Onka's Big Moka

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Onka's Big Moka
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Studio album by
Released11 November 1999
Recorded1998–1999
Studio RAK, London; Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles
Genre
Length48:02
Label S2
Producer Dave Eringa
Toploader chronology
Onka's Big Moka
(1999)
Magic Hotel
(2002)
Professional ratings
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Onka's Big Moka is the debut studio album by English band Toploader. It was released on 11 November 1999, through S2 Records and was produced by long time collaborator of the Manic Street Preachers, Dave Eringa. The album reached the top 5 of the UK Albums Chart at number 4, where it stayed for six months.

Contents

The song "Dancing in the Moonlight", a cover of the Boffalongo song, was later featured in television commercials for the supermarket chain Sainsbury's, on the soundtrack of the 2002 American coming-of-age teen romantic drama A Walk to Remember , the 2010 comedy film Four Lions , and the 2019 television series The Umbrella Academy .

The album cover was taken at Lancaster Gate, located in the Bayswater district of Central London.

The title is a reference to a 1974 anthropological documentary Ongka's Big Moka: The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea .

Track listing

All tracks written by Joseph Washbourn except tracks 2 & 7.

  1. "Let the People Know" – 3:54
  2. "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Sherman Kelly) – 3:52
  3. "Achilles Heel" – 4:18
  4. "Breathe" – 3:56
  5. "Do You Know What Your Future Will Be?" – 4:24
  6. "Only for a While" – 3:51
  7. "Just Hold On" (Dave Smith, Tim Woodcock, Mike Terry) – 4:01
  8. "Higher State" – 3:11
  9. "High Flying Bird" – 4:10
  10. "Summer Cycle" – 4:38
  11. "Just About Living" – 4:01
  12. "Floating Away (In the Bath Tub)" – 3:22

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Onka's Big Moka
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] 3× Platinum900,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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