"The Child (Inside)" is a song by South African trio Qkumba Zoo, released in August 1995 as their first single from the international debut album, Wake Up and Dream (1996).

In Billboard magazine's review of the single, Larry Flick wrote, "The Euro-NRG sound that has propelled dance music back into pop radio prominence has been in need of a little variation and development.

"[4] In his Dance Trax column, Flick praised it as "an intriguing ditty that combines shiny hi-NRG elements with tribal chants and female warbling that land somewhere between Bjork and Enya.

"[5] Pan-European magazine Music & Media noted that South African trio QKumba Zoo "have already made more impression on the U.S. market with this single than any of their compatriots have since the heady days of Clout's Substitute.

Signed to Arista by Clive Davis, their sound straddles the ethnic and CHR camps in persuasive style, landing somewhere between Johnny Clegg and current European synth pop, reflecting female lead singer Levannah's upbringing in the Zulu homeland of Natal.