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Dollar Brand Quartet · Africa - Tears and Laughter · 1979
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Playlists published by public broadcasters, loaded every night (back to 5 Oct 2025): ABC Classic (Australia), KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle (United States), triple j (Australia), Double J (Australia), BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom), triple j Unearthed (Australia), ABC Jazz (Australia), Sveriges Radio P1 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P2 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P4 Stockholm (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 Din gata (Sweden), BBC Radio 6 Music (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 1Xtra (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 2 (United Kingdom).
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Songwriting
Then every country where this song was released (3): 10 songwriting and 4 recording societies.
Public estimate from 1,175 ListenBrainz listens, your share of the writer credits and your role on the recording — often low outside the UK and US, and streaming only.