"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" | ||||
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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 | |||
| Producer(s) | J. Martins | |||
| P-Square featuring J. Martins singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "E No Easy" on YouTube | ||||
"E No Easy"
edit"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"
edit| "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.
Charts
edit"Positif"
editThe release included the following track list:
- "Positif" (featuring P-Square) – 3:49
- "Positif" (featuring P-Square) – 3:51
- "Positif" (Alex Rio Loco Remix) – 4:24
- "Oh Gosh" (Chiré Remix) – 2:47
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders)[4] | 35 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] | 7 |
| Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] | 2 |
| France (SNEP)[7] | 5 |
"E No Easy"
editBased 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 |
|---|---|
| France (SNEP)[8] | 141 |
References
edit- ^ "El Matador feat. P-Square mix of "E No Easy"". Archived from the original on 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ Video for making of "Positif" in Video Clip Studios in Paris
- ^ On the Track YouTube channel of Matt Houston
- ^ "Matt Houston feat. P-Square – Positif" (in Dutch). Ultratop Urban.
- ^ "Matt Houston feat. P-Square – Positif" (in French). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Matt Houston feat. P-Square – Positif" (in French). Ultratop Dance.
- ^ "Matt Houston feat. P-Square – Positif" (in French). Les classement single.
- ^ "P Square feat. feat. J Martins – E No Easy" (in French). Les classement single.