"Mandela Day" is a song by the rock band
Simple Minds. It was included in the single "Ballad of the Streets"
EP which reached No.1 on the
British charts in February 1989 and in their album Street Fighting Years. The single highlights the songs "Mandela Day", "
Belfast Child", originally its A-side in the full length version, and "
Biko".
"Mandela Day" was written for the
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (also known as Mandela Day),[1] a concert held at
Wembley Stadium, London, on 11 June 1988, as an expression of solidarity with the then-imprisoned
Nelson Mandela, and was played live on that day (alongside cover versions of "Sun City" with Little Steven and a cover version of Peter Gabriel's "Biko" on which Gabriel himself took on lead vocals).
"Mandela Day" is a song by the rock band
Simple Minds. It was included in the single "Ballad of the Streets"
EP which reached No.1 on the
British charts in February 1989 and in their album Street Fighting Years. The single highlights the songs "Mandela Day", "
Belfast Child", originally its A-side in the full length version, and "
Biko".
"Mandela Day" was written for the
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (also known as Mandela Day),[1] a concert held at
Wembley Stadium, London, on 11 June 1988, as an expression of solidarity with the then-imprisoned
Nelson Mandela, and was played live on that day (alongside cover versions of "Sun City" with Little Steven and a cover version of Peter Gabriel's "Biko" on which Gabriel himself took on lead vocals).