Se Pira Sovara
| "Sidi Mansour" | |
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| Traditional Tunisia folk song | |
| Native name | سيدي منصور |
| Written | Unknown |
| Language | Arabic |
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| "Sidi Mansour" on YouTube | |
| "سيدي منصور" | |
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| Song by Saber Rebaï | |
| from the album Sidi Mansour | |
| Language | Arabic |
| English title | "Sidi Mansour" |
| Released | 2000 |
| Format | CD |
| Recorded | 2000 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Composer(s) | Tunisian folk music |
| Lyricist(s) | Sameh al Ajamai |
| Producer(s) | Hamid al Sha'iri |
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| Single by Sarbel | ||||
| from the album Parakseno sinesthima (Παράξενο συναίσθημα) | ||||
| Language | Greek, Arabic | |||
| English title | "Se pira sovara" | |||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tunisian folk music | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Se Pira Sovara" on YouTube | ||||
| "Ya Baba" | |
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| Single by Zack Knight featuring Rami Beatz | |
| Language | Arabic, English |
| Released | 2016 |
| Recorded | 2016 |
| Genre | Indian pop |
| Label | Zack Knight |
| Composer(s) | Tunisian folk music |
| Lyricist(s) | Zack Knight |
| Producer(s) | Rami Beatz, Dot Da Genius |
| Music video | |
| "Ya Baba" on YouTube | |
"Sidi Mansour" (in Arabic "سيدي منصور" ) is a popular folkloric Tunisia song.
There were a number of versions of the song for a few decades. An adaptation of the song was also the basis for the Boney M. hit "Ma Baker". But the song was made very famous in 2000 when the Tunisia artist Saber Rebaï (in Arabic صابر الرباعي) released his version. Since then, "Sidi Mansour" has been subject to many covers in Arabic and many other languages.
Rebaï's "Sidi Mansour" song should not however be confused with "Sidi Mansour" by Algerian raï artist Cheikha Rimitti.[1] Her rendition is another "Sidi Mansour" not related to the Rebaï song.
The song was recorded by Mohammed Jarrari (in Arabic محمّد الجراري) in his audio cassette Folklore tunisien (in Arabic فولكلور تونسي ) as "Sidi Mansour Baba Bahri" (in Arabic سيدي منصور بابا بحري).
A version was recorded in 1975 by Mohamed Hanesh (in Arabic محمد الحنش).
The song was made famous by Saber Rebaï when he recorded it in his same titled album Sidi Mansour released in 2000. The music is a popular tune from Tunisian traditional folklore and the lyrics were written by Sameh al Ajami. The record was produced by Hamid al Sha'iri and the very popular music video is directed by Fadi Kenaan. The song is also known as "Allah Allah, ya baba", "Sidi Mansour (ya baba)", expressions used many times in the lyrics.
The song has been subject to a huge number of interpretations by Arab and international artists and remixes by many DJs in original Arabic version and in other languages.
Most notably, it became the basis for the Boney M. hit "Ma Baker" in 1977 largely based on the 1975 hit by Mohamed Hanesh.
Parts of the song have also been sampled many times in other released songs in Arabic and other languages.
"Se Pira Sovara" (in Greek "Σε πήρα σοβαρά" meaning I took you seriously) is a 2004 bilingual song in Greek and Arabic by the Greek-Cypriot and Lebanese origin artist Sarbel based on Tunisian singer Saber Rebaï's Arabic song "Sidi Mansour" and became highly successful in Greece, Cyprus and throughout the Middle East. The song is the debut single by Sarbel taken from his debut album Parakseno sinesthima (in Greek Παράξενο συναίσθημα).
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