Matemateāone

"Matemateāone"
Single by Stan Walker
from the album Te Arohanui / All In
LanguageMāori, English
Released9 October 2021 (2021-10-09)[1]
GenrePop
Length2:49
LabelSony Music Entertainment New Zealand
Songwriter(s)
  • Devin Abrams
  • Mikey Dam
  • Isiah Ngawaka
  • Matthew Sadgrove
  • Ruth Smith
  • Stan Walker
Producer(s)Devin Abrams, Matthew Sadgrove
Stan Walker singles chronology
"Tau Te Mārire / Take It Easy"
(2021) 		"Matemateāone"
(2021) 		"Come Back Home"
(2021)
Music video
"Matemateāone" on YouTube

"Matemateāone" (English: "Deep Affection") is a song by New Zealand musician Stan Walker. A bilingual ballad sung primarily in Māori language, the song was released as a single a week before Walker's first album sung in Māori, Te Arohanui. A love ballad, the song's music video celebrates his marriage to his partner Lou Tyson.

The song debuted at number 14 on the New Zealand Artist Singles chart and number 8 on the Hot Singles chart. By the end of 2021, it was the 5th most successful Te Reo Māori song of the year in New Zealand.

Background and composition

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In 2014, Walker collaborated with the musicians Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika on the single "Aotearoa", a Māori language song released to mark te Wiki o te Reo Māori, as a challenge to release the second song in history (after "Poi E" (1984) by the Pātea Māori Club) to top the New Zealand charts.[2][3] Walker started recording music in Te Reo again in 2018, including "Whakamoemiti" from the extended play Stan,[4] "Moemoeā", Walker's cover of Don't Dream It's Over with Seth Haapu in 2019,[5] and "Tēnā Rā Koe", a Te Reo version of Walker's single "Thank You" (2018) recorded for the Waiata / Anthems compilation album in 2019.[6] In 2020, Walker released the single "Bigger", simultaneously releasing a Te Reo Māori version of the song with his niece Ibanez Maeva.[7]

On 1 September 2021, Walker announced the release of Te Arohanui, an upcoming studio album entirely sung in Te Reo.[8] The announcement was paired with the release of "Tau Te Mārire", a re-recorded version of his single "Take It Easy" (2012).[8]

Release

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The song was released on 10 September 2021, one week after the release of "Tau Te Mārire".[9] On the same day, Walker released the music video for the track, featuring footage from his wedding to Lou Tyson.[9] The song was later featured on Walker's 2022 album All In.[10]

The song was later used as the ending theme song for the 2022 Tearepa Kahi film Muru.[11]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[12]

  • Devin Abrams – producer, composer, lyricist
  • Mikey Dam – composer, lyricist
  • Simon Gooding – engineer, mixing engineer
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer
  • Isiah Ngawaka – composer, lyricist
  • Matthew Sadgrove – producer, composer, lyricist
  • Ruth Smith – composer, lyricist
  • Stan Walker – composer, lyricist, vocalist

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "Matemateāone - single". Apple Music. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Stan Walker Released new song Aotearoa". morefm.co.nz. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Aotearoa Stan Walker Ria Hall Maisy Rika Troy Kingi". flava.co.nz. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ Rutherford, Corrine (9 April 2018). "Stan Walker - EP Review: Stan". muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Moemoeā". SOUNZ. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  6. ^ C.C. (5 August 2019). "'Waiata / Anthems' Collection Announced". Under the Radar. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. ^ Barton, Monika; Tapper, Melissa (16 October 2020). "Proud Stan Walker gushes about performing with his 7yo niece Ibee at the Aotearoa Music Awards". Newshub. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b Tyson, Jessica (1 September 2021). "Stan Walker to release first reo Māori album". Teaomaori.news. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b Barton, Monika (10 September 2021). "Stan Walker shares emotional look at his wedding day in music video for new te reo Māori song 'Matemateāone'". Newshub. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Stan Walker Announces 'All In', the Forthcoming Album Out July 22 on Sony Music New Zealand". New Zealand Music Commission. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Stan Walker, of Tūhoe descent, lends his voice and deeply personal song, Matemate–ā-one to the film Muru - in cinemas across Aotearoa now". Muru. Facebook. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Credits / Te Arohanui". Tidal. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  13. ^ "NZ Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  14. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Hot 20 NZ Singles". Recorded Music NZ. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  16. ^ "NGĀ WAIATA KAIRANGI I TE REO MĀORI O TE RĀRANGI 10 O RUNGA TOP 10 TE REO MĀORI SINGLES". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Te Reo Māori O Te Rārangi 10 O Runga: End of Year Charts 2021". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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