| 词条 | Free Nelson Mandela | ||||||||||||||
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| name = Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | cover = The special aka.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Special A.K.A. | album = In the Studio | B-side = Break Down The Door! | released = 5 March 1984 | format = 7", 12" | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Ska | length = 4:12 | label = 2 Tone CHS TT26 | writer = Jerry Dammers | producer = Elvis Costello | prev_title = Racist Friend | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend | next_year = 1984 }} "Nelson Mandela" (known in some versions as "Free Nelson Mandela") is a song written by British musician Jerry Dammers, and performed by band The Special A.K.A. – with lead vocal by Stan Campbell – released on the single "Nelson Mandela"/"Break Down The Door" in 1984. It was a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela by the apartheid South African government, and is considered a notable anti apartheid song.[1] The backing vocals were performed by Molly and Polly Jackson, two girls the band's drummer John Bradbury had "met in a bar in Camden", while the chorus was performed by session singers including Claudia Fontaine and Caron Wheeler, who later went on to appear with Soul II Soul.[2] Unlike most protest songs, the track is upbeat and celebratory, drawing on musical influences from South Africa. The song peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart and was immensely popular in Africa. In December 2013, following the news of Nelson Mandela's death, the single re entered at #96 on the UK Singles Chart. ReceptionDammers told the Radio Times: "I knew very little about Mandela until I went to an anti-apartheid concert in London in 1983, which gave me the idea for 'Nelson Mandela'. I never knew how much impact the song would have; it was a hit around the world, and it got back into South Africa and was played at sporting events and ANC rallies-it became an anthem."[3] Stan Campbell left the band right after the recording of the song and the release of the video for the song, and had to be persuaded to rejoin briefly for two live appearances on the BBC TV show Top of the Pops in 1984.{{cn|date=December 2013}} Following those appearances, Campbell left for good. In 1984 the students' union at Wadham College, Oxford, passed a motion to end every college "bop" (dance) with the song. The tradition continues to this day. A Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute remake, released in 1988, featured Elvis Costello, Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger and Lynval Golding on backing vocals.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} At the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute in London's Hyde Park in June 2008, the song was performed as the show's finale, with Amy Winehouse on lead vocals. However, careful listening to the soundtrack revealed that, instead of "Free Nelson Mandela", she at times sang "Free Blakey, My Fella" (a reference to her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, a former drug dealer imprisoned for assault).[4][5] The song was featured on Peter Kay's spoof television programme Britain's Got the Pop Factor. In 2010, the New Statesman listed it as one of the "Top 20 Political Songs".[6] Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band opened with the song in January 2014, at the Bellville Velodrome in Cape Town, South Africa,[7] in the band's first ever concert in South Africa, which took place just six weeks after Mandela's death. Springsteen later dedicated "We Are Alive" to Mandela. Track listing1984 recording
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Personnel1984 recording
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/05/entertainment/la-et-ms-nelson-mandela-dies-music-ten-essential-antiapartheid-songs-20130627 |title=Nelson Mandela and music: Ten essential anti-Apartheid songs - latimes |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=December 5, 2013 |accessdate=2016-10-24}} {{The Specials}}{{Nelson Mandela}}2. ^Dave Simpson, [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/09/jerry-dammers-free-nelson-mandela "Jerry Dammers: how I made Free Nelson Mandela"], The Guardian, 9 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013. 3. ^Nelson Mandela Songfacts 4. ^{{cite news|author=Mark Savage|publisher=BBC|title=Amy and Blake: Love and turmoil|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7516899.stm|date=21 July 2008|accessdate=11 November 2008}} 5. ^{{cite news|author=Staff Journalist|work=Daily Mail|title=Heard the one about Gordon Brown telling a joke? Prime Minister sparks laughter with Amy Winehouse story|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1079921/Heard-Gordon-Brown-telling-joke-Prime-Minister-sparks-laughter-Amy-Winehouse-story.html|date=23 October 2008|accessdate=11 November 2008}} 6. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2010/03/dammers-nelson-mandela-political |title=Top 20 Political Songs: Free Nelson Mandela |first=Jennifer |last=Thompson |work=New Statesman |date=25 March 2010 |accessdate=25 March 2010}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://brucespringsteen.net/shows/01-26-14-cape-town-south-africa |title=01 26 14 Cape Town, South Africa |publisher= Bruce Springsteen Official Web Site |date=27 January 2014 |accessdate=27 January 2014}} 8. ^2Tone Discography Nelson Mandela release details. 9. ^2Tone Discography Nelson Mandela release details 12". 10. ^2Tone Discography Nelson Mandela 1988 release details. 11. ^Irish singles chart placings. 12. ^Nelson Mandela chart log 1988. 11 : Songs about Nelson Mandela|1984 singles|1988 singles|Number-one singles in New Zealand|Songs written by Jerry Dammers|The Specials songs|2 Tone Records singles|1984 songs|Songs about South Africa|Songs about prison|Music in the movement against apartheid |
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