Braided Hair (2001)
1Giant Leap

     RE-RELEASE FRONT 

 DETAILS:
Artwork pictured: CD front, Re-Release front
Written by Bridgeman/Speech/Cherry/Ulali
Label: Palm Pictures/Zomba
Released August 6, 2001
Neneh raps together with Arrested Development's Speech on the track but the two never actually met for the recording
Reached #3 in Japan

CATALOGUE:

  • CD 150 3870 3 & 12"
    1. Braided Hair
    2. Braided Hair (World Of Apples Mix)
    3. Ghosts
  • CD
    1. Braided Hair (Single Version)
    2. Ma' Africa (W.O.S.P. Thru The)
    3. Braided Hair (Rae & Christian)
    4. Braided Hair (Video)


'Braided Hair' ALSO AVAILABLE ON:
1 Giant Leap (2002)
1Giant Leap

CD FRONT

DETAILS:
Artwork pictured: CD front
Label: Palm Pictures/Zomba
Released February 11, 2002
1Giant Leap founders Duncan Bridgman and Jamie Catto travelled the world for several months recording their material on a laptop
Jamie Catto is a member of Faithless

CATALOGUE:

  • CD PALMCD20772 
    01.     Dunya Salam - feat. Baaba Maal
    02. My Culture - feat. Robbie Williams & Maxi Jazz
    03. The Way You Dream - feat. Michael Stipe & Asha Bhosle
    04. Ma' Africa - feat. Mahotella Queens & Ulali
    05. Braided Hair - feat. Speech & Neneh Cherry
    06. Ta Moko - feat. Whiri Mako Black
    07. Bushes - feat. Baaba Maal
    08. Passion - feat. Michael Franti
    09. Daphne - feat. Eddie Reader, The Mahotella Queens & Revetti Sakalar
    10. All Alone (On Eilean Shona)
    11. Racing Away - feat. Grant Lee Phillips & Horace Andy
    12. Ghosts

REVIEWS:
Speech about the collaboration with Neneh Cherry: "We met a long time ago from all of the touring Arrested Development did. We both got introduced by writing together by a group called One Giant Leap. They are a group that tours the world, Africa, Russia, China, Japan and they look for artists that have something to say intellectually. Bottom line is they asked me to do a song with them. So I started writing 'Braided Hair'. They then without me even knowing asked Neneh in London to write on the same song and it ended up being a collaboration. We weren't even in the same room with each other. We never even hooked up with each other to write the song together it just turned out incredibly to me."
Interview by Dorrie Williams-Wheeler, Thabiz.com

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