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#36

Evolved Into: Everyday
Song Category: Defunct
Times Fully Played: 173
Live Releases: 16
Broadcasts: 0
Date Last Played: 9.10.00 (8591 days ago)
Shortest Version: 3:14 (02.08.96)
Longest Version: 21:24 (07.27.93)

Tease Count : 3

Opener Count : 9
Set 1 Closer Count : 2
Set 2 Opener Count : 1
Closer Count : 1
Encore Count : 3
Hani, Hani, Come and Dance with me
Composer
Beauford / Lessard / Matthews / Moore / Tinsley (1997)
Song History
#36 started out as a jammy song in 1993. It was inspired as a result of the tragic assassination of a South African freedom fighter, Chris Hani, and was played for the first time three days after his death in 1993.

After serving as a tribute song for almost all of 1994, the song eventually evolved into an inspiration jam about freedom featuring scatting by Dave and a monumental drum solo intro by Carter. Dave noted on 10.9.94 that he changed the lyrics from "Hani, Hani" to "honey, honey," to fit more with the song's mood (though the familiar "come and dance with me" chorus had taken shape by late 1993).

1995 through 1996 marked the golden years of this song, where it enjoyed frequent highlights and dancing on the part of the fans. It was recorded in the Crash sessions, but didn't make the final cut (Steve Lillywhite, Oct. 1998).

In 1999 and 2000, the song returned in a new, slower form featuring the Lovely Ladies and without the Carter solo.

During the Everyday studio sessions, the song underwent a huge transformation to become the song Everyday. Since then, the spirit of #36 has resurfaced within Everyday in the following forms:
1) Dave sings "Honey Honey" in the intro/outro.
2) Boyd plays the #36 "Honey Honey" melody in the intro/outro
3) The song ends in the same fashion as #36 did
4) Everyday directly segues into a #36 reprise consisting of a verse and chorus from #36 (e.g. 5.26.01).

Here is the original Reuters announcement of Hani's death:

April 10, 1993, Saturday, BC cycle
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS OFFICIAL IS ASSASSINATED
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
A senior official of the African National Congress was assassinated on Saturday, the South African Press Association reported.
Chris Hani, 50, was also the leader of the South African Communist Party.
SAPA quoted police as saying Hani was shot at his home in Boksburg, a largely white suburb east of Johannesburg.
It quoted a police spokesman as saying a man had been arrested.
A neighbor of Hani said the suspect was white.
Hani, a senior member of the African National Congress policy-making national executive committee, was also general secretary of the South African Communist Party.
Hani was commander-in-chief of the ANC armed wing for many years. Right-wing whites regarded him as one of their worst enemies.

Copyright 1993 Reuters, Limited


Interpolations:
"Blame It on the Rain" - Milli Vanilli
"Call to the Post"
"Good Good Time" - Dave Matthews Band
"Linus and Lucy" - Vince Guaraldi
"The Sailor's Hornpipe" (theme from Popeye)
"The Streetbeater" - Quincy Jones (theme from Sanford and Son)
"The Woody Woodpecker Song" (theme from Woody Woodpecker)
Color Legend
Show Type
Dave & Tim  (4)
Dave Solo  (1)
DMB  (171)
1991
1992
1993
4.14
4.18
5.21
6.17
7.27
12.4
12.5
12.7
12.8
12.10
12.11
12.28
12.31
1994
1.3
1.6
1.9
1.10
2.4
2.5
2.9
2.10
2.11
2.19
2.22
2.23
2.24
2.25
2.26
3.7
3.8
3.10
3.15
3.17
3.18
3.19
3.26
3.30
3.31
4.3
4.7
4.27
5.12
8.11
8.12
8.13
10.9
10.12
10.19
10.20
10.21
10.22
10.26
10.27
10.28
10.29
11.1
11.3
11.7
11.8
11.9
11.11
11.12
11.13
11.14
11.17
11.18
11.19
11.20
11.23
11.25
11.26
11.29
12.1
12.2
12.4
12.8
12.9
12.10
12.12
12.15
12.16
12.17
12.27
12.28
12.29
12.30
12.31
1995
1.26
1.27
1.28
1.30
1.31
2.2
2.4
2.5
2.10
2.12
2.15
2.17
2.20
2.23
2.25
2.26
3.1
3.4
3.5
3.7
3.8
3.11
3.12
3.15
3.17
3.29
3.30
4.2
4.3
4.8
4.26
4.29
4.30
5.1
5.4
5.5
5.8
5.9
5.10
5.12
5.20
6.26
7.21
7.25
7.26
7.27
7.28
7.31
8.15
8.21
9.2
1996
2.8
2.13
4.14
5.3
5.5
5.6
5.9
5.10
5.11
5.15
5.29
6.4
6.7
6.8
6.9
6.21
7.5
8.4
10.16
10.18
10.19
10.25
11.2
1997
2.1
1998
6.5
tease
8.2
8.9
1999
8.8
9.11
2000
6.27
6.29
7.3
7.11
7.16
9.10
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
tease
tease
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
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