"E No Easy" | |
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Single by P-Square featuring J. Martins | |
from the album Danger | |
Released | 2009 |
Recorded | 2009 |
Genre | Afrobeats |
Songwriter(s) | Peter Okoye Paul Okoye J. Martins |
Music video | |
"E No Easy" on YouTube |
"E No Easy" is a 2009 song by P-Square featuring J. Martins. It was revived as a bilingual French/English song "Positif", by Matt Houston featuring P-Square in 2012, becoming a hit in France.
"E No Easy" is a successful song by P-Square featuring J. Martins that was a hit locally in Nigeria. The song was written by the three singers Peter and Paul Okoye (actually the members of P-Square) and by J. Martins. It is taken from P-Square's album Danger.
A French version using the music of "E No Easy" and retitled "Positif" became a big hit in France. And after success of the French adaptation, "E No Easy" was also released finding some additional success in France in 2012.
In 2011, French-Algerian rapper El Matador had also included a mix of "E No Easy" credited to "El Matador feat P-Square" in his mixtape release Escale sur la lune. [1] adding French rap verses, raï influences and additional Spanish lyrics to the track.
"Positif" | ||||
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Single by Matt Houston featuring P-Square | ||||
from the album Racines | ||||
Released | 23 April 2012 | |||
Recorded | April 2012 in Studio Video Clip, Paris, France | |||
Genre | R&B, hip hop, reggae | |||
Length | 3:49 | |||
Label | On the Track | |||
Songwriter(s) | Matthieu Gore Peter Okoye Paul Okoye J. Martins | |||
Matt Houston featuring P-Square singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Positif" on YouTube |
"Positif" is a 2012 bilingual song in French and English by Matt Houston featuring Nigerian brother duo P-Square. It is a remake of the earlier hit by P-Square with French lyrics added by Matthieu Gore (real name of Matt Houston) The song is taken from Houston's forthcoming album Racines as a first pre-release on 23 April 2012 from the album due in June 2012.
Houston sings the introductory French part while P-Square brother Peter and Paul are doing the backing vocals. The English parts are done by the Okoye brothers.
As a promotion, Matt Houston also released a "making of" video of his collaboration with Peter and Paul Okoye in the Video Clip Studios where the French hit was cut. [2] It was the third of a series of "Welcome To My World" video episodes. [3]
The official music video was uploaded on Matt Houston's VEVO channel on 4 May 2012. The single featured at #47 in its first week of release and climbed up to #6 on the SNEP French Singles Chart.
The release included the following track list:
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Belgium Urban ( Ultratop Flanders) [4] | 35 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [5] | 7 |
Belgium Dance ( Ultratop Wallonia) [6] | 2 |
France ( SNEP) [7] | 5 |
Based on the success of "Positif", the English original "E No Easy" gained attention and popularity in France also entering the French SNEP charts reaching #141 on chart dated 26 May 2012.
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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France ( SNEP) [8] | 141 |