In 2012, K'naan published a children's book, When I Get Older: The Story Behind Wavin' Flag, about the song and its history. Many other bilingual and country-specific versions were released. A version of the song featuring will.i.am and David Guetta was targeted for international markets. The Spanish cover featuring David Bisbal became very popular. The English version was released as "Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)" by K'naan to differentiate it from the original Canadian hit or from the Canadian Haiti charity hit. This amended international version with additional lyrics reached the top ten in more than twenty different charts around the world. The song became a truly global hit when it was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Africa.
The original single was a hit in Canada and reached #2 on the Canadian Hot 100 as the third official single from the album, after the singles " ABCs" and "Bang Bang", which were minor hits.Īfter an earthquake in Haiti in 2010, a remake of the song by an ad hoc supergroup of Canadian artists, credited as Young Artists for Haiti, became a charity single in Canada, reaching #1 on the Canadian Hot 100 in its own right. The song was originally written for Somalia and aspirations of its people for freedom. " Wavin' Flag" is a song by Somali-Canadian artist K'naan from his album Troubadour. For the song by British Sea Power, see Waving Flags. This article is about the song by K'naan.
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