"Shibobo" is a successful 1998

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n single by South African

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music group

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and features South African football player

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. It is also the title song from TKZee's second album ''Shibobo''. The song released in the run-up to the

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in France samples greatly on " The Final Countdown" by

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and features the vocals of Benni McCarthy. He also appears in the football-themed music video for the song. Sales of the single topped the 100,000 mark in just over a month in South Africa, making "Shibobo" the fastest and biggest selling CD single by TKZee or any other South African recording artist. The song was also a hit in other African music charts. The song enjoyed a comeback in a re-release in 2010-2011.

Track list

#Shibobo #Guz #Serenade #Guz (Instrumental) #Shibobo (With Crowd) Final Countdown #Serenade met Gwyza #Guz Luv (instrumental) #Shibobo (Stadium mix)

References

{{Music of FIFA World Cup 1998 singles South African songs