Şımarık is a 1997

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 song by Turkish

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 singer

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 Tarkan. Its lyrics were written by Sezen Aksu

Sezen Aksu

Sezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....

, with music credited as composed by Tarkan, Aksu and Ozan Çolakoğlu

Ozan Çolakoglu

Ozan Çolakoğlu is a Turkish composer, songwriter and music producer; famous for his work with pop idol Tarkan and his various film scores. He co-founded the production company Sarı Ev , but left it in 2010 to work for dB Müzik....

 at the time. However, Tarkan later admitted in a 2006 interview that this had been done without Aksu's consent, who was the true copyright owner. It formed part of Tarkan's album Ölürüm Sana

Ölürüm Sana

Ölürüm Sana is Tarkan's third Turkish release and his most commercially successful album in Turkey. It sold close to 4.5 million copies..-Track listing:# Şımarık 3:55# İkimizin Yerine 4:42# Ölürüm Sana 4:05# Salına Salına Sinsice 4:23...

(I'd Die for You) Şımarık was released in France

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 in 1998 and the rest of the world in 1999, from the compilation album

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 Tarkan, which was released in Europe

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. It has sold two million copies all across Europe.

Cover versions

• In 1998:

Israel

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i singer Rinat Bar released a cover of the song in Hebrew

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, the name of this cover is "הנשיקה" /'HaNeshi'ka/ (The kiss).

Russia

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n singer Filipp Kirkorov re-released Şımarık in Russian

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 as Поцелуй (Kiss) from the album Ой, Мама, Шика Дам.

• In 1999, Ukrainian
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   singer Viktor Pavlik (ukr. Віктор Павлік) re-released "Şımarık" in Ukrainian
  Ukrainian language
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   as "Rozbeshchenyy" (ukr. Розбещений) from the album "Aphiny,Kyiv,Istanbul" , ukr. Афіни-Київ-Істанбул".
• In 2000, Greek
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   singer Lefteris Pantazis
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   released Filakia, which is "kiss" in greek.
• In 2001, American
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   singer Stella Soleil
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  Stella Katsoudas is an American pop and rock singer better known for stage names Stella Soleil and Sister Soleil. Katsoudas also fronts Dirty Little Rabbits.- Early life and career beginnings :...
  
   re-released Şımarık in English
  English language
  English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
  
   as Kiss Kiss.
• In 2001, Spanish
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  -Moroccan
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   singer Hakim released La Muchacha Turca in Spanish
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   as part of his album Entre dos orillas, but created his own lyrics, in Spain
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  .
• In 2002, Australian
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   singer Holly Valance
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   released Kiss Kiss, but created her own lyrics, in the UK
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  .

Track listings

• Şımarık, 1999

1. Şımarık Malagutti (4:46)
2. Şımarık Malagutti Edit Remix (3:17)
3. Şımarık Malagutti Extended Remix (7:00)
4. Şımarık Ned Divine Edit Remix (3:13)
5. Şımarık Ned Divine Extended Remix (5:56)
6. Şımarık Radio Edit(3:12)
7. Şımarık Long (Original) Version (3:55)
8. Şımarık Orıental (4:05)
9. Şımarık Zıo Dub Extended Remix (6:11)
10. Şımarık Zıo Dub Edit Remix
11. Şımarık Şınan Soulful (6:14)
12. Şımarık Şınan Dub

Tracklists to this CD single change depending on the country of release, e.g. America

United States

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 and Germany.

There were four promotional LP versions released.
A promotional CD single was released in France, with an orange cover. This was the first ever release and included one track. This is now a collector's item. There was also a limited edition (fan-edition) single released in Germany, which came with a poster of Tarkan. - courtesy of Ali Yildirim.

The song

As Tarkan's first major single, the song is generally considered his debut single. He had released three albums before this, but never released a song in single format due to the album-orientated nature of the Turkish music industry. The song has also appeared in soundtracks of various movies, including French movie Beau Travail

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and American movie XX/XY

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. It is generally considered Tarkan's signature song in Europe. Its chorus ends with two characteristic kiss

Kiss

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 sounds.

There are many other language versions including a version sung by Hong Kong

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 group E02

EO2

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 in Cantonese and an Egypt

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ian cover version sang by Samy Mansour.

Music video

The music video

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 is shot in a European city with narrow streets and cobbled roads, with Tarkan singing

Singing

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 and jaywalking

Jaywalking

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. Several females on the streets see him and start following him to try and kiss

Kiss

A kiss is the act of pressing one's lips against the lips or other body parts of another person or of an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, affection, respect, greeting, friendship, and good...

 him, but he tries to avoid them by first changing direction and then later by walking faster. More and more women begin to follow him as the song proceeds, but Tarkan eventually starts running in order to avoid them. A big group of women then run after him and as the song finishes, Tarkan takes cover in a street corner. A young girl is there as well and Tarkan kisses her forehead

Forehead

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.

Chart success

When the album's single was released in 1999

1999 in music

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 in Europe, it reached No.1 in Belgium, No 2 in Norway No. 3 in Switzerland, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Sales went gold in Europe, where Tarkan was presented with his gold disc at Cannes Midem

Cannes

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 and in Germany by Universal and platinum in Latin America

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 where it knocked Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

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 off the top slot.

Chart (1998 / 1999)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	2
French SNEP Singles Chart	3
Swedish Singles Chart	3
Dutch Top 40	3
Swiss Singles Chart	3
German Singles Chart	6
Austrian Singles Chart	14

Extra information 12-inch Releases

Cover versions

"Şımarık" has been covered

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...

 several times:

• "Rozbeshchenyy" in Ukrainian language
  Ukrainian language
  Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
  
   by Viktor Pavlik in 1999
• 8 feleséggel sok a baj / There are so many problems with 8 wives / (in Hungarian
  Hungarian language
  Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
  
   by Irigy Hónaljmirigy)
• La Muchacha Turca / Turkish Girl / (in Spanish
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  , by Paco Ortega/Hakim, 2001)
• La Muchacha Guapa / Pretty Girl / (in Spanish by La Banda Pachuco)
• Kiss Kiss (in English
  English language
  English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
  
   by Stella Soleil
  Stella Soleil
  Stella Katsoudas is an American pop and rock singer better known for stage names Stella Soleil and Sister Soleil. Katsoudas also fronts Dirty Little Rabbits.- Early life and career beginnings :...
  
   (US), 2001 and Holly Valance
  Holly Valance
  Holly Valance is an Australian actress, singer, and model, who has dual United Kingdom citizenship. Valance began her career as Felicity "Flick" Scully on the Australian soap opera Neighbours...
  
   (UK), 2002)
• Ein Kuss / A Kiss / (in German
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   by Die Schlümpfe, 1999)
• Žene Vole Dijamante / Women Love Diamonds / (in Serbian
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   by Jelena Karleuša
  Jelena Karleuša
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  )
• Ekstaza / Ecstasy / (in Serbian
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   by Dado Polumenta
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  )
• El Bawsi (in Arabic
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   by Rida and Nina Boutros)
• Booseh Faransavi (in Persian
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   by Mehran)
• Yeki Na Do Ta (in Persian
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   by Sharareh)
• Filakia (in Greek
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   by Lefteris Pantazis
  Lefteris Pantazis
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  , 2000)
• Kol Hamesameach (a passage from the Talmud
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   set to the melody, in Hebrew
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   by Yossi Piamenta)
• Neshika / Kiss / (in Hebrew
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   by Rinat Bar)
• Potselui (in Russian
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   by Filipp Kirkorov)
• CHU!CHU!は恋の合言葉 (in Japanese
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   by Kentarō Hayami)
• Bos (in Dari
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   by Showwkat)
• Kiss (Kita Sayang Sayang) (in Indonesian
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   by Lilis Karlina)
• Kiss Kiss (in Korean
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   by Mina
  Shim Mina
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  , 2004)
• Chiki Chiki Bam Bam (in Telugu language
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   India
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   by Tippu in Aadi
  Aadi (film)
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  , 2002)
• Beijo na Boca / Kiss in the Mouth / (in Portuguese
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   by Mr. Jam)
• Dá-me Um Xoxo / Give me a Kiss / (in Portuguese
  Portuguese language
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   by Tayti)
• Selinho na Boca (in Portuguese
  Portuguese language
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   by Latino
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   e Perlla
  Perlla
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  )
• Iskash li blizalka? / Do you want a lollipop? / (in Bulgarian
  Bulgarian language
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   by Ruslan Mainov)
• Pusz-pussz (in Hungarian
  Hungarian language
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   by Pa-Dö-Dő)

Along with a promotional vinyl release of the single, there were three 12" versions released for promotional use/club DJs, too.

External links

• Single and Song Lyrics Information in English
• Beau Travail at IMDB
• XX/XY at IMDB