Onka's Big Moka

Onka's Big Moka is the debut studio album by English band Toploader. It was released on 11 November 1999, through S2 Records. And produced by long time collaborator of the Manic Street Preachers, Dave Eringa. The album reached the Top 5 of the UK Albums Chart at number 4, where it stayed for six months.

This article is about the Toploader album. For the anthropological film with a similar spelling, see Ongka's Big Moka.

Onka's Big Moka
Studio album by
Toploader
Released11 November 1999
Recorded1998–1999
StudioRAK, London, Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles
Genre
Length48:02
LabelS2
ProducerDave Eringa
Toploader chronology
Onka's Big Moka
(1999)		 Magic Hotel
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBCFavourable link
Blender[2]
New Straits Times[3]
USA Today[4]
Select[5]

The song "Dancing in the Moonlight", a cover of the Boffalongo song, was later featured in television commercials for the supermarket chain Sainsbury's, on the soundtrack of the 2002 American coming-of-age teen romantic drama A Walk to Remember, the 2010 comedy film Four Lions, and the 2019 television series The Umbrella Academy.

The album cover was taken at Lancaster Gate, located in the Bayswater district of Central London.

The title is a reference to a 1974 anthropological documentary Ongka's Big Moka: The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea.

Track listing

All tracks written by Joseph Washbourn except tracks 2 & 7.

  1. "Let the People Know" – 3:54
  2. "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Sherman Kelly) – 3:52
  3. "Achilles Heel" – 4:18
  4. "Breathe" – 3:56
  5. "Do You Know What Your Future Will Be?" – 4:24
  6. "Only for a While" – 3:51
  7. "Just Hold On" (Dave Smith, Tim Woodcock, Mike Terry) – 4:01
  8. "Higher State" – 3:11
  9. "High Flying Bird" – 4:10
  10. "Summer Cycle" – 4:38
  11. "Just About Living" – 4:01
  12. "Floating Away (In a Bath Tub)" – 3:22

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] 3× Platinum 900,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Gentry, Brandon. "Onka's Big Moka - Toploader | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. Kemp, Mark. "Toploader Onka's Big Moka". Blender. Archived from the original on 8 August 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. Murthl, R.S. (5 July 2000). "Loaded with the good stuff". New Straits Times: 4.
  4. Gardner, Elysa (14 August 2001). "Pop/Rock". USA Today. Archived from the original on 11 September 2001. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. Mullen, John. "Toploader: Onka's Big Moka > Review".
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 283.
  7. "Danishcharts.dk – Toploader – Onka's Big Moka". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Toploader – Onka's Big Moka" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Toploader – Onka's Big Moka" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  10. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Toploader". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  11. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – Toploader – Onka's Big Moka". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  14. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2000". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  15. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2001". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  16. "British album certifications – Toploader – Onka's Big Moka". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 8 March 2021.


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