Verses have hip hop sonorities, while the refrain, uses the Breton traditional melody line from Alan Stivell's famous 1970s folk hit "Tri Martolod".
[1] Stivell sued the group, but Manau maintained that the song was simply a baseline, and was modified enough to not be considered plagiarism.
Distributed by Polydor, the song was composed by the members of the band : Martial Tricoche, Cédric Soubiron and Hervé Lardic.
[8] In Belgium (Flanders), "La Tribu de Dana" entered the chart on 26 September, and reached a peak of number four for four weeks.
[11] "La Tribu de Dana" was charted in December 1999 in Germany, but achieved a very small success, peaking at number 89.