Beach" – 5:11 12-inch maxi – UK "Yé ké yé ké" (the Afro acid remix) (*engineered by Robin Guthrie) "Akwaba Beach" "Yé ké yé ké" (the French remix) CD single "Yé ké yé ké" (remix) – 6:20 "Akwaba Beach" – 5:14 "Yé ké yé ké" (live) – 7:17 Charts Weekly charts Original version 1995 version 1996 remix Year-end charts Popular culture Asia Due to the international popularity of the song, Cantopop singer Priscilla Chan recorded a cover version (地球大追蹤) on her 1988 album, Autumn Colours (秋色) . In September 1989, the song appeared in a television commercial for the second generation Toyota Carina ED in Japan. The song was also popular in India. "Yé ké yé ké" was used as background music in the 1990 Bollywood film Agneepath, inspired the Bollywood song "Tamma Tamma" in the 1990 film Thanedaar, and inspired the song "Pellikala Vachesindhe" in the 1997 Telugu film Preminchukundam Raa. Greece A Greek-language parody of Yé ké yé ké, titled Ελλάδα Είναι Μόνο Μία (There is only one Greece), was recorded by Harry Klynn for his 1989 political comedy album Ραντεβού Με Την... Εισαγγελία (Date with the...Prosecutor). In contrast to Mory Kanté's original subject of doting on a love interest, Klynn's parody version discusses various political issues present in Greece during the late 1980s such as the Davos process for reconciliation between Greece and Turkey. In particular, the main chorus of the original is replaced by "Our (vulgar expletive for female genitalia) is burning, it's burning" to imply the lack of action on the part of the government in power at the time. Italy In 1987 the Italian producer (and Media Records boss) Gianfranco Bortolotti released a medley under his Club House alias, with "Yé ké yé ké" being mixed up with "I'm a Man", a song originally recorded by The Spencer Davis Group and also known from the version recorded by Chicago (Chicago Transit Authority). In 1989, Club House's medley was licensed from Media in Italy to Music Man Records in the UK and became a small hit, peaking at number 69 in the British charts. References External links Translation of lyrics Mory Kanté songs 1987 songs 1988 singles Barclay (record label) singles Dutch Top 40 number-one singles European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles London Records singles Number-one singles in Belgium Number-one singles in Finland Number-one singles in Greece Number-one singles in Spain World music songs