Mombasa (song)
"Mombasa" is a song by the Finnish singer Taiska (Hannele Aulikki Kauppinen).[1] The song, named after the city in Kenya, was released in 1975 and it is Taiska’s most popular song.
History[edit]
"Mombasa" was made in 1975. For this song, Taiska used the melody of a musical composition by Fabio Frizzi. This composition, named Ibo lele, was used in the Italian erotic film Amore libero - Free Love,[2] directed by Pier Ludovico Pavoni. Jyrki Lindström wrote the lyrics for "Mombasa".[3]
In popular culture[edit]
- Hannu Tuomainen used this song as an inspiration for his film One-Way Ticket to Mombasa.[4]
- "Mombasa" is mentioned in the book Crime Novel: Nordic noir like nothing you've read before by Petri Tamminen.
References[edit]
- ^ Billboard (1979). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ 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) - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
- ^ "Levyarviot: KOKOELMA - Menolippu Mombasaan - Soundtrack". imperiumi.net. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
