Şımarık

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"Şımarık"

Single by Tarkan
from the album Tarkan
Released	1999
Format	CD single/LP
Genre	Pop
Length	3:10 (Şımarık Radio Edit only)
Label	Urban/Polygram/Universal
Writer(s)	Sezen Aksu,Tarkan,Ozan Çolakoğlu
Producer(s)	Mehmet Söğütoğlu
Chart positions
#1 (Belgium) #1 (Mexico) #3 (Germany) #3 (France) #3 (Switzerland) #3 (Netherlands)
Tarkan singles chronology
	"Şımarık" (1999)	"Şıkıdım" (1999)
Alternate cover

The Second Cover Available For This Album

Şımarık ("Spoilt") was a 1997 song. Its lyrics were written by Sezen Aksu, with music credited as composed by Aksu, Tarkan and Ozan Çolakoğlu at the time. However, Tarkan later admitted in a 2006 interview that this had been done without Aksu's consent, who was the true copyright owner^[1]. It formed part of the album Ölürüm Sana (I'd Die For You) by the Turkish pop star Tarkan.

It was released in France in 1998 and the rest of the world in 1999, from the compilation album Tarkan released in Europe.

It sold two million copies all across Europe.

1 Tracklist
2 The song
3 Chart Success
4 Extra Info
5 Notes
6 External links

[edit] Tracklist

Şımarık ('Spoilt') (1999, CD Single, French Edition released by PolyGram^[2])
- Track 1: Radio Edit (3:10)
- Track 2: Malagutti Remix/Edit (3:14)
- Track 3: Extended Malagutti Remix (7:00)

Tracklists to this CD single change depending on the country of release, e.g. America and Germany.

There were three promotional LP versions released.

[edit] The song

As Tarkan's first major single, the song is generally considered his debut single. He had released three albums before this, but never released a song in single format due to the album-orientated nature of the Turkish music industry.

The song has also appeared in soundtracks of various movies, including French movie Beau Travail and American movie XX/XY.

The single is generally considered Tarkan's signature song in Europe. Its chorus ends with two characteristic kiss sounds.

It has been covered several times:

La Muchacha Turca (in Spanish, by Paco Ortega/Hakim, 2001)
La Muchacha Guapa (in Spanish by La Banda Pachuco)
Kiss Kiss (in English by Stella Soleil (US), 2001 and Holly Valance (Australia), 2002)
Ein Kuss (in German by Die Schlümpfe)
Zene Vole Dijamante (in Serbian by Jelena Karleuša)
El Bawsi (in Arabic by Rida and Nina Boutros)
Booseh (in Persian by Mehran)
Filakia (in Greek by Lefteris Pantazis)
Kol Hamesameach (in Hebrew by Yossi Piamenta)
Neshika (in Hebrew by Rinat Bar)
Potselui (in Russian by Filip Kirkorov)
Chu! Chu! (in Japanese by Kentaro Hayama)
Bos (in Dari by Showwkat)
Kiss (in Indonesian by Lilis Karlina)

There are many other language versions including a version sung by Hong Kong group E02 in Cantonese and an Egyptian cover version sang by Samy Mansour.

[edit] Chart Success

When the album's single was released in 1999 in Europe, it reached No.1 in Belgium, No. 3 in Switzerland^[3], France, Germany and the Netherlands^[4]. Sales went gold in Europe, where Tarkan was presented with his gold disc at Cannes Midem and in Germany by Universal^[5] and platinum in Latin America where it knocked Enrique Iglesias off the top slot.

[edit] Extra Info

There were three 12" vinyl versions of this single for promotional use/club DJs. Along with the LP single release there was:

The Divine Mixes: This special release held four tracks: the Ned Divine 12 inch mix, Ned Divine 7 inch mix, the Malagutti remix extended and the radio edit (published in the UK). The Ned Divine remixes are very similar to Holly Valance's cover version of Tarkan's song (Kiss Kiss), suggesting that Valance took her inspiration from these remixes.
Zio Dub Remix : The second release was a special 12" Zio Dub Remix along with the radio edit (published in France).

A promotional CD single was released in France, with an orange cover. This was the first ever release and included one track. This is now a collector's item. There was also a limited edition (fan-edition) single released in Germany, which came with a poster of Tarkan. - courtesy of Ali Yildirim.