Shadilay

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"Shadilay"
Shadilay album cover.png
Cover art
Single by P.E.P.E.
A-side "Shadilay (Vocal)"
B-side "Shadilay (Instrumental)"
ReleasedMarch 3, 1986 (1986-03-03) (Italy) [1]
November 23, 2017 (2017-11-23) (U.S.) [2]
Genre
Length
  • 6:06 (vocal extended version)
  • 4:14 (italian version)
  • 4:18 (english version)
Label Magic Sound
Songwriter(s) Manuele Pepe  [ it ]
Music video
"Shadilay" on YouTube

"Shadilay" is an Italo disco song by the Italian band P.E.P.E., [lower-alpha 1] released in 1986 by the music label Magic Sound. [3] It was written by Italian singer-songwriter Marco Ceramicola, who sang under the pseudonym of Manuele Pepe. [4] [5]

Contents

It gained attention in 2016 for the band name's similarity to the meme Pepe the Frog, the single's cover also featuring a drawing of a cartoon frog. [6] [7] The album cover belongs to Magic Sound, and has been used in multiple songs produced by them, including "Babababo" by Bibox. [8] It has since been used as the anthem for the fictional country of Kekistan. [6] [9] [10] Ceramicola had since abandoned his career in the music industry. He felt that the newfound worldwide audience the song received online was unexpected. [5]

Composition

"Shadilay" is an electronic Italo disco song. [11] The song's verses are in the key of A minor, while its chorus is in the relative major key C major. It has a moderate tempo of 103 beats per minute. [12] The instrumentation consists of a DX7 Keyboard. [13]

Track listing

12" Single (Magic Sound – MASNP 007)
  1. "Shadilay" (Vocal) – 6:06
  2. "Shadilay" (Instrumental) – 6:05

Personnel

Notes

  1. P.E.P.E. is an acronym for "Point Emerging Probably Entering"

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