It gave them the platform to open for major acts like Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx, Faithless, and Paul Van Dyk. GoldFish hit instant international fame with their 2006 debut album Caught In The Loop. By December 2019 it had achieved gold status in unit sales, cementing its status as one of the smash hits of the year.Ī NUMBER ONE HIT FOR CAPE TOWN’S NUMBER ONE HOUSE ACT The collaboration got a lot of hype, so the song was an instant hit.
Lucas penned the lyrics, in which a love-crazed protagonist begs an unnamed someone to “go ahead and smother me now”. The pair got together to collaborate on a moody ballad, Smother. The Kommetjie-born musician has released a string of hits since then, but it’s always good to remember what made him a superstar in the first place.Ģ017 was a great year for Cape Town singers as Paxton Fielies won Idols SA and Craig Lucas won The Voice SA. It skyrocketed to number one on the Top 40 charts of radio stations across the country. Down South is a feel-good fusion of folk, rock, hip hop and African rhythms, featuring rapper Motheo Moleko. These days, Jeremy Loops headlines festivals and does US and European tours, but it all started with a song released in 2014. This track dominated the charts and broke local streaming records, catapulting Early B to stardom and making him a household name. The rapper was already a Ghoema Award winner before the song dropped.
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But we do know that Early B’s mega-hit, Ben 10, got more radio airplay than the cartoon series has episodes. We’re not sure which came first, the cartoon character or the local slang for young male lovers. The track has an energetic ghoema backing track reminiscent of Tweede Nuwe Jaar klopse tunes and a patriotic chorus line that will have you singing and dancing along, even after multiple listens. It’s a play on the term “naai masjien”, which means “sewing machine”, but has a double meaning. The lyrics mix English and Afrikaans in classic Cape Town style, with cheeky plays on words, like in the line “hulle het my nou ge-fax deur die sex machine”. It’s a lot of fun to sing along to, and its high octane chorus will take any party from quiet to mayhem.įunny Carp have made some, well, colourful songs with titles such as Jy Vang Net Kak Aan and Almal Is Vrek, but your party playlist essential tune is their festive classic, Ons Is Lekker Almal Van Die Kaap. The song was one of the main reasons the band was voted SA’s best rock band by 5FM listeners in 2004. They skyrocketed to fame, going from small gigs in their home town of Stellenbosch to headlining national stages in no time, and Bubblegum On My Boots quickly became a staple showstopper at their live shows. Bubblegum On My Boots was released in 1995 on The Springbok Nude Girls’ debut album, Neanderthal 1. It starts off so peacefully: a lilting guitar motif, jazzy trumpet melody, and lyrics about perfect skies… then suddenly guitarist Theo Crous scratches out some palm mutes and breaks into a menacing riff while frontman Arno Carsten breaks into a scream and the chorus crashes to life. Here is a playlist of 22 of our favourite Cape Town hits to play at your next party. From hip-hop to jazz, anti-apartheid anthems, Afro-pop and the “zef” movement that’s taken the world by storm, our city’s artists have had a fair share of hit songs.
The Ultimate Cape Town Party Songs From The Past 50 Yearsįrom world-renowned to locally dominant, these are Cape Town’s party rocking songsĬape Town is a hotbed of musical styles and home to a plethora of musicians from various genres.
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