Gimme Hope Jo'anna

Name: Gimme Hope Jo'anna
Uploaded: 1988-01-01
Duration: 4 min 13 s
Description: This British anti-apartheid song reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart in 1988, becoming Grant's first British top 10 hit in five years. Written by Guyanese-British singer-songwriter Eddy Grant during South Africa's apartheid era, the song was banned by the South African government upon release but was widely played there nonetheless.

Eddy Grant Play Mix

1988 80s

This British anti-apartheid song reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart in 1988, becoming Grant's first British top 10 hit in five years. Written by Guyanese-British singer-songwriter Eddy Grant during South Africa's apartheid era, the song was banned by the South African government upon release but was widely played there nonetheless.