"Bassa Sababa" (

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transliteration: באסה סבבה) is a song recorded by Israeli singer

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, and is the follow-up from her

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-winning single "

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". The track was written and produced by Netta, Avshalom Ariel and Stav Beger. The song was released on 1 February 2019 along with its official music video clip. ''Bassa'' is used in Hebrew slang for the word ‘bummer’, but can relate to the context of the song as “Bass” rooted. The song means “Fun Central” or “Source of Fun.” As of August 2023, the official music video for "Bassa Sababa" has over 300,000,000 views on YouTube. The song is featured in the 2019 dance rhythm video game ''

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Background

In an interview with Israeli magazine “At”, Netta revealed that the sound of the animal in the song links back to her childhood and growing up in

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. When Barzilai was around 6 years old, her family moved to Nigeria for her father's job. During her time there she fell in love with rhinos and featured their sound in the song, following the chicken sounds in “Toy.”

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Recording and management *Recorded at Stav Beger and Bardo Studios (

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) *Published by Tedy Productions and Unicell Personnel *

– vocals, production *Stav Beger – composition, production, percussion, keyboards, additional vocals, mixing and mastering *Avshalom Ariel – composition, production, percussion, additional vocals *Ronen Hilel – master and mixing engineer *Shimon Yihye – guitars

Charts

Weekly charts

References

External links

"Bassa Sababa"
video clip on

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