Makeba (song)

"Makeba" is a song by French singer-songwriter Jain, released on 6 November 2015, from her debut studio album, Zanaka. It was written by Jain and produced by her longtime collaborator Maxim Nucci. The refrain of the song used a sample from the 1978 song "Me and the Gang" by the American percussionist, songwriter, arranger, and record producer Hamilton Bohannon. "Makeba" peaked at number seven on the French Singles Chart. It references Miriam Makeba, also known as "Mama Africa", a South African singer and anti-apartheid civil rights activist.
The Australian reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! uses the song as an intro. Since 2019, it is also used as the intro theme to Amazon Prime Video's coverage of the Premier League in the United Kingdom and Ligue 1 in France.
In June 2023, "Makeba" received a resurgence in popularity due to the virality it achieved on TikTok. The song has been used in ads for Marshalls and Levi's.

Music video

The music video for "Makeba" was released on 30 November 2016 on Jain's official YouTube channel. Shot in South Africa, it opens with the last frame of her song "Come", also from Zanaka, as she crumples the frame from the camera as if it was a sheet of paper and walks to the right of the screen. As Jain turns knobs on the sound deck, street poles rise up or fall down, and buildings rise and lower. The video shows various parts of Johannesburg: Miriam Makeba Street, Ponte Tower, Berea Park, Marble Towers, and Orlando Power Station.
It earned a nomination for Best Music Video at the 60th Grammy Awards, losing to "Humble" by Kendrick Lamar.

Chart	Peak position
Belarus Airplay	15
Bolivia Airplay	15
Bulgaria Airplay	1
Canada	35
CIS Airplay	25
Costa Rica Airplay	13
Croatia International Airplay	12
Estonia Airplay	1
Estonia Airplay Ian Asher Remix	13
Global 200	38
Greece International Streaming	7
Iceland	25
Ireland	51
Israel International Airplay	8
Italy	49
Kazakhstan Airplay	24
Latvia Airplay	5
Latvia Streaming	1
Lebanon	6
Lithuania	6
Poland	25
Russia Airplay	22
San Marino Airplay Ian Asher Remix	7
Sweden	68
Turkey International Airplay	2
Ukraine Airplay	8
US Mainstream Top 40	26

Chart	Position
France	161

Chart	Position
Belarus Airplay	81
CIS Airplay	141
Estonia Airplay	33
Estonia Airplay Ian Asher Remix	132
Global Excl. US	173
Hungary	28
Hungary	90
Latvia Airplay	67
Lithuania Airplay	104
Switzerland	70