Temptation (Arash song)
"Temptation" is a 2005 major hit single by Iranian-Swedish singer Arash featuring Rebecca Zadig and taken from Arash' debut album Arash. The music for "Temptation" is from "Baila Maria", a Spanish tune recorded by Ishtar Alabina featuring Los Niños de Sara in 1996. "Temptation" in its own right has been subject of many covers and in a number of languages.
| "Temptation" | ||||
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| Single by Arash featuring Rebecca | ||||
| from the album Arash | ||||
| Released | 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Warner Music | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Uhlmann Alex Arash Labaf Johan Bejerholm Max Tavahen Charles Burbank Ronny Gold Samy Goz Pedro Maza Luaces | |||
| Producer(s) | Robert Uhlmann Alex Arash Labaf Johan Bejerholm | |||
| Arash featuring Rebecca singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Temptation" on YouTube | ||||
Rebecca Zadig version
"Temptation" was first recorded by Rebecca Zadig with additional lyrics and rendition vocals featuring Alex, the mononym of Alex Arash Labaf who started his career performing under his mononym Alex. The first version, had English as main vocals by Zadig featuring Alex that interpreted some additional Persian language lyrics. The song was launched with a separate music video that was directed and shot by Alec Cartio[1]
Arash version
"Temptation" was rereleased as a song mainly in Persian language and this time credited Arash as the main vocalist and Rebecca Zadig was reduced to a featuring role with some refrain she sang in English. This release became the definitive version and was Arash's third successful consecutive single after "Boro Boro" (that had reached number 1 in Sweden) and "Tike Tike Kardi" (that had peaked at number 2 in Sweden).
The song credited to Arash made it to number 2 on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart, also charting in Germany, Switzerland and Finland. A music video was released with Arash as lead singer.[2]
Charts
| Chart (2005/2006) | Peak position |
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| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] | 15 |
| Germany | |
| Greece (IFPI)[4] | |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[5] | 2 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] | 42 |
Other versions
Russian version "Vostochniye skazki" with Blestyaschie
| "Vostochniye skazki (Восточные сказки)" | ||||
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| Single by Blestyaschie and Arash | ||||
| from the album Vostochniye skazki | ||||
| Released | 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Partija | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Uhlmann Alex Arash Labaf Johan Bejerholm Max Tavahen Charles Burbank Ronny Gold Samy Goz Pedro Maza Luaces | |||
| Blestyaschie and Arash singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Vostochny Skazki" on YouTube | ||||
In 2006, a Russian language version of the song was made by Arash with the Russian girl group Blestyaschie (Russian: Блестящие). The song titled "Vostochniye skazki" (Russian: Восточные сказки, meaning Eastern fairytales) was credited to Blestyaschie featuring Arash. It appeared on Blestyaschie album also titled Vostochniye skazki and released on Partija Russian record label. A separate music video was shot for the single[7] destined for the Russian market.
"Versoeking" by Hi-5
| "Versoeking" | ||||
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| Single by Hi-5 | ||||
| from the album Versoeking | ||||
| Released | 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop, dance | |||
| Label | Select Music | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Uhlmann Alex Arash Labaf Johan Bejerholm Max Tavahen Charles Burbank Ronny Gold Samy Goz Pedro Maza Luaces | |||
| Hi-5 singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Versoeking" on YouTube | ||||
In 2006, the South African cover boy band Hi-5 covered the song in Afrikaans under the title "Versoeking" (meaning temptation in Afrikaans). It was a main single and the title track of the album also titled Versoeking which is the band's follow-up to the Soebat EP (2003) and self-titled Hi-5 (2004).
Others
In 2015, the Dutch group Wing-Men covered the song in Dutch under the title "Verleid Mij". It is the debut single from the group.
References
- Music video for "Temptation" with Rebecca as main vocals
- Music video of Arash featuring Rebecca in the official single version of "Temptation"
- "Arash feat. Rebecca: Temptation" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- IFPI archive
- "Swedishcharts.com – Arash feat. Rebecca – Temptation". Singles Top 100.
- "Swisscharts.com – Arash feat. Rebecca – Temptation". Swiss Singles Chart.
- Music video of Blestyaschie and Arash in a Russian version of "Temptation"