ULTIMATE SACRED SPIRIT

This is a successful song recorded by Claus Zundel, or The Fearsome Brave, as he calls himself, under his musical project Sacred Spirit. It was the first single from the album Chants And Dances Of The Native Americans. It was released in 1995. The song was a huge success in various countries. It topped the singles chart in France. The song was certified Gold disc in France, after spending 19 weeks on the French Singles chart, from 8 July 1995. It went to number 26, then jumped to number three and reached number one three weeks later. It topped the chart for six consecutive week, then did not stop to drop on the chart. According to Infodisc website, the song is the 497th best-selling single of all time in France, with 528,000 sales. The single charted for 16 weeks on the Ultratop 40, in Belgium, (Wallonia). It debuted at number 20 on 5 August, reached the top ten in its third week, peaked at number three in its sixth week, then dropped on the chart. It was ranked 23th on the End of the Year Chart. This song was charted twice in the United Kingdom in 1995 : first for one week, at number 74, on 15 April, then for two weeks from in November, peaking at number 37. Yeha-Noha featured for eleven weeks on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play, reaching number 13. Yeha-Noha was generally credited to 'Indians Sacred Spirit' in France, or also just '(The) Indians'. The song was used in a TV advert for the Häagen-Dazs ice-creams in France. This song, mainly instrumental with Indians singings, was much aired on radio. The main tune, played the cello, was regularly presented on TFI, the first TV channel in France, as the future summer hit. It also made a British appearance in a 1995 cinema advertisement for the Survival International charity, in which Richard Gere talked about the struggle to survive of the few remaining Native Americans. The song was used in the 2001 independent film The Doe Boy. In 2003 Cloud 9 Screen Entertainment Group used a section of the track in the official trailer for their smash-hit teen drama series The Tribe (TV Series.) The song was sung by the late Navajo elder Kee Chee Jake from Chinle, Arizona. The song is a remixed version of a portion of the Navajo Shoe Game song (a part of the origin myth describing a game played among the day and night animals in which the animals who discovered in which shoe a yucca ball was hidden would win a permanent state of daylight or night.) The song describes the Giant's (Yé'iitsoh) lament at the owl's attempt to cheat by stealing the ball. The audible portions of the song say: ... shaa ninánóh'aah (you give it back to me) ... Yé'iitsoh jinínáá léi' (... The Giant says again & again...) ... ninánóh'aah (...give it back) LYRICS: AH-UH NAYAH OH-WA OH-WA SHON-DAY OH-WA OH-WA [Audible English part:shaa ninánóh'aah (you give it back to me)] SHON-DAY CAN-NON NON NOHA (NOHA) AH-UH NAYAH OH-WA OH-WA SHON-DAY OH-WA OH-WA SHON-DAY [Audible English part: ninánóh'aah (...give it back)] YEHA-NOHA (NOHA) [Yé'iitsoh jinínáá léi' (... The Giant says again & again...)] AH-UH NAYAY TOR-SHNA NENA-NAY-YAYAH NENA-NAY-YAY YEHA-NOHA (NOHA) AH-UH NAYAY TOR-SHNA NENA-NAY-YAYAH [Audible English part: ninánóh'aah (...give it back)] YEHA-NOHA (NOHA) NEE-YOH-WAH NEE-YOH NEE-YOH-WAH NEE-YOH AH-UH NAYAH OH-WA OH-WA SHON-DAY OH-WA OH-WA Audible English part:[shaa ninánóh'aah (you give it back to me)]SHON-DAY CAN-NON NON NOHA (NOHA) AH-UH NAYAH OH-WA OH-WA SHON-DAY OH-WA OH-WA SHON-DAY [Audible English part: ninánóh'aah (...give it back)] YEHA-NOHA (NOHA) [Yé'iitsoh jinínáá léi' (... The Giant says again & again...)] AH-UH NAYAY TOR-SHNA NENA-NAY-YAYAH NENA-NAY-YAY YEHA-NOHA (NOHA) AH-UH NAYAY TOR-SHNA NENA-NAY-YAYAH [Audible English part: ninánóh'aah (...give it back)] YEHA-NOHA (NOHA) *From my personal viewpoint: I love this song so much! I love the voice of Kee Chee Jake, his voice is so wise and soothing and comforting. What I want people to know about the song: I want people to know that this is a Navajo song, NOT a Native American song. This song originated from the Navajo tribe. What I want people to know about the title: Wishes Of Happiness And Prosperity?? LOL! It is a Shoe Game song!! It should say Yeha-Noha (Shoe Game Song.)