I Zimbra

About I Zimbra

From Songfacts: With African percussion rhythms augmented by synthesizers, this song was the brainchild of Brian Eno, who produced the Talking Heads Fear of Music album. Eno came up with similar sounds for his 1974 album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). As for the lyrics, they came about when Eno suggested to David Byrne that he adapt the poem Gadji beri bimba by the German Dadaist writer Hugo Ball. Eno, Byrne and Ball are the credited writers on the song. .

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About this song

Credited to

Talking Heads

Album

Popular Favorites 1976 - 1992 / Sand in the Vaseline · Track 13 of 33

Released

October 13, 1992

Duration

3:08

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From the album: Popular Favorites 1976 - 1992 / Sand in the Vaseline