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An Entity of Type : wsb:Song, within Data Space : covidontheweb.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • (Something Inside) So Strong
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  • 12-inch single
  • Gramophone record
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  • eng
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  • 2002 singles
  • 1987 songs
  • 1987 singles
  • Labi Siffre songs
  • Opposition to apartheid in South Africa
  • Songs written by Labi Siffre
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  • (Something Inside) So Strong is a 1987 single written and recorded by British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre. The song was one of the biggest successes of Siffre's career, and peaked at number four in the United Kingdom.The song was written in 1984, inspired by a TV documentary on Apartheid South Africa seen by Siffre in which white soldiers were filmed shooting at black civilians in the street. He told the BBC's Soul Music programme in 2014 that the song was also influenced by his experience as a homosexual child, adolescent, and adult. Siffre originally intended to give the song to another artist to sing, but could find no one suitable and was convinced to release it himself.The song has remained enduringly popular and is an example of the political and sociological thread running through much of Siffre’s lyrics and poetry. It won the Ivor Novello Award for %22Best Song Musically and Lyrically%22, and has been used in Amnesty International campaigns, a television advertisement and Alice Walker's film against female genital mutilation: Warrior Marks.
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  • GBAHS0300426
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  • Glyn Johns
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  • PT337.50310657S
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  • english
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  • China Records
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  • (Something Inside) So Strong
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