LOL


"Odd" is putting it mildly, I suppose. Purely by coincidence, I ran into one of his videos recently...and it wasn't "I Kill People". ;D

I just noticed something.  On this song, Justin Bieber sings the closing lyric.  On 'We Are the World 25', he sings the opening lyric.

The question isn't where Justin Bieber is, but where isn't Justin Bieber going to be?  He's only 16, and he's everywhere :o



"Odd" is putting it mildly, I suppose. Purely by coincidence, I ran into one of his videos recently...and it wasn't "I Kill People". ;D


His videos get so much views, it's gotten him comedy specials on TV

Wavin' Flag has debuted at #1 in Canada.  It is now a bigger success here than 'We Are the World 25', which peaked at #5 and fell out of the Top 40 last week

On a related note, the original Wavin' Flag by K'naan is currently at #8 in Canada

Not bad,It's pretty good.

Yesterday evening while watching tv, this commercial caught my attention...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2l47qImTQ8

I think this is the original version, but it's too short to be sure. So maybe there's a chance 'Waving Flag' will chart here after all.


Further investigation tells me that "Wavin' Flag" is in fact the offical song for World Cup 2010.

Yesterday evening while watching tv, this commercial caught my attention...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2l47qImTQ8

I think this is the original version, but it's too short to be sure. So maybe there's a chance 'Waving Flag' will chart here after all.


Further investigation tells me that "Wavin' Flag" is in fact the offical song for World Cup 2010.



What language is that? ???

Yesterday evening while watching tv, this commercial caught my attention...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2l47qImTQ8

I think this is the original version, but it's too short to be sure. So maybe there's a chance 'Waving Flag' will chart here after all.


Further investigation tells me that "Wavin' Flag" is in fact the offical song for World Cup 2010.


It certainly is, yes.  It's The "Celebration Remix" of K'Naan's original.  I hope it does make noise overseas.  It's a great song that everyone should enjoy :)

What language is that? ???


Swahili.

Swahili.


Thanks Henk.

Swahili.


LOL I was gonna say that same thing