''Third World Child'' is a studio album by

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n artist

Johnny Clegg Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African people ...

and his band

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, released in 1987 and produced by Hilton Rosenthal. Incorporating both Zulu and

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lyrics, as well as political songs, it was the album which led Clegg to international fame. All songs were written by Johnny Clegg, except for Giyani in collaboration with V. Mavusa. The track "

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" gave them an entry in the

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, reaching No. 75 in May 1987, and was featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 film ''

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''. The album has the same name as an earlier solo album "Third World Child" released by Clegg in 1985. The same title track appears on both albums but the other tracks are different. The tracks ''Giyani'', ''Shadile (Ring on her Finger)'' and ''Asimbonanga (Mandela)'' appeared previously on the EP "Johnny Clegg and Savuka" released in 1986.

Covers

The song "Great Heart" was covered by Jimmy Buffett a year after its release for his album '' Hot Water'' and became an opener for Buffett's concerts, being played nearly every performance during the 2000 and 2003 tours. The 2000 tour was compiled into a live album, '' Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays'', but "Great Heart" was left on the

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. However, many performances from the 2003 tour were captured on five out of seven of the

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. Buffett originally heard the song after listening to Johnny Clegg cassette tapes while in France.'Hot Water' lyric sleeve.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Johnny Clegg; except where noted.

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, concertina, Umhuphe mouth bow ;Savuka *Jabu Mavuso – bass guitar, vocals *Derek de Beer – drums, percussion, vocals *Keith Hutchinson – keyboards, flute, saxophone, vocals *Steve Mavuso – keyboards, vocals * Dudu Zulu – percussion, vocals ;Additional personnel *Bobby Summerfield – mixer, recording engineer, keyboard and drum programming

Notes

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