Neneh Cherry

Released: October 19, 2018

Songwriter: Suliaman El Hadi

Producer: Four Tet

Hello
Yeah, I can speak quietly

Depression is worse than the grave
Better to die for a noble cause
Than to live and die a slave

Listen to those who struck gold
Depression is worse than the grave
Better to die for a noble cause
Than to live and die a slave

Listen to those who struck gold
Depression is worse than the grave
Better to die for a noble cause
Than to live and die a slave

Neneh Mariann Karlsson was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and a father from Sierra Leone. Her mother raised her in a commune with her stepfather, jazz musician Don Cherry (father of Eagle Eye Cherry).

She moved to London in the 1980s and immersed herself in the Bristol music scene (where Massive Attack and Portishead would form), getting involved with bands such as The Cherries, The Slits, New Age Steppers, Rip Rig + Panic and Float Up CP.

But it was her collaboration with the duo Morgan-McVey, who released only the one single “Looking Good Diving”, that would be the springboard to launch her into international stardom. The single’s B-side featured Cherry rapping over the A-side’s instrumental tracks with what later became the lyrics to her 1988 debut breakout single “Buffalo Stance” (its music reworked by Bomb The Bass' Tim Simenon) – which reached the top 10 in eleven countries.

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