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Yalla, also spelled Yallah Arabic: يلا, is a common Arabic expression meaning "come on" or "hurry up", and may refer to:

Entertainment and arts

Music

  • Yalla (band), a folk band from Uzbekistan
  • Yalla, third solo album by UK musician Thomas White
  • The Yalla Yallas, a UK based punk rock band

Songs

  • "Yalla" (Inna song), a song by Inna for her self-titled album released in 2015
  • "Yalla Asia", a theme song of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup by Jay Sean feat. Karl Wolf and Radhika Vekaria, produced and co-written by Max Herman
  • "Yalla Chant", a song by Arab-Belgian singer Natacha Atlas
  • "Yalla Habibi", a song by Lebanese-Canadian Karl Wolf
  • "Yalla Ya Nasrallah", an Israeli song against Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
  • "Yalla", a song by Arash Labaf from his self-titled 2005 album Arash
  • "Yalla", a song by Calogero from the album 3
  • "Yalla Nerkoud", an official song of the 2007 Beirut Marathon
  • "Yalla Yalla", a song by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros from the album Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
  • "Yalla Yalla (Let's Go)", a song by Cracker from their album Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
  • "Yalla Balagan", a song by Israeli singer Dana International from the album HaKol Ze LeTova
  • "Yalla Erhal Ya Bashar", or "Come On, Bashar, Leave", a 2011 protest song against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
  • "Jalla Dansa Sawa", 2013 song by Swedish-Persian singer Behrang Miri
  • "Yalla Bye", a song by Israeli singer Ariel Horowitz on the 1998 album of the same name

Television and Film

  • Jalla! Jalla! (English Yalla! Yalla!), a 2000 Swedish comedy film directed by Josef Fares

Other uses

  • Yalla, a Montreal-based Canadian project between young Arabs and Jews for encouraging creative expression
  • Yalla-y-Poora, a painting by Eugene von Guerard
  • Yalla-y-Poora, a town in Shire of Ararat, Australia

See also