Galbi (song)
| "Galbi" | ||||
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1984 Played Out Mix
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| Single by Ofra Haza | ||||
| from the album Yemenite Songs (Original version) / Shaday ('88 Remix) | ||||
| Released | 1984, 1988 | |||
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7" single 12" maxi CD maxi |
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| Genre | World music | |||
| Length |
4:03 (Original) 3:13 ('88 Remix) |
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| Label | Hed Arzi Globe Style Records Teldec Warner Music Shanachie Records Sire Records Ariola Records Warner Pioneer etc. |
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| Songwriter(s) |
Aharon Amram |
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| Producer(s) | Bezalel Aloni Izhar Ashdot |
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1988 Remix
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"Galbi"(Hebrew: גלבי, Arabic: قلبي) is an Arabic] Musical poem by Aharon Amram Yemenite that was sung by Israeli Yemenite singer Ofra Haza and others. The 1988 remix of the song, taken from the album Shaday, was issued as the follow-up to Haza's worldwide chart hit "Im Nin'Alu (Played In Full Remix)".
Both "Im Nin'Alu" and "Galbi" were originally recorded for the 1984 album Yemenite Songs also known as Fifty Gates of Wisdom containing modern versions of traditional Yemeni Jewish songs, recorded with drum machines and synthesizers but still with comparatively traditional arrangements and instruments, including strings, woodwind and brass as well as distinctive percussion like Yemeni tin and tambala.
Contrary to popular belief "Im Nin'Alu" was not the first track from the Yemenite Songs album to be remixed for the dancefloor - in fact it was the other way around. "Galbi" was the first remix to be issued in Israel in 1984 on the Hed Arzi label, then subtitled Played Out Mix, remixed and re-produced by Izhar Ashdot and clearly influenced by contemporary American dance productions like Chaka Khan's groundbreaking "I Feel For You" with its prominent use of samples, editing, breakbeats and scratching. The Played Out Mix which more or less only retained the lead vocals and the string section of the original recording was released both as a 7" and an extended 12" single which later found its way to both Continental Europe and the U.K. via the independent world music label Globe Style Records in 1985 and became something of an underground club hit. The B-side of the 1985 12" single was in fact the original un-remixed version of "Im Nin'Alu" with its a cappella intro - which may be an explanation as to why the world of British dance music and American hip hop and rap was exposed to the somewhat exotic genre Yemeni Jewish folk music and the sample of Haza's voice later appearing on tracks like Coldcut's Seven Minutes of Madness remix of Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full" and M/A/R/R/S' "Pump Up the Volume", both milestones in the history of dance music and both released in 1987.
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