"E Ipo" (English: "By Love") is a 1982 song written by Prince Tui Teka and Ngoi Pēwhairangi[1] in tribute to Teka's wife Missy, sung bilingually in Māori and English. The song was a number-one single in New Zealand for two weeks.[2]
| "E Ipo" | ||||
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| Single by Prince Tui Teka | ||||
| from the album The Man, The Music, The Legend | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary Māori | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Tui Records, RCA Victor | |||
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| Prince Tui Teka singles chronology | ||||
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The melody was based on the popular Indonesian love song "Mimpi Sedih" by Aloysius Riyanto that Teka had heard from New Zealand soldiers stationed in Singapore[3] while he was performing overseas from 1980-1982.[4][5]
The video for the song was taken from a TV special filmed at the Mandalay nightclub in Newmarket, Auckland. The song later made the Nature's Best 3 compilation, a collection of the top 100 New Zealand songs as voted by members of APRA.[6]
"E Ipo", alongside "Poi E" (1984) by the Pātea Māori Club (also written by Pēwhairangi) were the first widely successful songs sung in Te Reo Māori in mainstream music, and had a great impact on the promotion of Te Reo and Māori culture in New Zealand.[7]
References edit
- ^ "New Zealand Folk Songs".
- ^ "Prince Tui Teka - E Ipo (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand military base in Singapore". New Zealand History.
- ^ NZ On Screen - E Ipo
- ^ NZ Folk Song - E Ipo
- ^ Sergent, Bruce. "APRA Top 100". Article. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Sheehan, Maree (2 February 2016). "Mana Wahine: Māori Women in Music". Te Kaharoa. 9 (1). doi:10.24135/tekaharoa.v9i1.12. ISSN 1178-6035. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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