''Zingalamaduni'' is the second album by American

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group

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, released on June 14, 1994, by

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. The album's title is a truncated form of a

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phrase meaning "the beehive of culture." Despite spawning three singles ("United Front", "Africa's Inside Me" and "Ease My Mind", the latter being the highest-charting single released from the album), it was considered a commercial disappointment compared to their previous album '' 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...'', peaking at number 55 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and at number 20 on the

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chart.

Track listing

Japanese edition extra tracks

"Eggbeaters" #

"Ease My Mind" (Premier's Remix) #

"United Front" (Noise in My Attic Remix)

Samples used

*"United Minds" contains a sample of "Your Kite, My Kite", written by Toney Romeo. *"United Front" contains a sample of "

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(Parts 1 & 2)" by

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. *"Africa's Inside Me" contains a sample of "In All My Wildest Dreams" by

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. *"Warm Sentiments" contains a sample of "Look What You've Done for Me" by

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. *"Kneelin' at My Altar" contains a sample of "Baby That's What I Need" by

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. *"Fountain of Youth" contains a sample of "Tighten Up My Thang", written by

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and David Porter. *"Ease My Mind" contains samples of "Open All Night Drums" by George Clinton and "Summer Breeze" by Ceasar Frazier.

Singles from the album

"Ease My Mind"

This song was the

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from the album and was produced by member

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. In the United States, the song peaked at number 45 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 44 on the Radio Songs, number 14 on the

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, number 13 on both the

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and the

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, number 4 on the

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and number 5 on the

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charts. It also reached number 11 in New Zealand, number 33 on the UK singles chart, and number 43 in Australia. It was nominated for a

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at the

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, but ultimately lost to

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's "

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Charts

References

{{Authority control Arrested Development (group) albums 1994 albums Chrysalis Records albums EMI Records albums