Burn Out (Sipho Mabuse song)

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| artist = Sipho Mabuse

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| released = 1984

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| genre = Township Jive, Pop

| length = 4:00

| label = Gallo Music

| writer = Sipho Mabuse

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"Burn Out", a song by Sipho Mabuse, became one of the first major crossover hits in South Africa during the early 1980s, selling more than 500,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.mg.co.za/article/2007-08-17-hotstix-still-playing-with-fire |title=Hotstix: Still playing with fire - Arts - Mail & Guardian Online |publisher=Mg.co.za |date=2007-08-17 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}Africa Report - Page 68

1991 Mabuse: I recorded a song called "Burn Out," which came out in 1985, and which was probably one of the very few first songs that

This song paved the way for a distribution deal with Virgin Records in order for it to be released in the UK.{{Cite web |title=GQ chats to the legendary Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse |url=https://www.gq.co.za/culture/gq-chats-to-the-legendary-sipho-hotstix-mabuse-6c7a412f-b6de-44a7-9d79-133c83d003d1 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=www.gq.co.za |language=en}} It was also released in Germany, Japan and the US.

Over the years the song has been remixed and covered by other artists, such as Timothy Moloi on the album Love That Music.[http://tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5084259&fSectionId=432&fSetId=251]{{dead link|date=November 2012}}