Azonto (Fuse ODG song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Azonto
| cover = Fuse ODG Azonto.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Fuse ODG featuring Itz Tiffany
| album = TINA
| released = 27 October 2013
| recorded = 2013
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 2:43
| label = 3 Beat
| writer = Nana Richard Abiona, Tiffany Hayden
| producer = Fuse ODG, Killbeatz, Theo Davis
| chronology = Fuse ODG
| prev_title = Antenna
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Million Pound Girl (Badder Than Bad)
| next_year = 2013
}}
"Azonto" is a single by English-Ghanaian recording artist Fuse ODG, featuring vocals from Itz Tiffany. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 29 September 2013. The song peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 38 on the Scottish Singles Chart. The song has also charted in the Netherlands. The song was written by Nana Richard Abiona and Tiffany Hayden.
Music video
The official music video to accompany the single's release was uploaded to YouTube on 15 August 2013.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VetNdbu-ZNc Fuse ODG - Azonto (UK Official Video) *Out Now On iTunes* -] YouTube Although another video was first uploaded on 27 October 2013, which has over 50 million views as of March 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTUIlOudlHI|title = U Media Films - Azonto - Fuse ODG Feat. Tiffany (V|website = YouTube}} There was an earlier music video, uploaded to YouTube on 27 April 2012.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q_ralziDS4 |title=AZONTO - Fuse ODG ft. Tiffany OFFICIAL VIDEO (OUT on iTUNES) |date=2012-04-26 |last=OffDaGroundTV |access-date=2025-02-07 |via=YouTube}} While the Azonto dance is a specifically African phenomenon, the music video insights international sentiment within it. African culture is juxtaposed with whiteness and more westernized tendencies. Fuse ODG himself wears African prints and giant clay beads, but also a statement cap and Aviators. Similarly, the featured dancers can be seen wearing clothes varying from dashikis to suits to rompers to jeans, displaying an incredible variety of global trends.{{cite journal|last1=Edoh|first1=Melissa Amah|title=Doing Dutch Wax Cloth: Practice, Politics, and 'The New Africa'|journal=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|date=2016}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download
| title1 = Azonto
| note1 = UK Radio Edit
| length1 = 2:43
| title2 = Azonto
| note2 = Cahill UK Radio Edit
| length2 = 3:16
| title3 = Azonto
| note3 = Cahill UK Club Mix
| length3 = 5:28
| title4 = Azonto
| note4 = Jus Now Remix feat. Kerwin Prescott & Serocee
| length4 = 3:42
| title5 = Everyday
| note5 = feat. Selasi
| length5 = 3:13
}}
Chart performance
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (2013)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|Dutch100|91|artist=Fuse ODG feat. Tiffany|song=Azonto}} |
| {{singlechart|Scotland|38|date=2013-10-12}} |
| {{singlechart|UK|30|date=2013-10-12}} |
Release history
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| scope="col"| Country
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label |
|---|
| United Kingdom
| 29 September 2013[https://web.archive.org/web/20130928222503/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/azonto-ep/id697081552 iTunes - Music - Azonto - EP by Fuse ODG] | Digital download | 3 Beat Productions |
References
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