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{{short description|2011 song by Stella Mwangi}}
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
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| Name = Haba Haba
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{{Infobox song
| Cover = StellaHabaHaba.jpg
| Caption =
| name = Haba Haba
| Artist = [[Stella Mwangi]]
| cover = StellaHabaHaba.jpg
| from Album = [[Kinanda]]
| alt =
| A-side =
| type = single
| B-side =
| artist = [[Stella Mwangi]]
| Released = 28 January 2011
| album = [[Kinanda]]
| Format =
| released = 28 January 2011
| Recorded = 2011
| format =
| recorded = 2011
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[afro-fusion]]
| Length = 3:00
| studio =
| Label = Mwangi Records
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Dance music|dance]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]]
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| Writer = Big City<br/>Beyond51<br/>[[Stella Mwangi]]
| length = 3:00
| Producer = <!-- Please note: This is not necessarily the same as "Artist" -->
| label = Mwangi Records
| Certification =
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| writer = Big City<br/>Beyond51<br/>[[Stella Mwangi]]
| Chart position =
| producer =
| Last single = "Smile"<br/>(2010)
| prev_title = Smile
| This single = '''"Haba Haba"'''<br/>(2011)
| prev_year = 2010
| Next single = "[[Lookie Lookie]]"<br/>(2011)
| next_title = Lookie Lookie
| Misc =
| next_year = 2011
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{{Infobox ESC entry
| misc = {{Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes
| song = {{flagicon|Norway}} "Haba Haba"
| song = {{flagicon|Norway}} "Haba Haba"
| image = [[File:Stella Mwangi MGP 2011.jpg|200px]]
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| caption = Performance at the final of the Melodi Grand Prix
| year = 2011
| year = 2011
| country = Norway
| country = Norway
| artist = [[Stella Mwangi]]
| artist = [[Stella Mwangi]]
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| with =
| with =
| languages = [[English language|English]], [[Swahili language|Swahili]]
| languages = [[English language|English]], [[Swahili language|Swahili]]
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| composer = [[Beyond51]], Big City
| lyricist = [[Stella Mwangi]]
| lyricist = [[Stella Mwangi]]
| place =
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| points =
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| place_semi = 17th
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| points_semi = 30
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"'''Haba Haba'''" (English: "Little by Little", {{langx|no|"Steg for steg"|italic=no}}) is a song performed by [[Norway|Norwegian-Kenya]]n singer-songwriter [[Stella Mwangi]]. It was [[Norway]]'s entry at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]] and is included on her second studio album ''[[Kinanda]]'' (2011). The song was chosen using a mix of [[televoting]], jury votes and an audience vote at the [[Oslo Spektrum]] during the national Eurovision pre-selection show ''[[Melodi Grand Prix]]'' on 12 February 2011. It was made available for [[Music download|digital download]] a day before its initial performance in the third semi-final. "Haba Haba" debuted at number nine in its first week of release, before progressing to [[List of number-one hits in Norway#2011|number one]] for four consecutive weeks in the [[VG-lista|Norwegian singles chart]].<ref name="Norwegian charts">{{cite web|url=http://www.norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stella+Mwangi&titel=Haba+haba&cat=s|title=STELLA MWANGI – HABA HABA|work=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=19 March 2011}}</ref> On 10 May 2011, it competed in the first half of semi-final 1 and performed second on the night.<ref name="Semi Allocation">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=27083&_t=results_of_the_running_order_draw|title=Results of the Running Order Draw!|last=Schacht|first=Andreas|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]|access-date=19 March 2011}}</ref>

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"'''Haba Haba'''" ([[Swahili language|Swahili]] for ''Little by Little'') is a song performed by [[Norway|Norwegian]]-[[Kenya]]n singer-songwriter [[Stella Mwangi]]. It was [[Norway]]'s entry at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]] and is included on her second studio album ''[[Kinanda]]'' (2011). The song was chosen using a mix of [[televoting]], jury votes and an audience vote at the [[Oslo Spektrum]] during the national Eurovision pre-selection show ''[[Melodi Grand Prix]]'' on 12 February 2011. It was made available for [[Music download|digital download]] a day before its initial performance in the third semi-final. "Haba Haba" debuted at number nine in its first week of release, before progressing to [[List of number-one hits in Norway#2011|number one]] for four consecutive weeks in the [[VG-lista|Norwegian singles chart]].<ref name="Norwegian charts">{{cite web|url=http://www.norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stella+Mwangi&titel=Haba+haba&cat=s|title=STELLA MWANGI - HABA HABA|work=norwegiancharts.com|accessdate=19 March 2011}}</ref> On 10 May 2011, it competed in the first half of semi-final 1 and performed second on the night.<ref name="Semi Allocation">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=27083&_t=results_of_the_running_order_draw|title=Results of the Running Order Draw!|last=Schacht|first=Andreas|publisher=''[[European Broadcasting Union]]''|accessdate=19 March 2011}}</ref>


==Production and song selection==
==Production and song selection==
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[[File:Stella Mwangi MGP 2011.jpg|thumb|left|Performance at the final of the Melodi Grand Prix]]
"Haba Haba" is a [[pop song]] with [[afro-fusion]] influence, written by Stella and composed by [[Beyond51]] and Big City. The song is [[Multilingualism|bilingual]], with lyrics in English and Swahili, marking the first time Swahili or any other East African language was performed at the contest.<ref>{{no icon}} [http://www.vg.no/musikk/grand-prix/artikkel.php?artid=10038055 ''VG'': Stella Mwangi vant Melodi Grand Prix]</ref> The [[lyrics]] describe how "a journey of a million miles starts with one single step".<ref name="EPK">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAYUK5v3DD4</ref> It is a positive, [[motivation]]al song about how anyone can be whatever they want to be and tells the story of Mwangi as a young girl listening to her [[grandmother]] ("When I’s a little girl my grandma told me/ That I could be just anything that I wanted to"), who teaches her that she should appreciate the smaller things in life ("When I’s a little girl my grandma told me/ That it’s the little things in life that’s gone make me happy"). The song is based upon actual events as Stella once complained to her grandmother that things did not move fast enough, gaining the reply ''Haba haba, Hujaza Kibaba'', which is Swahili for "little by little fills the measure", equivalent to the proverb "slow and steady wins the race".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=26043|title=Eurovision profile and lyrics|work=Eurovision.tv|accessdate=19 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?2011no|title=Haba Haba Lyrics|work=Diggiloo Thrush|accessdate=02 July 2012}}</ref>
"Haba Haba" is a [[Pop music|pop song]] with [[afro-fusion]] influence, written by Stella and composed by Beyond51 and Big City. The song is [[Multilingualism|bilingual]], with lyrics in English and Swahili, marking the first time Swahili or any other East African language was performed at the contest.<ref>{{in lang|no}} [http://www.vg.no/musikk/grand-prix/artikkel.php?artid=10038055 ''VG'': Stella Mwangi vant Melodi Grand Prix]</ref> The [[lyrics]] describe how "a journey of a million miles starts with one single step".<ref name="EPK">{{YouTube|pAYUK5v3DD4}}</ref> It is a positive, [[motivation]]al song about how anyone can be whatever they want to be and tells the story of Mwangi as a young girl listening to her [[grandmother]] ("When I’s a little girl my grandma told me/ That I could be just anything that I wanted to"), who teaches her that she should appreciate the smaller things in life ("When I’s a little girl my grandma told me/ That it’s the little things in life that’s gone make me happy"). The song is based upon actual events as Stella once complained to her grandmother that things did not move fast enough, gaining the reply ''Haba haba, Hujaza Kibaba'', which is Swahili for "little by little fills the measure", equivalent to the proverb "slow and steady wins the race".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/year/participant-profile/?song=26043|title=Eurovision profile and lyrics|work=Eurovision.tv|access-date=19 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?2011no|title=Haba Haba Lyrics|work=Diggiloo Thrush|access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>


The song was entered by Mwangi into the ''[[Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011|2011 Melodi Grand Prix]]'', the annual selection process for [[Norway]]'s entry to the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. 21 songs were chosen to go through to the semi-finals by the national broadcaster [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|NRK]], with "Haba Haba" performing in the third semi-final on 29 January. It came out of the semi-final in first place, advancing to the final on 12 February. "Haba Haba" progressed with three other songs to the Gold Final, following the elimination of the other finalists. Voting was conducted via a mix of the audience vote at the [[Oslo Spektrum]] (where the song beat its nearest rival by more than twice the votes), jury votes split into four different regions (where Stella came second in two regions and first in two, leading to her winning the overall jury vote) and [[televoting]] in two different regions (with "Haba Haba" winning in both). "Haba Haba" was the overall winner of the night with a total of 280,217 votes.<ref name="Melodi Win">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=25453&_t=stella_mwangi_victorious_in_norway|title=Stella Mwangi victorious in Norway|last=Storvik-Green|first=Simon|publisher=''[[European Broadcasting Union]]''|accessdate=19 March 2011}}</ref>
The song was entered by Mwangi into the ''[[Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011|2011 Melodi Grand Prix]]'', the annual selection process for [[Norway]]'s entry to the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. 21 songs were chosen to go through to the semi-finals by the national broadcaster [[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation|NRK]], with "Haba Haba" performing in the third semi-final on 29 January. It came out of the semi-final in first place, advancing to the final on 12 February. "Haba Haba" progressed with three other songs to the Gold Final, following the elimination of the other finalists. Voting was conducted via a mix of the audience vote at the [[Oslo Spektrum]] (where the song beat its nearest rival by more than twice the votes), jury votes split into four different regions (where Stella came second in two regions and first in two, leading to her winning the overall jury vote) and [[televoting]] in two different regions (with "Haba Haba" winning in both). "Haba Haba" was the overall winner of the night with a total of 280,217 votes.<ref name="Melodi Win">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=25453&_t=stella_mwangi_victorious_in_norway|title=Stella Mwangi victorious in Norway|last=Storvik-Green|first=Simon|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]|access-date=19 March 2011}}</ref>


==Eurovision Song Contest 2011==
==Eurovision Song Contest 2011==
In the Eurovision Song Contest semifinal in [[Düsseldorf]] on Tuesday 10 May 2011 "Haba Haba" was not among the ten songs which qualified for entrance in the final on Saturday 14 May 2011, even though it was placed as one of the favourite songs to win the festival.
In the Eurovision Song Contest semifinal in [[Düsseldorf]] on Tuesday 10 May 2011 "Haba Haba" was not among the ten songs which qualified for entrance in the final on Saturday 14 May 2011, despite being placed as one of the favourite songs to win the festival.


==Track listings==
==Track listings==
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Digital download<ref name="itunes">{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/haba-haba-single/id415920667|title=Haba Haba - Single|publisher=''[[iTunes]]''}}</ref>
| headline = Digital download<ref name="itunes">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/kinanda/693196147|title=Haba Haba – Single|publisher=[[iTunes]]}}</ref>
| title1 = Haba Haba
| title1 = Haba Haba
| note1 =
| note1 =
| length1 = 3:00
| length1 = 3:00
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}}
{{tracklist
| headline = CD, Single<ref name="Discogs.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1986399-Stella-Mwangi|title=Haba Haba – CD, Single|publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
| total_length = 6:03
| title1 = Haba Haba (Eurovision 2011 – Norway)
| note1 =
| length1 = 3:02
| title2 = Haba Haba (Instrumental Version)
| note2 =
| length2 = 3:01
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = (DVD-V, Promo)<ref name="Discogs.com" />
| total_length = 9:16
| title1 = Haba Haba (Original Version)
| note1 =
| length1 = 3:00
| title2 = Haba Haba (Instrumental)
| note2 =
| length2 = 3:00
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| title3 = Haba Haba (Music Video)
| note3 =
| length3 = 3:16
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==Charts and certifications==
==Charts and certifications==
===Peak positions===
===Peak positions===
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! scope="row"| Iceland ([[RÚV]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ruv.is/lag/haba-haba-0|title=RÚV – Vinsældalisti Rásar 2|publisher=[[RÚV]]|access-date=21 May 2011}}</ref>
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===Certifications===
===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Stella Mwangi|title=Haba Haba|type=single|relyear=2011|autocat=yes|award=Platinum|number=3|certref=<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.ifpi.no/component/rstrophybridge/?filter_year=2012| publisher = [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] of Norway | language = Norwegian | accessdate = 18 January 2013 | title = Trofe Oversikt - 2012 | archiveurl = http://archive.is/ZP1zQ | archivedate = 18 January 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Stella Mwangi|title=Haba Haba|type=single|relyear=2011|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2012|accessdate=November 18, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nounspecified=true|noshipments=true}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true}}


==See also==
==See also==
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== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 17:33, 20 October 2024

"Haba Haba"
Single by Stella Mwangi
from the album Kinanda
Released28 January 2011
Recorded2011
GenrePop, dance, hip hop
Length3:00
LabelMwangi Records
Songwriter(s)Big City
Beyond51
Stella Mwangi
Stella Mwangi singles chronology
"Smile"
(2010) 		"Haba Haba"
(2011) 		"Lookie Lookie"
(2011)
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Languages
Composer(s)
  • Andreas Sjo Engen
  • Kjetil Granum Helgesen
  • Tom Roger Rogstad
  • Joachim Alte
  • Marcus Ulstad Nilsen
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
17th
Semi-final points
30
Entry chronology
◄ "My Heart Is Yours" (2010)
"Stay" (2012) ►

"Haba Haba" (English: "Little by Little", Norwegian: "Steg for steg") is a song performed by Norwegian-Kenyan singer-songwriter Stella Mwangi. It was Norway's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and is included on her second studio album Kinanda (2011). The song was chosen using a mix of televoting, jury votes and an audience vote at the Oslo Spektrum during the national Eurovision pre-selection show Melodi Grand Prix on 12 February 2011. It was made available for digital download a day before its initial performance in the third semi-final. "Haba Haba" debuted at number nine in its first week of release, before progressing to number one for four consecutive weeks in the Norwegian singles chart.[1] On 10 May 2011, it competed in the first half of semi-final 1 and performed second on the night.[2]

Production and song selection

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Performance at the final of the Melodi Grand Prix

"Haba Haba" is a pop song with afro-fusion influence, written by Stella and composed by Beyond51 and Big City. The song is bilingual, with lyrics in English and Swahili, marking the first time Swahili or any other East African language was performed at the contest.[3] The lyrics describe how "a journey of a million miles starts with one single step".[4] It is a positive, motivational song about how anyone can be whatever they want to be and tells the story of Mwangi as a young girl listening to her grandmother ("When I’s a little girl my grandma told me/ That I could be just anything that I wanted to"), who teaches her that she should appreciate the smaller things in life ("When I’s a little girl my grandma told me/ That it’s the little things in life that’s gone make me happy"). The song is based upon actual events as Stella once complained to her grandmother that things did not move fast enough, gaining the reply Haba haba, Hujaza Kibaba, which is Swahili for "little by little fills the measure", equivalent to the proverb "slow and steady wins the race".[5][6]

The song was entered by Mwangi into the 2011 Melodi Grand Prix, the annual selection process for Norway's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. 21 songs were chosen to go through to the semi-finals by the national broadcaster NRK, with "Haba Haba" performing in the third semi-final on 29 January. It came out of the semi-final in first place, advancing to the final on 12 February. "Haba Haba" progressed with three other songs to the Gold Final, following the elimination of the other finalists. Voting was conducted via a mix of the audience vote at the Oslo Spektrum (where the song beat its nearest rival by more than twice the votes), jury votes split into four different regions (where Stella came second in two regions and first in two, leading to her winning the overall jury vote) and televoting in two different regions (with "Haba Haba" winning in both). "Haba Haba" was the overall winner of the night with a total of 280,217 votes.[7]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

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In the Eurovision Song Contest semifinal in Düsseldorf on Tuesday 10 May 2011 "Haba Haba" was not among the ten songs which qualified for entrance in the final on Saturday 14 May 2011, despite being placed as one of the favourite songs to win the festival.

Track listings

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Digital download[8]
No.TitleLength
1."Haba Haba"3:00
CD, Single[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Haba Haba (Eurovision 2011 – Norway)"3:02
2."Haba Haba (Instrumental Version)"3:01
Total length:6:03
(DVD-V, Promo)[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Haba Haba (Original Version)"3:00
2."Haba Haba (Instrumental)"3:00
3."Haba Haba (Music Video)"3:16
Total length:9:16

Music video

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A music video was shot by the director Frederic Esnault. The song is presented by Big City Music.

Charts and certifications

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Peak positions

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
Iceland (RÚV)[10] 16
Norway (VG-lista)[11] 1

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[12] 3× Platinum 30,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "STELLA MWANGI – HABA HABA". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  2. ^ Schacht, Andreas. "Results of the Running Order Draw!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  3. ^ (in Norwegian) VG: Stella Mwangi vant Melodi Grand Prix
  4. ^ Video on YouTube
  5. ^ "Eurovision profile and lyrics". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Haba Haba Lyrics". Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  7. ^ Storvik-Green, Simon. "Stella Mwangi victorious in Norway". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Haba Haba – Single". iTunes.
  9. ^ a b "Haba Haba – CD, Single". Discogs.
  10. ^ "RÚV – Vinsældalisti Rásar 2". RÚV. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  11. ^ "Stella Mwangi – Haba haba". VG-lista.
  12. ^ "Norwegian single certifications – Stella Mwangi – Haba Haba" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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