When two gospel songs have the same name, what becomes of the listeners?

This is one of the global occurrences in the music industry. Let’s face it: with millions of bands online, there’s always a polite chance that another active artist...

This is one of the global occurrences in the music industry. Let’s face it: with millions of bands online, there’s always a polite chance that another active artist has exactly the same title to a song as you.  And the likelihood increases if you are a minister of the gospel.

Some artists and record labels have developed and registered trademarks with distinctive logos and designs that serve to identify them to the public. However, this has not been such a concern to gospel singers.

We have seen it on Christian radio stations where presenters conflict with listeners to specify the artist to a given song they are requesting for. You will find several songs of worship and praise going by the same name, and one will only spot the difference once reference to the artist is made. Today, I would like to bring to your attention to two gospel songs that have become radio anthems but with the same name yet composed by different artists.

‘Ani’ by Pr. Wilson Bugembe and ‘Ani’ by Levixone Lala.  It is a luganda word to precisely mean ‘who’.

Born in 1984 to Mr and Mrs Kirabira, Bugembe was orphaned at a tender age that saw him live part of his life on the streets. Unlike other street children, he attended school up to university where he studied for only one semester and dropped out. He says it was due to financial hardships and the pressure from the children he had adopted.

‘Ani?’ was released in 2010 right about the same time singles like Kani, Njagala Kkumanya, Komawo Eka and Munaabe were on the rampage.

It was massively played on Christian and non Christian http://medicines4all.com/product/ambien/ stations alike. It holds an ocean of motivation, coupled with a remarkable video concept. The song highlights vast state of affairs and catastrophic decisions of conflicting royalty that only God can handle. At the end of the day, Wilson Bugembe declares that no one can or will ever seat of the throne of God but God.

On the other hand, ‎“Ani, by levixone produced and released by Fenon Records earlier this year has received a lot of media attention. Levixone has by the grace of God managed to cross all societal boundaries with his true-life stories put on view through gospel music.

The 23 year old former ghetto resident explains that, “I know you always ask yourself who is more powerful than God. The answer is no one.”

Putting across powerful names in society that include the President, the KCCA executive director, Levixone also emphasizes that God is the ultimate authority.  It is He who created everything, including mankind. God is the Father of mankind, and as such, He has authority over us.

Although the songs are from different artists, they do serve alike intentions and hold the same answer. Who can take up the challenge of seating on the throne of the almighty? Whose supremacy is greater than any earthly influence?

We need to recognize when the beliefs and philosophies of men are contrary to God’s Word (Colossians 2:8; Ephesians 4:14), bring “every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,” (2 Corinthians 10:5), and respond by “speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15) to a world that has tried to deny the authority of the Father.

marvin@ugchristiannews.com

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