Kumba Yo!

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"Kumba Yo!"
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Single by Guano Babes featuring Michael Mittermeier
ReleasedMarch 26, 2001 (2001-03-26)
Recorded2001
Genre Comedy rock, rap rock, nu metal, rap metal
Length4:02
Label Supersonic
Songwriter(s) Guano Apes, Michael Mittermeier
Producer(s) Guano Apes, Wolfgang Stach, Fabio Trentini
Guano Apes singles chronology
"Dödel Up"
(2001)
"Kumba Yo!"
(2001)
"You Can't Stop Me"
(2002)

"Kumba Yo!" is a 2001 collaborative single by Guano Apes (credited as Guano Babes) featuring German comedian Michael Mittermeier. This song is notable for being the only Apes song to use profanity, with only one use of the word "fucking" in the song and serves as their highest-charting single in their native Germany. The song uses elements of the song "Kumbaya". The video shows the band capturing and tying Mittermeier to their car.

Contents

Track listing

CD single

  1. Kumba Yo! - 3:22
  2. Kumba Yo! (Acoustic Version) - 3:16
  3. Kumba Yo! (Easy Buzz Remix) - 2:55
  4. Kumba Yo! (Karaoke Version) + Hidden Kumba - 4:56

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [1] 4
Germany (Official German Charts) [2] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [3] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 39
Germany (Official German Charts) [5] 22
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 92

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