"El Harba Wine"
Single by Khaled, Feat. Amar
from the album Kenza
Released	2000
Format	CD
Recorded	1999
Genre	Rai
Length	26:30
Label	Barclay Records
Producer(s)	Steve Hillage
Khaled, Feat. Amar singles chronology
"C'est la nuit" (1999)	"El Harba Wine" (1997)	"Ya-Rayi" (2004)

"El Harba Wine" is a single from Khaled's album Kenza. "El Harba Wine" loosely translates to "Run away, but where to?". Khaled explains the title as "You want to leave your country? Where do you want to go?" ^[1]. The song is also sometimes referred to by the title "El Harba". The song was written by Mohamed Angar ^[2]. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Khaled [خالد], born Khaled Hadj Brahim, is an Algerian raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Oran. ... Look up amar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Kenza is a 1999 studio CD album by Khaled. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... RAI (RAdiotelevisione Italiana and previously known as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the Italian public service broadcaster. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Barcaly Records is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Steve Hillage is a English musician, associated with the Canterbury scene, who has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. ... Khaled [خالد], born Khaled Hadj Brahim, is an Algerian raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Oran. ... Look up amar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cest la nuit is a single from Khaleds album Kenza. ... Khaled [خالد], born Khaled Hadj Brahim, is an Algerian raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Oran. ... Kenza is a 1999 studio CD album by Khaled. ...

Versions and release history

"El Harba Wine" is an Arabic cover version of "Zwit Rwit", an Amazigh song sung by Idir. The original Arabic cover version was recorded by Khaled in 1987 and released in 1988 ^[3]. The release coincided with Algeria's civil unrest of October 1988. In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... The Berbers (also called Imazighen, free men, singular Amazigh) are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group indigenous to the Maghreb, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. ... // Biography: Idir Idir was born in 1949 at Aït Lahcène a Berber village in Haute-Kabylia. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A live version of the song was included in Khaled's live album Hafla. A rare flamenco inspired version of the song was included in Sahra's promotional CD. Khaled's 1999 album Kenza included a remake of "El Harba Wine" featuring Indian fused beats and Hindi verses sung by Amar. Bailaora (dancer) of Flamenco Belén Maya, photograph taken by Gilles Larrain at his studio, 2001 Flamenco is one of the great European nonacademic musical genres. ... Sahra is a studio album from Algerian raï artist Khaled, released in 1996. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Kenza is a 1999 studio CD album by Khaled. ... Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी or हिंदी; IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union government of India [1][2]. It is part of a dialect continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, and Gujarati... Look up amar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Music video

The music video featuring Khaled and Amar.

The music video has a Bollywood movie theme to it. Amar plays the part of a girl who comes from a wealthy family, whose parents disapprove of her lover who comes from a poor family. Khaled plays the part of the older brother who tries to help Amar in this conflict. Khaled [خالد], born Khaled Hadj Brahim, is an Algerian raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Oran. ... Look up amar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Movie poster for one of Bollywoods most popular films—Sholay (1975) Bollywood (Hindi: बॉलीवुड, Urdu: بالیوڈ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... Look up amar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Khaled [خالد], born Khaled Hadj Brahim, is an Algerian raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Oran. ... Look up amar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Several Indian group dances are performed in the music video.

The music video ends with Amar leaving her parent's residence with her lover on his motorcycle.

Track listings

CD Single

1. "El Harba Wine (Edit Version)" - 3:51
2. "El Harba Wine (Afro Vocal)" (Remixed by Funk Master VS Lucky Luke) - 6:42
3. "El Harba Wine (Mania 1000 Mix)" (Remixed by Fabrice Leyni) - 4:29
4. "El Harba Wine (Last Stand of the Fortress Mix)" (Remixed by Transglobal Underground) - 6:04
5. "El Harba Wine (Nitin Sawhney Mix)" (Remixed by Nitin Sawhney) - 5:25

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12" Single

1. "El Harba Wine (Afro Vocal Mix)" (Remixed by Funk Master VS Lucky Luke) - 6:47
2. "El Harba Wine (Deep Club Mix)" (Remixed by Magma 2001) - 7:50
3. "El Harba Wine (Dodgie Mix)" (Remixed by Funk Master VS Lucky Luke) - 6:49
4. "El Harba Wine (Powerful Dub)" (Remixed by Funk Master VS Lucky Luke) - 6:11

References

1. ^ Khaled, January 2002
2. ^ Khaled and Lafon, M. Khaled: Derrière le sourire, Michel Lafon, 1998. ISBN 2-84098-361-3
3. ^ Khaled, January 2002

External links

• "El Harba Wine" Music Video