"Boa Me" is a single by English-Ghanaian recording artist
Fuse ODG, featuring vocals from
Ed Sheeran and
Mugeez
Rashid Abdul Mugeez, professionally known as Mugeez, is a Ghanaian singer and songwriter. Born in Bimbila ( Northern region, Ghana) he became known through the influential Afrobeats/Hiplife duo R2Bees (Refuse to Be Broke), which he formed with ...
. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 10 November 2017.
The song peaked at number 52 on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
.
Background
Ed Sheeran flew to
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
to work with
Fuse ODG and they wrote songs together, including "Boa Me". The song sees Sheeran singing in
Twi
Twi () is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by several million people, mainly of the Akan people, the largest of the seventeen major ethnic groups in Ghana. Twi has about 17-18 million speakers in total, includ ...
, a Ghanaian language. In an interview with the ''
Daily Star'', Fuse ODG said, "This one Ed didn’t speak a word of English in the song, just Twi and would only do it if he got it right. I showed all sorts of different types of music out there, he wanted to make a real authentic
High Life track – that's the old-skool
Afrobeats
Afrobeats (not to be confused with Afrobeat or Afroswing), or Afro-pop or Afro-fusion (or Afropop or Afrofusion), is an umbrella term to describe popular music from West Africa and the diaspora that initially developed in Nigeria, Ghana, and ...
music my parents would play. Ed is becoming a High Life legend because when I played it to people in Ghana they didn’t even realise it was Ed, that’s how much he sounded like the real thing. We did a test where people came to the house and the reaction was: 'This is crazy'." The song was recorded at the same time as "
Bibia Be Ye Ye" which features on Ed's album
''Divide'' and the music is helping local communities in Africa. Fuse said: "The word literally means 'help me' and the concept of the track is help your neighbour. We took him to a school we were building and straight away he understood the impact we can make, and donated a school bus. The funds go towards setting up the secondary school and fixing the bridge that connects the village to the school so kids can go safely."
Music video
The music video for "Boa Me" premiered on 16 November 2017.
Features
Michael Dapaah (a.k.a. Big Shaq) made a remix of ''Boa Me'' called ''Boa Me Remix'' and was released in March 2018.
Track listing
Charts
Release history
References
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2017 singles
2017 songs
Fuse ODG songs
Ed Sheeran songs
Songs written by Ed Sheeran