Gimme Hope Jo'anna
| "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" | ||||
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| Single by Eddy Grant | ||||
| from the album File Under Rock | ||||
| B-side | "Say Hello to Fidel" | |||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Blue Wave (Saint Philip, Barbados) | |||
| Genre | Worldbeat | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | Parlophone, EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eddy Grant | |||
| Producer(s) | Eddy Grant | |||
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| "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" on YouTube | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Number One | |
"Gimme Hope Jo'anna" is a British anti-apartheid song written and originally released by Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eddy Grant in 1988, during the apartheid era in South Africa. The song was banned by the South African government when it was released, but was widely played there nonetheless. It reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Grant's first British top 10 hit for five years.