"El Harba Wine" is a single from Khaled

Khaled (musician)

Khaled Hadj Ibrahim , better known as Khaled, is a raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Sidi El Houari in Oran Province of Algeria...

's album Kenza

Kenza

Kenza is a 1999 studio album by Khaled.The album was named after Khaled's second daughter Kenza. Kenza is Arabic for treasure.Kenza has attained gold certification by Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique....

. "El Harba Wine" loosely translates to "Run away, but where to?". Khaled explains the title as "You want to leave your country? Where do you want to go?" . The song is also sometimes referred to by the title "El Harba". The song was written by Mohamed Angar .

Versions and release history

"El Harba Wine" is an Arabic cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of "Zwit Rwit", an Amazigh song sung by Idir

Idir

Hamid Cheriet better known by his stage name Idir is an Algerian musician of Berber origin.- Biography :...

. The original Arabic cover version was recorded by Khaled in 1987 and released in 1988 . The release coincided with Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

's civil unrest of October 1988.

A live version of the song was included in Khaled's live album Hafla

Hafla

Hafla is a live album by Khaled composed of highlights from his Kenza Tour 97 in Confolens, France and Leuven, Belgium except for the track "Chebba" which was recorded in Bordeaux...

. A rare flamenco

Flamenco

Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....

 inspired version of the song was included in Sahra

Sahra

Sahra is a studio album from Algerian raï artist Khaled, released in 1996. It was the artist's biggest production to date, being co-produced by Philippe Eidel, Don Was, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Clive Hunt, and including performances by many other singers from around the world. It features what is...

's promotional CD. Khaled's 1999 album Kenza

Kenza

Kenza is a 1999 studio album by Khaled.The album was named after Khaled's second daughter Kenza. Kenza is Arabic for treasure.Kenza has attained gold certification by Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique....

included a remake of "El Harba Wine" featuring Indian fused beats and Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 verses sung by Amar

Amar (singer)

Amar is a British Indiansinger signed to the independent label Sunset Entertainment Group. She is also the daughter of Mangal Singh . She is a singer and songwriter who writes her own material...

.

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 has a Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 movie theme to it. Amar

Amar (singer)

Amar is a British Indiansinger signed to the independent label Sunset Entertainment Group. She is also the daughter of Mangal Singh . She is a singer and songwriter who writes her own material...

 plays the part of a girl who comes from a wealthy family, whose parents disapprove of her lover who comes from a poor family. Khaled plays the part of the older brother who tries to help Amar in this conflict.

Several Indian group dances are performed in the music video.

The music video ends with Amar leaving her parent's residence with her lover on his motorcycle.

CD Single - Version 1

1. "El Harba Wine (Edit Version)" - 3:50
2. "Mele h'bibti" - 6:29
3. "El Harba (unreleased version)" - 4:13 (from 1996)
4. "El Harba (Live Version)" - 7:08 (from the album "Hafla")

CD Single (Remixes)

1. "El Harba Wine (Edit Version)" - 3:50
2. "El Harba Wine (Afro Vocal)" (Remixed by Funk Master VS Lucky Luke) - 6:42
3. "El Harba Wine (Mania 1000 Mix)" (Remixed by Fabrice Leyni) - 4:29
4. "El Harba Wine (Last Stand of the Fortress Mix)" (Remixed by Transglobal Underground
   Transglobal underground
   Transglobal Underground is a London-based music collective who specialise in a fusion of western, oriental and African music styles...
   
   ) - 6:04
5. "El Harba Wine (Nitin Sawhney Mix)" (Remixed by Nitin Sawhney
   Nitin Sawhney
   Nitin Sawhney is an Indian-British musician, producer and composer. His critically acclaimed work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica and often explores themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality...
   
   ) - 5:25

12" Single

1. "El Harba Wine (Afro Vocal Mix)" (Remixed by Funk Master VS Lucky Luke) - 6:47
2. "El Harba Wine (Deep Club Mix)" (Remixed by Magma 2001) - 7:50
3. "El Harba Wine (Dodgie Mix)" (Remixed by Funk Master VS Lucky Luke) - 6:49
4. "El Harba Wine (Powerful Dub)" (Remixed by Funk Master VS Lucky Luke) - 6:11

External links

• "El Harba Wine" Music Video