"Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician

Luc van Acker Luc Van Acker is a Belgian singer, songwriter, and music producer. He began writing and releasing solo material in 1982, contributed guitar on Shriekback's 1984 album ''Jam Science'', and collaborated with Anna Domino on the track "Zanna" for hi ...

and American singer

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in 1984. A successful cover was performed by

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musician and songwriter

Selah Sue Selah Sue (born Sanne Greet A. Putseys,Wensink, Herien (2009)A Flemish singer with a Jamaican soul, NRC, 21 August 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2010 3 May 1989) is a Belgian musician and songwriter. Her debut album, ''Selah Sue'' (2011), was a maj ...

Tom Barman Thomas Andrew Barman (born 1 January 1972), is a Belgian musician and film director. Barman studied at the film school of St.-Lucas in Brussels, but did not finish his studies because he wished to pursue a career in music. In 1989, he began by ...

and

The Subs The Subs is a Belgian electro band founded by Jeroen ‘Papillon’ De Pessemier and Wiebe ‘Tonic’ Loccufier. Originally from Ghent. Members * Songwriter/Producer: Jeroen De Pessemier (Papillon) * DJ/Producer: Wiebe Loccufier (T ...

. This version was released on 25 November 2011 as a digital download in

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. It is the theme song for the charity event "Music for Life 2011". In 2012 the song made a comeback due to the success it had with "Music for Life". Van Acker performed at the Suikerrock festival with a 14-year-old girl who was named after the song "Zanna". Van Acker has previously met the family in 1998 after having made a remix using the sound of her heartbeat in vitro. However, in 2012, music brought the two back together after having found Zanna Ramaekers’s a cappella cover of "Zanna" on YouTube. They performed on the stage at Suikerrock and on the Belgian national TV show “Villa Vanthilt”.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Zanna" was first released onto YouTube on 28 November 2011 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-seven seconds.Music For Life 2011: Selah Sue & Tom Barman vs. The Subs - Zanna

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Track listing

Credits and personnel

*Lead

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– Selah Sue * Producers – Jeroen De Pessemier *

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– Anna Domino, Luc Van Acker *

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: Because Music

Chart performance

Release history

References

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