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Sidi Mansour (song)

"Sidi Mansour"
Traditional Tunisia folk song
Native name سيدي منصور
Written

Cheikh Mohamed Boudaya

الشيخ محمد بودية
Language Arabic
Music video
"Sidi Mansour" on YouTube
"سيدي منصور"
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
"Σε πήρα σοβαρά"
Se-pira-sovara-by-sarbel.JPG
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
Sarbel singles chronology
"Σε πήρα σοβαρά"
(2004)
"Sokolata"
(2005)
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

Cheikh Mohamed Boudaya

"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.Boney M. have inspired "Ma Baker" from the original version of Tunisian folklore. 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.


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