{"id":42198,"date":"2018-10-24T11:59:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/tame-impala-and-theophilus-london-revisit-a-nigerian-boogie-classic-hit\/"},"modified":"2021-10-26T17:11:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T15:11:46","slug":"tame-impala-and-theophilus-london-revisit-a-nigerian-boogie-classic-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tame-impala-and-theophilus-london-revisit-a-nigerian-boogie-classic-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tame Impala and Theophilus London revisit a Nigerian Boogie classic hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><span class=\"pam-featured-content\"  style=\"color: #333333;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17520 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Theophilius-London-920x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Theophilius-London-920x584.jpg 920w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Theophilius-London-920x584-759x482.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Theophilius-London-920x584-661x420.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Theophilius-London-920x584-465x295.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Theophilius-London-920x584-375x238.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Sublime cover of Steve Monite&#8217;s &#8220;Only You&#8221;, a song\u00a0hailed as the holy grail of 1980s Nigerian funk.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Repopularize in 2016 by <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/soundway-records\/\">Soundway Records<\/a> with compilation <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/doing-it-in-lagos\/\"><em>Doing It In Lagos,<\/em><\/a> Steve Monite&#8217;s &#8220;Only You&#8221; is a boogie masterpiece.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The track get revisited by duo Theo Impala, composed by New-York rapper Theophilus London and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker, leader of Tame Imapala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Theophilus London &amp; Tame Impala ~ Only You\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hz4MlRsaOuU?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next: <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/blinky-bill-interview\/\">Blinky Bill, trailblazer of the Kenyan urban scene<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sublime cover of Steve Monite&#8217;s &#8220;Only You&#8221;, a song\u00a0hailed as the holy grail of 1980s Nigerian funk. 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