| "Şımarık" | ||||||||
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| Single by Tarkan | ||||||||
| from the album Tarkan, Ölürüm Sana | ||||||||
| Released | 1997 | |||||||
| Format | CD single/LP | |||||||
| Genre | Turkish pop, Dance pop | |||||||
| Length | 3:10 (Şımarık Radio Edit only) | |||||||
| Label | Urban/Polygram/Universal | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Sezen Aksu, Tarkan, Ozan Çolakoğlu | |||||||
| Producer | Mehmet Söğütoğlu | |||||||
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Şımarık (pronounced [ʃɯmaˈɾɯk], meaning "Spoiled" in Turkish) is a 1997 song by Turkish singer Tarkan. Its lyrics were written by Sezen Aksu, with music credited as composed by Tarkan, Aksu 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 Tarkan's album Ölürüm Sana (I'd Die for You) Şımarık was released in France in 1998 and the rest of the world in 1999, from the compilation album Tarkan, which was released in Europe. It has sold two million copies all across Europe.
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Israeli singer Rinat Bar released a cover of the song in Hebrew, the name of this cover is "הנשיקה" /'HaNeshi'ka/ (The kiss).
Russian singer Filipp Kirkorov re-released Şımarık in Russian as Поцелуй (Kiss) from the album Ой, Мама, Шика Дам.
Tracklists to this CD single change depending on the country of release, e.g. America 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.
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. It is generally considered Tarkan's signature song in Europe. Its chorus ends with two characteristic kiss sounds.
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.
The music video is shot in a European city with narrow streets and cobbled roads, with Tarkan singing and jaywalking. Several females on the streets see him and start following him to try to kiss 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.
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,[2] France, Germany and the Netherlands.[3] Sales went gold in Europe, where Tarkan was presented with his gold disc at Cannes Midem and in Germany by Universal[4] and platinum in Latin America where it knocked Enrique Iglesias off the top slot.
| Chart (1998 / 1999) | Peak position |
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| 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 |
| Preceded by "Belle" by Garou, Daniel Lavoie and Patrick Fiori |
Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single October 31, 1998 - November 21, 1998 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" by Lââm |
"Şımarık" has been covered several times:
Along with a promotional vinyl release of the single, there were three 12" versions released for promotional use/club DJs, too.
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