"Suddenly" is a song by Iranian-Swedish Persian pop singer Arash for his second album Donya, featuring the Swedish singer Rebecca Zadig. It was released by Warner Music Sweden on June 19, 2008 becoming a summer hit in Sweden. The song is bilingual. The main verses are sung by Arash in Persian and the chorus in English by Rebecca Zadig and contains a sample of Algerian classic Abdel Kader. A second version retitled "Près de toi" (near you) released one year later, featuring the French-Algerian raï singer Najim and also Rebecca becoming trilingual French/Persian/English.
| "Suddenly" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Arash | |
| from the album Donya | |
| Released | June 19, 2008 |
| Songwriter(s) | Johan Bejerholm
|
Charts edit
Weekly charts edit
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[2] | 8 |
| Bulgaria (Singles Top 40)[3] | 32
|
References edit
- ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "Arash feat. Rebecca – Suddenly". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ "Arash and Rebecca – Suddenly – Song Performance".
 | This 2000s song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |