E No Easy

"E No Easy" is a 2009 song by P-Square featuring J. Martins. It was revived as a bilingual French/English song "Positif", by Matt Houston featuring P-Square in 2012, becoming a hit in France.

"E No Easy"
Single by P-Square featuring J. Martins
from the album Danger
Released2009
Recorded2009
GenreAfrobeats
Songwriter(s)Peter Okoye
Paul Okoye
J. Martins
Music video
"E No Easy" on YouTube

"E No Easy"

"E No Easy" is a successful song by P-Square featuring J. Martins that was a hit locally in Nigeria. The song was written by the three singers Peter and Paul Okoye (actually the members of P-Square) and by J. Martins. It is taken from P-Square's album Danger.

A French version using the music of "E No Easy" and retitled "Positif" became a big hit in France. And after success of the French adaptation, "E No Easy" was also released finding some additional success in France in 2012.

In 2011, French-Algerian rapper El Matador had also included a mix of "E No Easy" credited to "El Matador feat P-Square" in his mixtape release Escale sur la lune.[1] adding French rap verses, raï influences and additional Spanish lyrics to the track.

"Positif"
"Positif"
Single by Matt Houston featuring P-Square
from the album Racines
Released23 April 2012
RecordedApril 2012 in Studio Video Clip, Paris, France
GenreR&B, hip hop, reggae
Length3:49
LabelOn the Track
Songwriter(s)Matthieu Gore
Peter Okoye
Paul Okoye
J. Martins
Matt Houston featuring P-Square singles chronology
"Booty"
(2011)		 "Positif"
(2012)
Music video
"Positif" on YouTube

"Positif" is a 2012 bilingual song in French and English by Matt Houston featuring Nigerian brother duo P-Square. It is a remake of the earlier hit by P-Square with French lyrics added by Matthieu Gore (real name of Matt Houston) The song is taken from Houston's forthcoming album Racines as a first pre-release on 23 April 2012 from the album due in June 2012.

Houston sings the introductory French part while P-Square brother Peter and Paul are doing the backing vocals. The English parts are done by the Okoye brothers.

As a promotion, Matt Houston also released a "making of" video of his collaboration with Peter and Paul Okoye in the Video Clip Studios where the French hit was cut.[2] It was the third of a series of "Welcome To My World" video episodes.[3]

The official music video was uploaded on Matt Houston's VEVO channel on 4 May 2012. The single featured at #47 in its first week of release and climbed up to #6 on the SNEP French Singles Chart.

Charts

"Positif"

The release included the following track list:

  1. "Positif" (featuring P-Square) – 3:49
  2. "Positif" (featuring P-Square) – 3:51
  3. "Positif" (Alex Rio Loco Remix) – 4:24
  4. "Oh Gosh" (Chiré Remix) – 2:47
Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] 7
France (SNEP)[5] 5

"E No Easy"

Based on the success of "Positif", the English original "E No Easy" gained attention and popularity in France also entering the French SNEP charts reaching #141 on chart dated 26 May 2012.

Chart (2012) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[6] 141

References
  1. "El Matador feat. P-Square mix of "E No Easy"". Archived from the original on 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. Video for making of "Positif" in Video Clip Studios in Paris
  3. On the Track YouTube channel of Matt Houston
  4. "Matt Houston feat. P-Square – positif" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  5. "Matt Houston feat. P-Square – positif" (in French). Les classement single.
  6. "P Square feat. feat. J Martins – E No Easy" (in French). Les classement single.
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