Suddenly (Arash song)

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"Suddenly"
Single by Arash
from the album Donya
ReleasedJune 19, 2008
Songwriter(s) Johan Bejerholm

"Suddenly" is a song by Iranian-Swedish Persian pop singer Arash for his second album Donya , featuring the Swedish singer Rebecca Zadig. It was released by Warner Music Sweden on June 19, 2008 becoming a summer hit in Sweden. The song is bilingual. The main verses are sung by Arash in Persian and the chorus in English by Rebecca Zadig and contains a sample of Algerian classic Abdel Kader. A second version retitled "Près de toi" (near you) released one year later, featuring the French-Algerian raï singer Najim and also Rebecca becoming trilingual French/Persian/English.

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Weekly charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [2] 8
Bulgaria (Singles Top 40) [3]
32

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References

  1. "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  2. "Arash feat. Rebecca – Suddenly". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  3. "Arash and Rebecca – Suddenly – Song Performance". αCharts.