Akon

𝘼𝙠𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 “𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙐𝙥” 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 *𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 (𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙐𝙥 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙨)*, 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙.

Issued on Universal Records, this special remix package expands Akon’s breakout hit into a cross-continental statement, featuring versions that stretch the song’s raw emotion into new stylistic directions. Built on the haunting hook and Akon’s plaintive delivery, each remix injects its own local flavour, underlining the universality of the themes of confinement, struggle and yearning for freedom.

An essential piece of Akon’s rise from underground notoriety to global recognition, this 12" is both a collector’s item and a document of how a single track became a worldwide anthem.