Jäje Johansson (born 11 October 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-J… Read Full Bio ↴Jäje Johansson (born 11 October 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Jay Johanson, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, known for his melancholic vocals. His music has integrated the trip hop genre until he switched his sound to a more electroclash-oriented direction with his 2002 album Antenna, which featured "On the Radio". After this album, he came back to his characteristic sound after he released The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known in 2007.

Jay-Jay Johanson was born Jäje Johansson on 11 October 1969 in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland. His debut album, Whiskey, was released in August 1996. Recorded at Break My Heart Studios in the Stockholm archipelago, the album was characterized by its jazzy vocals over trippy, film noir arrangements.

In 1998, Johanson released Tattoo, taking a step into a more richly textured, poetic ambience. Johansson's third album, Poison, was released in April 2000 and went straight into the French charts at number four. The album featured contributions from Cocteau Twins founder and guitarist Robin Guthrie. The same year Johanson also composed the soundtrack to French director Ilan Duran Cohen's film La Confusion des Genres, and in 2001, Johanson emerged with "Cosmodrome", a sound-and-image installation first exhibited in the French city of Dijon. This art-piece has travelled around the world and was last shown at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Antenna was released in 2002, recorded with assistance from German experimental electronic group Funkstörung. 2004 marked the release of the compilation Prologue, meant for the American market. It was followed by Rush in 2005, an album partly produced by French producer Jean-Pierre Ensuque.

Johanson co-wrote and contributed vocals to The Knife's 2006 song "Marble House".[1] In the spring of 2006, he called together the musicians he had worked with on the three first albums, and January 2007 saw the release of their collaborative effort The Long Term Physical Effects Are Not Yet Known. A tour in promotion of the album kicked off in China and continued to more than thirty cities around the world.

Johanson's eighth studio album Spellbound was released on 2 May 2011.[2] "Dilemma" was released as the album's lead single on 11 March 2011.[3]

On 3 March 2017, "You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone" was released via iTunes as the first single from Johanson's upcoming album Bury The Hatchet, due 15 September 2017 on 29 Music. [4]

Mana Mana Mana Mana
Jay-Jay Johanson Lyrics

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Every night I go out
And I must look like a fool
When I'm standing looking at the sky

I don't care 'cause perhaps
I might see a falling star
May be, oh one day a dream'll come true

Norma
Leo
Please fall down on me

Virgo

Hydra
Please fall down on me

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Jay-Jay Johanson's song Mana Mana Mana Mana are about the singer going out at night and looking up at the sky. He admits that he might look like a fool, but he doesn't care because he's hoping to see a falling star. This hope fills him with a sense of possibility- he believes that if he sees a falling star, his dreams might come true. The chorus of the song consists of the singer imploring various constellations (Norma, Leo, Virgo, Hydra) to fall down on him, as if he believes their power could somehow make his wishes come true.

The lyrics are open to interpretation, but they seem to reflect a sense of longing for something better, or for a change in circumstances. The singer's actions (going out at night, looking up at the sky) suggest that he's in a kind of liminal space, caught between past and future, or between present circumstances and the possibility of something different. The chorus (in which he calls out to the stars) underscores this sense of longing by suggesting that the singer believes his fate is somehow bound up with the movements of the constellations.

Line by Line Meaning

Every night I go out
Each evening, I leave my place of dwelling

And I must look like a fool
My actions may appear foolish to onlookers

When I'm standing looking at the sky
As I stand and gaze upon the vast expanse of the celestial heavens

I don't care 'cause perhaps
Despite this, I remain unconcerned as there is a possibility

I might see a falling star
That I may observe a meteoroid descending through Earth's atmosphere

May be, oh one day a dream'll come true
This occurrence could signify the manifestation of a hope or aspiration

Norma
A southern constellation visible from the southern hemisphere

Leo
A constellation of the zodiac, lying between Cancer and Virgo

Please fall down on me
I implore your astrological presence to descend upon me

Virgo
Second-largest constellation in the sky

Hydra
The largest constellation in the sky and also one of the longest