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Anika
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Released
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August 10, 2014
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Genre
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EDM, pop-rock
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Length
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4:02
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Writers
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Helena Fasesha, Sia Furler
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Producer
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Martin Solveig
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Anika is a single by Helena Fasesha as the fourth single from her second studio album "FASESHA". The album features experiments with hip-hop/trap and EDM, showing trap in her single "Queen" and EDM in her single "U Make Me". Anika is an EDM song with influences of pop rock and folk. It is dedicated to her daughter Anika Charles, and due to a sample of her crying, is credited as a featured artist. The song was originally to be released on September 1, 2014, but Fasesha moved the release date to an earlier date due to positive feedback from fans.
Lyrics []
(crying sample: Anika)
(verse 1: Helena)
No one told me that someday
I would give birth to someone as great as you
You are the one I hold dear
So, little one, this song is for you
When I held your hand for the first time
I knew we would get along
And never ever ever yeah
Could we ever break apart
(chorus)
And when I saw you for the first time
I knew things were gonna change
You are the one I hold dear
So this song's for you
Anika
Anika
Anika
Anika
(crying sample: Anika)
(verse 2: Helena)
March 2014
Best month of my life
Finding out you are my miracle
Best day of my life
Never gonna stop loving you
My baby, baby
I'm not gonna stop
No, no, no
(chorus)
(instrumental)
(crying sample: Anika)
(chorus: Helena)
(outro)
Yeah oh yeah, baby yeah
Anika, nika, nika nika
Oh yeah yeah, oh yeah yeah
Anika, nika, nika, nika
This song is, this song is
For you, for you yeah
Yeah oh yeah, baby yeah
Anika, nika, nika, nika
(crying sample: Anika)
Music Video[]
The video was released August 9, 2014. It was filmed with hidden cameras. It features Fasesha performing the song in a hall for a private concert, with Anika being held by her father as she watches her performance. Cut between the performance is footage of Helena and Anika on a day out, recorded with Fasesha's iPhone. Fasesha ends the performance by going up to Anika and singing the lyrics directly two her, and the video closes with a video of Anika sleeping shortly after her birth, with Fasesha lying in her bed talking to her sister.