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No Coke is a Dancehall act. Their influence carried into Dr. Alban, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 1 connection around No Coke and forward to Dr. Alban. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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"No Coke" is a song recorded by Sweden-based musician and producer Dr. Alban. It was originally released as the B-side of the 12-inch version of his debut single, "Hello Afrika", and became the second single off his debut album, Hello Afrika (1990). Released in November 1990, the song was a hit in several European countries and reached number one in Sweden. To date, it is one of Dr. Alban's most successful songs, along with "It's My Life" and "Sing Hallelujah". It was produced by Denniz Pop, who recorded the song's signature bassline using a Roland Juno-106 synthesizer. The song is performed in English, and the lyrics describe a tragic event outside Dr. Alban's nightclub Alphabet Street in Stockholm. In November 2017, it was the topic of SVT's Hitlåtens historia.
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