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is a 1994 song created by the musical group, Enigma. The single was the
first from their chart-topping second album, The Cross of Changes.
In the song, the main vocals are provided by Angel X (Andreas Harde) while the
aboriginal Taiwanese chant was sampled from the "Jubilant Drinking Song" without
the singers' permission. Kuo Ying-nan and Kuo Hsiu-chu, both Amis were in a
cultural exchange program in Paris, France in 1988 when their performance of the
song was recorded by the Maison des Cultures du Monde and made into a CD. The
producer of Enigma, Michael Cretu later obtained the CD and proceeded to sample
it. In addition, the drum beat of the song was sampled from the Led Zeppelin
song "When The Levee Breaks".
In 1996, the song was further popularised as it was used in a television
advertisement to promote the 1996 Summer Olympics which was held in Atlanta,
USA.
In March 1998, the couple sued Cretu, Virgin Records and a number of recording
companies for unauthorised usage of their song without credit. The case was
settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money and all further releases
of the song were credited (including royalties) to the Kuos. It should be noted
that Mr. Cretu states that he had been led to believe that the recording was in
the public domain, and did not intentionally violate the Kuo's copyright.
The music video for the song was filmed in Málaga, Spain, where Cretu also
lives. The video shows a man's life going in reverse
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