Inch'Allah (Adamo song)

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"Inch'Allah"
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Single by Adamo
Released1967
Recorded1967
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Salvatore Adamo
Music video
"Inch'Allah" on YouTube

"Inch'Allah" is a song composed and sung in French by Salvatore Adamo in 1967. The lyrics were written by Adamo as a peace song [1] in the context of the Six-Day War between Israel and the Arab States. [2] The song was banned in virtually all Arab countries for what they perceived as its pro-Israel sentiments and the mentioning of Jerusalem as a Jewish city after it fell under Israeli control during the war. [3]

Contents

Title

Inch'Allah is the French equivalent of Insha'Allah ( fr:Inch Allah ), which means "if Allah wills" (or, loosely, "God willing"), in Arabic

Track list

The 45 rpm release include the following track list:

  1. "Inch'Allah"
  2. "Je vous offre"
  3. "Sont-ce vos bijoux?"

Versions

The song became a huge hit for Adamo in the French version, staying in the French Hit Parade for 8 months. It remains his best-known song, along with "Tombe la neige".

In 1993, Adamo recorded a new self-censored version of this song, where references to trembling children in Israel and especially the Shoah disappeared, replaced by a more neutral discourse.

He recorded the song with Amália Rodrigues, and it entered her repertoire as well. Adamo recorded versions of the song in English, Italian and other languages.

He had a comeback with the song in 2008, recorded as a duet with Calogero on Adamo's album Le Bal des gens bien .

Charts

Chart (1967–68)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [6] 1
France [7] 1
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [8] [9] 9
West Germany (Official German Charts) [10] 18

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References

  1. Paroles-musique: Paroles - Salvatore Adamo "Inch'Allah".
  2. RFI: Salvatore Adamo.
  3. Sixties Stories: "Inch'Allah".
  4. "Adamo – Inch' Allah" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. "Adamo – Inch' Allah" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. "Adamo – Inch' Allah" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  7. "Hits of the World". Billboard. 4 March 1967. p. 66.
  8. "Hits of the World". Billboard. 8 July 1967. p. 53.
  9. "Hit Parade Italia".
  10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Adamo – Inch' Allah" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.