"Va Bene" is a multilingual song by

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featuring singer Reda Taliani. It included lyrics in French, Northern African colloquial Arabic and some Italian. Appearing in La Fouine's mixtape ''Capitale du crime 4'' on Banlieue Sale Music, it was released as a single. The single found minimal charting success, as it reached number 78 on

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, the official French Singles Chart. The song stayed a total of 8 weeks in the French Top 200.

Music video

The music video filmed in Morocco and was directed by Glenn Smith.La Fouine YouTube channel: La Fouine feat. Reda Taliani - Va Bene (music video)
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. But his father wants him to quit and lend a helping hand in herding the sheep. Frustrated by this, the boy runs away from home and finds himself in a larger Moroccan city where he becomes a street vendor. There he meets La Fouine and while trying to sell him a merchandise, he also offers to La Fouine a cup of tea. La Fouine touched by the boy's gesture gives him a considerable tip with which the boy is able to buy a football shirt from another street vendor carrying the name and number 23 of his favorite player the Brazilian

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who at the time was playing for

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Chart performance

References

External links

YouTube - La Fouine channel - La Fouine feat. Reda Taliani - Va Bene (official music video)
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