Yeha-Noha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yeha-Noha Single by Sacred Spirit from the album Chants and Dances of the Native Americans B-side Dawa (CD single) Remix (CD maxi, 12) Ly-o-lay ale loya (CD maxi, U.S.) Released 18 July 1995 Format CD single, CD maxi, 12 maxi Genre New age, world, ambient Length 3:49 4:29 (redio mix) Label Virgin Producer The Fearsome Brave Certification Gold France, 1995 Yeha-Noha (Wishes of Happiness and Prosperity) is a song recorded in 1994 by the German musical project known under the name of Sacred Spirit. It was the first single from the album Chants and Dances of the Native Americans. Released in 1995, it achieved a great success in various countries, including France, where it topped the singles chart. It was sung by 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 Giants (Yéiitsoh) lament at the owls attempt to cheat by stealing the ball. The audible portions of the song say: ... shaa ninánóhaah (you give it back to me) ... Yéiitsoh jinínáá léi (... The Giant says again and again...) ... ninánóhaah (...give it back) Uses in the media[edit] Yeha-Noha was generally credited to Indians Sacred Spirit in France, or also just (The) Indians. Produced by The Fearsome Brave (Claus Zundel), the song was used in a TV advert for the Häagen-Dazs ice-creams in France.[1] This song, mainly instrumental with Native American vocals, was much aired on radio. The main tune, played the cello, was regularly presented on TF1, the first TV channel in France, as the future summer hit.[2] It also made an appearance in a 1995 British 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 its smash-hit teen drama series The Tribe.
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