Jabdah

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"Jabdah"
Single by Koto
B-side "Jabdah (D.J. Version)"
Released1986
Genre Italo disco
Label Memory
Songwriter(s)
  • Anfrando Maiola
  • Stefano Cundari
Producer(s) Stefano Cundari
Koto singles chronology
"Visitors"
(1985)
"Jabdah"
(1986)
"Dragon's Legend"
(1988)

"Jabdah" is a song recorded by Italian synthpop group Koto. Released in 1986, it was their first single that charted. It was written by Anfrando Maiola and Stefano Cundari and produced by Stefano Cundari and Alessandro Zanni. The song reached No. 11 in Switzerland, No. 23 in Germany and No. 28 in the Netherlands. Like Koto's previous single "Visitors", it is considered part of the "spacesynth" canon. It is their most remixed song, with twelve official remixes.

Contents

The song was used by Australian telecommunications company Optus in a 2018 ad campaign called "Both Is Better", in which a customer at a fish and chip shop asks for both "regular" and chicken salt on his order of chips. The customer then clicks his fingers, and the song promptly plays as he and two other people in the shop dance until the owner wraps up his order.

Track listing and formats

A. "Jabdah" (Long Version) – 7:37
B. "Jabdah" (D.J. Version) – 6:18
A. "Jabdah" – 3:36
B. "Jabdah" (D.J. Version) – 3:32

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Jabdah"
Chart (1986–1987)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3] 29
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [4] 28
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 11
West Germany (GfK) [7] 23

References

  1. Jabdah (Italian 12-inch maxi-single liner notes). Koto. Memory Records. 1986. MEMIX 047.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Jabdah (German 7-inch single liner notes). Koto. Memory Records. 1986. MEMIX 0208.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. "Koto – Jabdah" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Koto" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  5. "Koto – Jabdah" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  6. "Koto – Jabdah". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Koto – Jabdah" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 16 June 2023.