Afro-Left

"Afro-Left"

CD single cover
Single by Leftfield
from the album Leftism
Released 24 July 1995
Format 12"/CD
Recorded Rollover Studios, London
Genre Techno
Dancehall
Length 7:32
Label Hard Hands/Chrysalis
Writer(s) Neil Barnes, Paul Daley, Neil Cole
Producer Leftfield
Leftfield singles chronology
"Original"
(1995)
"Afro-Left"
(1995)
"Release the Pressure"
(1996)

"Afro-Left" is a song by Leftfield, released as their seventh single. The song was released on 12", CD and cassette on 24 July 1995. It featured Neil Cole (as Djum Djum) on vocals, and it was rumoured that the lyrics were in an unspecified African language; it was later revealed that they were simply gibberish, or "Djum Djum talk".[1] The song reached #22 in the UK charts.

The B-side "Afro Ride" was used in the 1995 game wipE'out".

Contents

Track listing

CD

  1. Afro Left 7:32
  2. Afro Ride 9:10
  3. Afro Sol 6:02
  4. Afro Central 7:43

Australian CD

  1. Afro Left (Edit) 4:43
  2. Afro Left 7:32
  3. Afro Ride 9:10
  4. Afro Sol 6:02
  5. Afro Central 7:43

12" #1

  1. Afro Ride 9:10
  2. Afro Sol 6:02
  3. Afro Central 7:43

12" #2

  1. Afro Left 7:32
  2. Afro Ride 9:10
  3. Afro Sol 6:02

References

  1. ^ "Djum Djum Biog". Leftfield Online. http://www.leftfield-online.com/leftfield/collaborators/djumdjum/. Retrieved 2006-11-05.