"Temptation" is a 2005 major hit single by
Iranian-
Swedish
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singer
Arash featuring
Rebecca Zadig
Rebecca Zadig (born July 27, 1982) is a Swedish singer․
Career
Rebecca Zadig was featured in Arash's song " Temptation". This song is a newer version of her own song "Temptation" which also featured Arash (then known as 'Alex'). Lyrics of th ...
and taken from Arash' debut album ''
Arash''. The music for "Temptation" is from "Baila Maria", a Spanish tune recorded by
Ishtar Alabina
Ishtar (; born Esther (Eti) Zach () on 10 November 1968) is a French-Israeli vocalist who performs in Arabic, Hebrew, Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Russian and English. She is best known for her work as the front vocalist of the French-based band ...
featuring
Los Niños de Sara in 1996. "Temptation" in its own right has been subject of many covers and in a number of languages.
Rebecca Zadig version
"Temptation" was first recorded by
Rebecca Zadig
Rebecca Zadig (born July 27, 1982) is a Swedish singer․
Career
Rebecca Zadig was featured in Arash's song " Temptation". This song is a newer version of her own song "Temptation" which also featured Arash (then known as 'Alex'). Lyrics of th ...
with additional lyrics and rendition vocals featuring Alex, the mononym of Alex Arash Labaf who started his career performing under his mononym Alex. The first version, had English as main vocals by Zadig featuring Alex that interpreted some additional Persian language lyrics. The song was launched with a separate music video that was directed and shot by
Alec Cartio
Alec Cartio is an Iranian-Swedish-American music video, automotive commercial and film director. He is best known for his work, which modernized the Iranian Music Video industry.
Career Beginnings
Alec Cartio was born in Tehran, Iran to Irani ...
.
[Music video for "Temptation" with Rebecca as main vocals]
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Arash version
"Temptation" was rereleased as a song mainly in Persian language and this time credited Arash as the main vocalist and Rebecca Zadig was reduced to a featuring role with some refrain she sang in English. This release became the definitive version and was Arash's third successful consecutive single after "Boro Boro" (that had reached number 1 in Sweden) and "Tike Tike Kardi" (that had peaked at number 2 in Sweden).
The song credited to Arash made it to number 2 on Sverigetopplistan
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, the official Swedish Singles Chart, also charting in Germany, Switzerland and Finland. A music video was released with Arash as lead singer.[Music video of Arash featuring Rebecca in the official single version of "Temptation"]
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Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Accolades
Other versions
Russian version "Vostochniye skazki" with Blestyaschie
In 2005, a Russian language
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version of the song was made by Arash with the Russian girl group
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Blestyaschie (russian: Блестящие). The song titled "Vostochniye skazki" (russian: Восточные сказки, meaning Eastern fairytales) was credited to Blestyaschie featuring Arash. It appeared on Blestyaschie album also titled ''Vostochniye skazki
Vostochniye skazki is the sixth studio album by Blestyashchiye.
Track listing
#" Vostochniye skazki" (Eastern fairytales) (duet with Arash)
#"Palmy parami" (Palms with couples)
#"Agent 007" (-)
#"Hey, allo au" (-)
#"Kak zvezda" (Like a star)
#"P ...
'' and released on Partija Russian record label. A separate music video was shot for the single[Music video of Blestyaschie and Arash in a Russian version of "Temptation"]
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Charts
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"Versoeking" by Hi-5
In 2006, the South African cover boy band Hi-5 covered the song in Afrikaans under the title "Versoeking" (meaning temptation in Afrikaans). It was a main single and the title track of the album also titled ''Versoeking'' which is the band's follow-up to the ''Soebat EP'' (2003) and self-titled ''Hi-5'' (2004).
"Verleid Mij" by Wing-Men
In 2015, the Dutch group Wing-Men covered the song in Dutch under the title "Verleid Mij". It is the debut single from the group.
References
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2005 singles
Arash (singer) songs
2005 songs
Warner Music Group singles
Songs written by Robert Uhlmann (composer)
Songs written by Arash (singer)