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"'''Baba Yetu'''" ([[w:Swahili language|Swahili]]: "[[w:Our Father|Our Father]]") is the [[w:theme song|theme song]] for the 2005 video game ''[[w:Civilization IV|Civilization IV]]''. It was composed by [[w:Christopher Tin|Christopher Tin]] and performed by Ron Ragin and the [[w:Stanford Talisman|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 ''[[w:Calling All Dawns|Calling All Dawns]]'', it was performed by the [[w:Soweto Gospel Choir|Soweto Gospel Choir]]. The song, when rereleased, became the first piece of video game music to be nominated for and to win a [[w:Grammy Award|Grammy Award]].

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