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{{short description|Theme song of the video game Civilization IV}}
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| artist     = [[Christopher Tin]], featuring Ron Ragin and [[Stanford Talisman]]
| album      = Sid Meier's Civilization IV Official Soundtrack
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| published  = [[2K Games]]
| released   = {{Start date|2005|10|24}}
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| length     = 3:28
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| composer   = [[Christopher Tin]]
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"'''Baba Yetu'''" ([[Swahili language|Swahili]]: "[[Our Father]]") is the [[theme song]] for the 2005 video game ''[[Civilization IV]]''. It was composed by [[Christopher Tin]] and performed by Ron Ragin and the [[Stanford Talisman]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Looking Back... Civilization IV |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/142558/interviews/looking-back-civilization-iv/?page=2 |publisher=CVG |accessdate=December 31, 2012 |date=July 6, 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054803/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/142558/interviews/looking-back-civilization-iv/?page=2 |archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Nichols|first=Max|title=Video Games Live|url=http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=427|accessdate=July 13, 2012|newspaper=N-Sider|date=September 1, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Talisman featured on Civilization 4 |url=http://www.stanfordtalisman.com/html/oldnews2.html |accessdate=December 21, 2014 |date=March 11, 2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043958/http://www.stanfordtalisman.com/html/oldnews2.html |archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}</ref> For its re-release in Tin's debut album ''[[Calling All Dawns]]'', it was performed by the [[Soweto Gospel Choir]]. The song, when rereleased, became the first piece of video game music to be nominated for and to win a [[Grammy Award]].

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