Askkolik
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"Aşkkolik" is the fifth single, tenth overall, by Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 singer Hadise
Hadise
Hadise Açıkgöz , is a Belgian born Turkish singer of Circassian descent. Hadise's career began in 2004 with the release of her debut single "Sweat", which peaked at 19 on the Flanders chart. Hadise continued to release more successful singles, most notably the single "Milk Chocolate Girl"...

 from her second self-entitled studio album Hadise
Hadise (album)
Hadise is the self-titled second studio album by Belgian-Turkish singer Hadise. The album has so far already produced 4 singles from the album, these include My Body, A Good Kiss, Deli Oğlan and My Man and the Devil on His Shoulder...

. The single is the second Turkish song on the album.

Background

The song is written by Deniz Erten and the producer of the song is Özgür Buldum.
"Aşkkolik" differs to most of Hadise's releases except My Body
My Body (Hadise single)
My Body is an English R&B song by Belgian-Turkish singer Hadise, it was also co-written by Hadise and Yves Jongen. It is the seventh single from Hadise so far and is also the second single from her second studio album Hadise, released June 6 2008....

. Both songs are more electronic unlike other releases which are more R&B influenced.

Music video

The single had begun receiving airplay when the album was released, but a music video was not shot. However on November 2, 2008, due to the popularity of the song and the fact that the song had no video, the Turkish music channel "Powertürk TV" released a collage using music videos from Hadise's previous music videos. These included "My Body
My Body (Hadise single)
My Body is an English R&B song by Belgian-Turkish singer Hadise, it was also co-written by Hadise and Yves Jongen. It is the seventh single from Hadise so far and is also the second single from her second studio album Hadise, released June 6 2008....

", "Deli Oğlan
Deli Oglan
"Deli Oğlan" is the fourth single, ninth overall, by Belgian-Turkish singer Hadise from her second selftitled studio album Hadise. The single is the Turkish version of her song A Good Kiss and is the first single to be released in Turkey only...

" and "A Good Kiss
A Good Kiss
"A Good Kiss" is the sixth single by Belgian-Turkish singer Hadise. It is also the first single from her expected second album Hadise. The song also featured in the drama movie "Vermist"...

".

Hadise was unable to promote the song as she was preparing possible songs for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....

.

Chart performance

Aşkkolik started to receive airplay before the release of the music video due to the huge success of the previous turkish single "Deli Oğlan
Deli Oglan
"Deli Oğlan" is the fourth single, ninth overall, by Belgian-Turkish singer Hadise from her second selftitled studio album Hadise. The single is the Turkish version of her song A Good Kiss and is the first single to be released in Turkey only...

", which lead to the song charting on many radio charts and the official Turkish billboard Chart.

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Turkish Top 20 Chart
Turkish Top 20 Chart
Turkish airplay chart is the official airplay singles chart in Turkey issued by Nielsen Music Control. The charts are announced from the Nielsen's web site weekly...

(Official)
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