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Africain à Paris

Tiken Jah Fakoly

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  1. Written by Sting, also Every Breath You Take (The Police), Money for Nothing (Dire Straits) and Roxanne (The Police)

  2. Released on Barclay, also Lady (Hear Me Tonight) (Modjo), The Sign (Ace of Base) and Beautiful Life (Ace of Base)

  3. Part of L’Africain, also Ouvrez les frontières, Soldier and Non à l’excision

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Sting wrote 227 songs on fono

  • Sting’s most frequent co-writer is Dominic Miller (19 songs together)

  • Sting first appears on fono in 1978, 29 years before this song

Credits

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Written by
Sting
Performed by
Chérif Soumano, Denver Smith and Kevin Bacon
Part of
L’Africain
Released on
Barclay

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Africain à Paris was performed by Chérif Soumano

    Africain à Paris was performed by Chérif Soumano

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Africain à Paris was performed by Denver Smith

    Africain à Paris was performed by Denver Smith

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Africain à Paris was performed by Kevin Bacon

    Africain à Paris was performed by Kevin Bacon

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Africain à Paris was written by Sting

    Africain à Paris was written by Sting

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Africain à Paris is part of the release L’Africain

    Africain à Paris is part of the release L’Africain

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Barclay is the label of the song Africain à Paris

    Barclay is the label of the song Africain à Paris

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Africain à Paris was released on 2007-09-24

    Africain à Paris was released on 2007-09-24

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026