Şımarık

“Şımarık”
Single by Tarkan from the album Tarkan, Ölürüm Sana
Released	1999
Format	CD single/LP
Genre	World
Length	3:10 (Şımarık Radio Edit only)
Label	Urban/Polygram/Universal
Writer(s)	Sezen Aksu, Tarkan, Ozan Çolakoğlu
Producer	Mehmet Söğütoğlu
Tarkan singles chronology
"Şımarık" (1999) "Şıkıdım" (1999)
Alternate cover
The Second Cover Available For This Album

"Şımarık" ("Spoiled" in Turkish) is a 1997 song by Tarkan. Its lyrics were written by Sezen Aksu, with music credited as composed by Aksu, Tarkan and Ozan Çolakoğlu 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^[1]. It formed part of the album Ölürüm Sana (I'd Die For You) by the Turkish pop star Tarkan.

It was released in France in 1998 and the rest of the world in 1999, from the compilation album Tarkan released in Europe.

It sold two million copies all across Europe.

[edit] Tracklist

• Şımarık, 1999
  • Track 1: Malagutti (4:46)
  • Track 2: Malagutti Edit Remix (3:17)
  • Track 3: Extended Malagutti Remix (7:00)

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

There were four promotional LP versions released.

[edit] Tracklist

• Şımarık, 1999
  • Track 1: Radio Edit(3:12)
  • Track 2: Long (Original) Version (3:55)

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

There were four promotional LP versions released.

[edit] 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 and American movie XX/XY.

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

It has been covered several times:

• 8 feleséggel sok a baj / There are so many problems with 8 wives / (in Hungarian by Irigy Hónaljmirigy^[2])
• La Muchacha Turca / Turkish Girl / (in Spanish, by Paco Ortega/Hakim, 2001)
• La Muchacha Guapa / Pretty Girl / (in Spanish by La Banda Pachuco)
• Kiss Kiss (in English by Stella Soleil (US), 2001 and Holly Valance (Australia), 2002)
• Ein Kuss / A Kiss / (in German by Die Schlümpfe, 1999)
• Žene Vole Dijamante / Women Love Diamonds / (in Serbian by Jelena Karleuša)
• Ekstaza / Ecstasy / (in Serbian by Dado Polumenta)
• El Bawsi (in Arabic by Rida and Nina Boutros)
• Booseh Faransavi (in Persian by Mehran)
• Filakia (in Greek by Lefteris Pantazis, 2000)
• Kol Hamesameach (in Hebrew by Yossi Piamenta)
• Neshika (in Hebrew by Rinat Bar)
• Potselui (in Russian by Filipp Kirkorov)
• Chu! Chu! (in Japanese by Kentaro Hayama)
• Bos (in Dari by Showwkat)
• Kiss (in Indonesian by Lilis Karlina)
• Kiss Kiss (in Korean by Mina, 2004)
• Chiki Chiki Bam Bam (in Telugu language India by Tippu in Aadi, 2002)
• Beijo na Boca / Kiss in the Mouth / (in Portuguese by Mr. Jam)
• Dá-me Um Xoxo / Give me a Kiss / (in Portuguese by Tayti)
• Iskash li blizalka? / Do you want a lollipop? / (in Bulgarian by Ruslan Mainov)

• Pusz-pussz (in Hungarian by Pa-Dö-Dő)

There are many other language versions including a version sung by Hong Kong group E02 in Cantonese and an Egyptian cover version sang by Samy Mansour.

[edit] Chart success

When the album's single was released in 1999 in Europe, it reached No.1 in Belgium, No 2 in Norway No. 3 in Switzerland^[3], France, Germany and the Netherlands^[4]. Sales went gold in Europe, where Tarkan was presented with his gold disc at Cannes Midem and in Germany by Universal^[5] and platinum in Latin America where it knocked Enrique Iglesias off the top slot.

[edit] Extra info

12-inch Sleeve

12-inch Sleeve

12-inch Sleeve

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

• The Divine Mixes: This special release held four tracks: the Ned Divine 12 inch mix, Ned Divine 7 inch mix, Malagutti Remix (extended) and the radio edit (published in the UK).

• Zio Dub Remix : The second release was a special 12" Zio Dub Remix along with the radio edit (published in France).

• Şınan Mixes : This held two tracks, the sub and dub mixes.

• Hakan Mixes :Power mix

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.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

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