Mombasa (song)
"Mombasa" is a name of one of the songs of the Finnish singer Taiska (Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen).[1][2] The song, named after one city in Kenya, was released in 1975, and it is Taiska’s most popular song.
History
Taiska in 2007
The song "Mombasa" was made in 1975. For this song, Taiska used the melody of one musical composition by Fabio Frizzi. This composition, named Ibo lele, was used in the Italian erotic film Amore libero - Free Love,[3] directed by Pier Ludovico Pavoni. Jyrki Lindström wrote the lyrics for "Mombasa".[4]
In popular culture
- Hannu Tuomainen used this song as an inspiration for his film One-Way Ticket to Mombasa.[5]
- "Mombasa" is mentioned in the book Crime Novel: Nordic noir like nothing you've read before by Petri Tamminen.[6]
References
- ↑ Billboard (1979). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ↑ Taiska
- ↑ L'Espresso (2003). Izd. 6-9. „...(fratello dello showman Fabrizio) per una cantante finlandese, tale Taiska, «una delle poche eroine nel misero panorama del ... locali» e il brano è stato anche «ripreso nella colonna sonora di un film made in Suomi, "Menolippu Mombasa".”
- ↑ Menolippu Mombasaan (2002)
- ↑ Levyarviot: KOKOELMA - Menolippu Mombasaan
- ↑ Petri Tamminen (2016). Crime Novel: Nordic noir like nothing you've read before. "Taiska's “Mombasa” was playing on the radio."
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