Temptation (Arash song)
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"Temptation" is a 2005 major hit single by Iranian-Swedish singer Arash featuring Rebecca Zadig and taken from Arash' debut album Arash. The song has been subject of many covers and in a number of languages.
Original version
The song was originally 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. The original, was an English version of the song with main vocals in English by Zadig featuring Alex with some additional Persian language. A separate music video was also shot directed by Alec Cartio[1]
Arash version
"Temptation" rereleased it as a song mainly in Persian language featuring a refrain in English sung by Rebecca Zadig. This release 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 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 |
| Invalid chart entered Germany2 | 29 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] | 2 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] | 42 |
Other versions
Russian version "Vostochniye skazki" with Blestyaschie
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In 2006, a Russian language version of the song was made by Arash with the Russian girl group Blestyaschie (Блестящие in Russian). The song titled "Vostochniye skazki" (in 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[6] destined for the Russian market.
"Versoeking" by Hi-5
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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.
- ^ "Arash feat. Rebecca – Temptation". Singles Top 100.
- ^ "Arash feat. Rebecca – Temptation". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ Music video of Blestyaschie and Arash in a Russian version of "Temptation"