Shibobo | |
Cover: | Shibobo-tkzee-benni.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | TKZee featuring Benni McCarthy |
Album: | Shibobo |
Released: | 1998 |
Recorded: | 1998 |
Genre: | Kwaito |
Chronology: | TKZee |
Prev Title: | Phalafala |
Prev Year: | 1997 |
Next Title: | Dlala Mapansula |
Next Year: | 1999 |
"Shibobo" is a successful 1998 South African single by South African kwaito music group TKZee and features South African football player Benni McCarthy.[1] It is also the title song from TKZee's second album Shibobo.[2]
The song released in the run-up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France samples greatly on "The Final Countdown" by Europe and features the vocals of Benni McCarthy. He also appears in the football-themed music video for the song.[3]
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.