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| "Mandela Day" | ||||
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| Song by Simple Minds | ||||
| from the album Street Fighting Years | ||||
| A-side | "Belfast Child" | |||
| Released | 6 February 1989 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Irish folk, World music | |||
| Length | 5:42 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Mick MacNeil | |||
| Simple Minds singles chronology | ||||
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"Mandela Day" is a song by the rock band Simple Minds. It was included in the single "Ballad of the Streets" EP which reached No.1 on the British charts in February 1989 and in their album Street Fighting Years. The single highlights the songs "Mandela Day", "Belfast Child", originally its A-side in the full length version, and "Biko".
"Mandela Day" was written for the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (also known as Mandela Day),[1] a concert held at Wembley Stadium, London, on 11 June 1988, as an expression of solidarity with the then-imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and was played live on that day (alongside cover versions of "Sun City" with Little Steven and a cover version of Peter Gabriel's "Biko" on which Gabriel himself took on lead vocals).
The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[2]
- ^ Mandela Day – Allmusic
- ^ "Simple Minds - 'Mandela Day'". MVDBase.com (video). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved 1 November 2015.