Highlife Playlist

Highlife — Highlife is West Africa's original pop, born in Ghana in the early 20th century — jazzy horns and dance-band swing over Akan melodies. It seeded hiplife, Afrobeats and much of the continent's modern sound.

🔒 The top 10 are this genre's must-play anthems — the biggest hits no DJ leaves out — so they stay pinned. Tap 🔀 and everything from #11 down refreshes into a fresh mix (from a pool of 150).

1. Obaa Ben Ni — Daasebre Gyamenah
2. Dissan na m'bera — Super Mama Djombo
3. Onye Mmanya — The Funkees
4. Fatia Fata Nkruma — Dada KD
5. Blow My Mind — Flowking Stone
6. Sika — Daddy Lumba
7. Ene Menye — Dada KD
8. The Coffee Cola Song — Francis Bebey
9. My Darling — Akwaboah
10. Tekyere Ma — Dada KD
11. Makye — Daasebre Gyamenah
12. Its OK — Daasebre Gyamenah
13. Bless Me (feat. KiDi) — DarkoVibes
14. Twaso — Daasebre Gyamenah
15. Inna Song (Gin & Lime) — DarkoVibes
16. Acid Rock — The Funkees
17. Ordem do dia — Super Mama Djombo
18. Wapere Anu Wo Ho Dee — Daddy Lumba
19. Odo Mu Anigyee Bi — Dada KD
20. Bubra — Daddy Lumba
21. Tokrom — Daddy Lumba
22. Mike Tyson — DarkoVibes
23. Letter to my Spouse — Akwaboah
24. Pressure — Akwaboah
25. New Track — Francis Bebey
26. Obiaa — Akwaboah
27. Calm Down — Rema
28. Mockingbird — Eminem
29. Without Me — Eminem
30. Love The Way You Lie — Eminem
31. Till I Collapse — Eminem
32. One Love / People Get Ready — Bob Marley & The Wailers
33. Rush — Ayra Starr
34. Peru — Fireboy Dml
35. Love Me JeJe — Tems
36. Sensational (feat. Davido & Lojay) — Chris Brown
37. Handsworth Revolution — Steel Pulse
38. Godly — Omah lay
39. Ameno Amapiano Remix (You Wanna Bamba) — Goya Menor
40. love nwantiti (feat. Dj Yo! & AX'EL) — CKay
41. Kaya — Bob Marley & The Wailers
42. nwayi — CKay
43. Here I Am (Come And Take Me) — UB40
44. Lie — Kizz Daniel
45. GOD DID (feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, JAY-Z, John Legend & Fridayy) — DJ Khaled
46. Sittin' On Top Of The World — Burna Boy
47. Love Don't Cost A Dime (Re-Up) — Magixx
48. Carry Me Go — KHAID
49. Commando — King Promise
50. Forever — Gyakie
51. Perfect Combi — King Promise
52. You (feat. Bryson Tiller) — Lola Brooke
53. Flyin (like a fast train) — Kurt Vile
54. Asew — Bisa Kdei
55. Eye Nyam Nam 'A' Mensuro — Pat Thomas
56. Loading Zones — Kurt Vile
57. 99th song — Kurt Vile
58. Bassackwards — Kurt Vile
59. Say Cheese — KiDi
60. Hung Up On My Baby — Isaac Hayes
61. Iron Sharpening Iron — Culture
62. Yègellé Tezeta — Mulatu Astatke
63. Enjoyment — KiDi
64. Obaa Sima — Ata Kak
65. Favourite Story — King Promise
66. Till The Wheels Fall Off (feat. Lil Durk & Capella Grey) — Chris Brown
67. Manya — Mut4y
68. Reason With Me — Rudeboy
69. Double — Kizz Daniel
70. Nightmares (feat. Byron Messia) — Chris Brown
71. Blessed — KiDi
72. Madan — Salif Keita
73. Hate Me Tomorrow — Chris Brown
74. Folake — Boy Spyce
75. Loumo — Ba Cissoko
76. Gobonimada Jira — Bakaka Band
77. Cha Cha — Mulatu Astatke / The Heliocentrics
78. Cheers to Life — Afriyie Wutah
79. Darling Jesus — S.O.N Music
80. Naana — King Promise
81. N'nijo — Amara Touré
82. Cast (Gen Z Anthem) — Ayra Starr
83. Kazet — Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens
84. Very Soon — Fameye
85. I Don't Care — Boy Spyce
86. Sango — Ko-C
87. Ódio Sem Valor — Pedrinho
88. Emnete — Mulatu Astatke
89. Nga Nga — Ebo Taylor
90. Teacher — Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
91. Nanda — Pedrinho
92. Sintado Na Pracinha — Americo Brito
93. Shut Up — Black Sherif
94. Jet Biguine — Les Loups Noirs D'haiti
95. Rush (Recorded in Paris) — Ayra Starr
96. Rien Ne Va Plus — Funk Factory - Michael Urbaniak
97. Aseda — King Paluta
98. For Daddy — Mayorkun
99. Relationship — Boy Spyce
100. Congoman — The Congos

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