10 Fingers

"10 Fingers"

Single by Anatii and AKA

from the album Be Careful What You Wish For

Released8 January 2017(2017-01-08)

GenreHip hop

Length5:15

LabelYal Entertainment Beam Group Universal Music South Africa

SongwritersKiernan Forbes Nathi Bhongo Mnyango

ComposerSimangaliso Surprise Nzimande

LyricistYanga Ntshakaza

ProducersAnatii AKA Dan Joffe

AKA and Anatii singles chronology

"The Saga" (2016) "10 Fingers" (2017) "Don't Forget to Pray" (2017)

"The Saga" (2016) · "10 Fingers" (2017) · "Don't Forget to Pray" (2017)

AKA singles chronology

"The World Is Yours" (2016) "10 Fingers" (2017) "Caiphus Song" (2017)

"The World Is Yours" (2016) · "10 Fingers" (2017) · "Caiphus Song" (2017)

Anatii singles chronology

"Hours" (2016) "10 Fingers" (2017) "Don't Forget to Pray" (2017)

"Hours" (2016) · "10 Fingers" (2017) · "Don't Forget to Pray" (2017)

Music video

Official audio

"10 Fingers" is single by South African singer-songwriter Anatii and rapper AKA from their collaborative studio album Be Careful What You Wish For (2017), it was released on 8 January 2017 through Yal Entertainment and Beam Group under exclusive license from Universal Music South Africa.

Background

AKA asked Anatii to rap in his mother tongue but the singer-songwriter did not have the neck for it, which led AKA to request Yanga Chief to land a hand in writing the song thus writing the chorus in Xhosa for Anatii who never made a record in vernac before.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award ceremony	Category	Recipient/Nominated work	Results	Ref.
2017	South African Music Awards	Best Collaboration	"10 Fingers"	Won
2017	South African Hip Hop Awards	Song of the Year	Nominated