"BaShana HaBa'a" ( he, בשנה הבאה, "Next Year") is a 1970 Israeli song with music by

Nurit Hirsch Nurit Hirsh ( he, נורית הירש, b. Tel Aviv, August 13, 1942) is an Israeli composer, arranger and conductor who has written over a thousand Hebrew songs. Three of her most famous and widely known songs are '' Ba-Shanah ha-Ba'ah'' (''Next ...

and lyrics by

Ehud Manor Ehud Manor (Hebrew: אהוד מנור; born Ehud Weiner; July 13, 1941 – April 12, 2005) was an Israeli lyricist, translator, poet and radio and TV personality. He is widely considered to have been Israel's most prolific lyricist of all time, h ...

. The song was first performed by the duo Ilan & Ilanit. The same melody was arranged and sung by Iranian singer

Aref Arif or Aref may refer to: *Arif, a local name for the Rif mountains in northern Morocco * Arif (given name) * Arif (surname) *‘arif, a concept in Sufism, see Ma'rifa Maʿrifa (Arabic: “interior knowledge”) is the mystical knowledge of God ...

as "Kochooloo (Kuchulu)", and by Turkish singer Nilüfer as "Başıma gelenler".

Julius Wechter Julius Wechter (May 10, 1935 – February 1, 1999) was an American musician and composer who played the marimba and vibraphone. He also played various percussion instruments. He composed the song " Spanish Flea" for Herb Alpert and was leader of Th ...

and the

Baja Marimba Band The Baja Marimba Band was a musical group led by marimba player Julius Wechter. Formed by producer Herb Alpert after his own Tijuana Brass, the Baja Marimba Band outlasted the Tijuana Brass by several years in part due to TV producer Chuck Barris ...

covered the song on their 1971 album ''Julius Wechter and the Baja Marimba Band's Back'' under the title "Anytime of the Year (Bashana Haba'ah)".Julius Wechter and the Baja Marimba Band's Back
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''. Accessed 10 May 2021.

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