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Yeha-Noha

{{Short description|1994 single by Sacred Spirit}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Yeha-Noha

| cover = Yeha-noha.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Sacred Spirit

| album = Chants and Dances of the Native Americans

| B-side =

  • "Dawa"
  • "Ly-o-lay ale loya"

| released = 1994

| recorded =

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| genre =

| length =

  • 3:49
  • 4:29 (radio edit)

| label = Virgin

| composer =

| lyricist =

| producer = The Fearsome Brave

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"Yeha-Noha (Wishes of Happiness and Prosperity)" is a song by German musical project Sacred Spirit. It was the first single from the album Chants and Dances of the Native Americans. Released in 1994, it achieved a great success in various countries, including France, where it topped the singles chart. It was sung in the Navajo language by Navajo elder Kee Chee Jake from Chinle, Arizona. The song is a remixed version of a portion of the Navajo Shoe Game song (a part of the origin myth describing a game played among the day animals and night animals where the animals who discovered the shoe in which a yucca ball was hidden would win a permanent state of daylight or night).

The song describes the Giant's (Yé'iitsoh) lament at the owl's attempt to cheat by stealing the ball, saying:

{{quote|... shaa ninánóh'aah (you give it back to me)

... Yé'iitsoh jinínáá léi' (... The Giant says again and again...)

... ninánóh'aah (...give it back)}}

Chart performance

The song was certified gold disc in France, after spending 19 weeks on the French Singles Chart, from 8 July 1995. It went to number 26, then jumped to number three and reached number one three weeks later. It topped the chart for six consecutive weeks, then did not stop to drop on the chart."Yeha-Noha", in French Singles Chart [https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sacred+Spirit&titel=Yeha%2Dnoha+%28Wishes+Of+Happiness+And+Prosperity%29&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 30 April 2008) The single charted for 16 weeks on the Ultratop 50, in the Wallonia region of Belgium. It debuted at number 20 on 5 August, reached the top ten in its third week, peaked at number three in its sixth week, then dropped on the chart."Yeha-Noha", in Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [https://web.archive.org/web/20140918030203/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/18c39/Sacred-Spirit-Yeha-noha-(Wishes-Of-Happiness-And-Prosperity) Ultratop.be] (Retrieved 30 April 2008) It was ranked 23rd on Wallonia's year-end.1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995 Ultratop.be] (Retrieved 30 April 2008) The song charted twice in United Kingdom in 1995: first for one week, at number 74, on 15 April,"Yeha-Noha", in UK Singles Chart (first run) [https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Stars Official Charts Company] (Retrieved 30 April 2008) then for two weeks from in November, peaking at number 37.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31435/sacred-spirit/|title=Official Charts > Sacred Spirit|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=10 December 2016}} "Yeha-Noha" remained for 11 weeks on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, reaching number 13.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs/1995-07-22/|title=Dance Club Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=22 July 1995|url-access=subscription|access-date=30 July 2023}}

Track listings

  • CD single
  1. "Yeha-Noha" – 3:49
  2. "Dawa" – 4:18
  • European CD maxi
  1. "Yeha-Noha" (radio mix) – 4:29
  2. "Yeha-Noha" (Tribal Totem mix) – 6:54
  3. "Yeha-Noha" (Pow Wow mix) – 7:25
  4. "Yeha-Noha" (Peace Pipe mix) – 4:31
  • US CD maxi
  1. "Yeha-Noha" – 4:04
  2. "Yeha-Noha" (house mix with drop) – 8:17
  3. "Yeha-Noha" (Buffalo Bump mix) – 10:22
  4. "Yeha-Noha" (Pow Wow mix) – 7:25
  5. "Ly-o-lay ale loya" (Vanishing Race mix) – 11:12
  • 12-inch maxi
  1. "Yeha-Noha" (house mix with drop) – 8:17
  2. "Yeha-Noha" (Dancing Wolves mix) – 7:42
  3. "Yeha-Noha" (Tribal mix) – 7:30
  4. "Yeha-Noha" (Pow Wow mix) – 7:25

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Yeha-Noha"

! Chart (1994–1995)

! Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/nJU5iqZ.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles – Week Ending 29 Jan 1995|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur|access-date=10 December 2016}}

| align="center"|76

scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)

| align="center"|3

scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-12-23.pdf|title=1995 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|access-date=26 September 2020|magazine=Music & Media}}

| align="center"|12

scope="row"| France (SNEP)

| align="center"|1

scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)

| align="center"|37

scope="row"| US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)

| align="center"|13

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= Year-end charts =

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|+ Year-end chart performance for "Yeha-Noha"

! Chart (1995)

! Position

scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)

| align="center"|23

scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)

| align="center"|50

scope="row"| France (SNEP)1995 French Singles Chart [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259376&year=1995 Disqueenfrance.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307201551/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259376&year=1995 |date=7 March 2012 }} (Retrieved 30 January 2009)

| align="center"|4

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|title=Yeha-Noha (Souhaits De Bonheur Et De Prospérité)|artist=Indian's Sacred Spirit|certyear=1995|award=Gold|source=infodisc|access-date=2 May 2022|refname=FrenchC}}

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Uses in the media

"Yeha-Noha" was generally credited to "Indians Sacred Spirit" in France, or also just "(The) Indians". Produced by The Fearsome Brave (Claus Zundel), the song was used in a TV advert for the Häagen-Dazs ice-cream in France.{{cite book |first=Alex P. |last=King |title=Hit-parade — 20 ans de tubes |publisher=Pascal |year=2004 |place=Paris |page=347 |language=fr |isbn=2-35019-009-9}}

This song, mainly instrumental with Native American vocals, was much aired on radio. The main tune, played the cello, was regularly presented on TF1, the first TV channel in France, as the future summer hit.{{cite book |first=Elia |last=Habib |title=Muz hit.tubes |publisher=Alinéa Bis |year=2002 |page=327 |language=fr |isbn=2-9518832-0-X}} It also made an appearance in a 1995 British cinema advertisement for the Survival International charity, in which Richard Gere talked about the struggle to survive of the few remaining Native Americans.

In 2003, Cloud 9 Screen Entertainment Group used a section of the track in the official trailer for its smash-hit teen drama series The Tribe.

References

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Category:1994 singles

Category:SNEP Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Sacred Spirit songs

Category:1994 songs