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unusual facts about Sweet Lullaby


Music of Solomon Islands

One of the songs, a lullaby named "Rorogwela", sung by Afunakwa, a Northern Malaita woman, was used as a vocal sample in a 1992 single "Sweet Lullaby" by the French electronica duo Deep Forest, becoming a worldwide hit, but also causing some controversy over perceived "pillaging" of the world music heritage by Western musicians.



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Hugo Zemp

The recording was later used, apparently without permission, in Deep Forest's song "Sweet Lullaby".