Tukituki Te Manawa Explained

Tukituki Te Manawa
Cover:Drax Project - Tukituki Te Manawa.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Drax Project
Released:[1]
Language:Māori
Genre:Pop
Length:2:53
Label:Drax Project, Universal Music New Zealand
Producer:Drax Project
Prev Title:Firefly
Prev Year:2020
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Next Year:2021

"Tukituki Te Manawa" ("Fluttering Heart") is a song by New Zealand band Drax Project, performed in Māori language. It was the band's second song released as a part of the Waiata / Anthems project, with their first being a re-release of their 2017 single "Woke Up Late" for the 2019 Waiata / Anthems compilation album. An unreleased song by the band originally written in English, "Tukituki Te Manawa" translated into Māori by Hinewehi Mohi and Sir Tīmoti Kāretu and released on Christmas Day 2020. In 2021, the song was the subject of an episode of a TVNZ OnDemand documentary series, documenting the creation of music for Waiata / Anthems.

The song debuted at number 10 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart. By the end of 2021, it was the 17th most successful Te Reo Māori song of the year in New Zealand.

Background and composition

In September 2019, Drax Project took part in Waiata / Anthems, a compilation album of contemporary New Zealand music re-interpreted in Te Reo Māori. They performed "I Moeroa", a re-recording of the band's 2017 single "Woke Up Late" translated by Sir Tīmoti Kāretu and Jeremy Tātere MacLeod.[2] [3] The team behind the production of "I Moeroa" contacted Drax Project after its release, to work on a second song.[4]

"Tukituki Te Manawa" was based on a previously unreleased song by the band, called "Take My Breath Away",[5] which was originally written several years before but otherwise unreleased by the band.[4] Musician Jerome Kavanagh recorded taonga pūoro (traditional musical instruments) for the song, including pūtātara and kōauau.[6] [7]

The recording process behind "Tukituki Te Manawa" was the feature of an episode of a TVNZ OnDemand documentary series following the creation of music sung in Te Reo Māori for Waiata / Anthems, which was released on 1 May 2021.[5]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal and YouTube.[8] [9]

Charts

Chart (2021)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 10
New Zealand Artist Hot Singles (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 1
New Zealand Te Reo Māori Singles (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 3

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drax Project . Audio Culture . Gareth . Shute . 2 March 2022 . 3 July 2022.
  2. News: 'Waiata / Anthems' Collection Announced. C.C.. Under the Radar. 5 August 2019. 3 July 2022.
  3. Web site: 5. DRAX PROJECT - I MOEROA / WOKE UP LATE. Universal Music New Zealand. 3 July 2022.
  4. Web site: Drax Project . Tresa Magazine . 15 January 2021 . 3 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Waiata / Anthems turns the focus on te reo . . 22 April 2021 . 3 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Waiata / Anthems – Drax Project - Tukituki Te Manawa. Television New Zealand. 1 May 2021. 3 July 2022.
  7. Web site: Tukituki Te Manawa. NZ On Screen. 3 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Credits / Tukituki Te Manawa. Tidal. 3 July 2022.
  9. Web site: Drax Project - Tukituki Te Manawa (Official Audio). YouTube. 3 July 2022.
  10. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 4 January 2021. 2 January 2021.
  11. Web site: Hot 20 NZ Singles. Recorded Music NZ. 4 January 2021. 3 July 2021.
  12. Web site: NGĀ WAIATA KAIRANGI I TE REO MĀORI O TE RĀRANGI 10 O RUNGA TOP 10 TE REO MĀORI SINGLES . Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. 26 July 2021. 3 July 2022.
  13. Web site: Te Reo Māori O Te Rārangi 10 O Runga: End of Year Charts 2021. Recorded Music NZ. 27 January 2022.

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