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Aïcha

"Aïcha"
Aicha khaled.jpg
Single by Khaled
from the album Sahra
Released 1996
Format CD single
Recorded 1996
Genre French pop music
Length 4:19
Label PolyGram
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Jean-Jacques Goldman
Khaled singles chronology
"Bakhta"
(1995)
"Aïcha"
(1996)
"Le jour viendra"
(1997)
"Aicha"
Aicha-outlandish.jpg
Single by Outlandish
from the album Bread & Barrels of Water
Released 2002
Format CD single
Recorded 2002
Length 4:37
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mintman
  • Outlandish
Outlandish singles chronology
"Gritty"
(2002)
"Aicha"
(2002)
"Man binder os på mund og hånd"
(2004)
Music video
"Aicha" on YouTube

"Aïcha" is the name of a song written by the French singer songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman. The title refers to an Arabic female name. The song was originally performed by Algerian raï artist Khaled. The original French single was never released in an album, though Khaled's 1996 album Sahra featured a bilingual version of the song sung in both French and Arabic. The Arabic lyrics for the bilingual version of the song are written by Khaled. Khaled's music video was directed by Sarah Moon.

The song's lyrics are about a woman named Aïcha, who is being wooed by a man. He promises her pearls, jewels, poems, and other luxuries and romantic things, to which she replies:

The song's chorus has the following words in French (with English translation):

The lyrics were all in French. The Arabic verse by Khaled (his own composition) added later is as follows:

In 2002, the Danish hip hop band, Outlandish, recorded and released an English version of the song "Aicha" that was included in their album Bread & Barrels of Water . It was engineered, mixed & produced and musically performed by Mintman. The song peaked at #2 in the Mega Single Top 100 for two weeks and for three weeks in the Swedish Singles Chart. It also reached the top in Switzerland, and #3 in Austria and Norway, and #8 in Belgium. A video was also shot for the single.

The original song has since been remade by several singers and bands:

It has been adapted to several other languages:


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