Saharna Ya Leil

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Saharna Ya Leil
سهرنا يا ليل
Studio album by
Elissa
Released9 September 2016
Recorded2015–2016
Studio
  • Nasser El Assaad
  • Metropolis (London)
  • Alresala (Cairo)
  • Studio 5
  • Leila (Cairo)
Genre
Length71:43
LabelRotana Records
ProducerRotana
Elissa chronology
Halet Hob
(2014) 		Saharna Ya Leil
سهرنا يا ليل
(2016) 		Ila Kol Lli Bihibbouni
(2018)
Singles from Saharna Ya Leil
  1. "Saharna Ya Leil"
    Released: 29 June 2016
  2. "Maliket El Ehsas"
    Released: 2 August 2016
  3. "Aaks Elli Shayfenha"
    Released: 19 July 2017
Alternative cover
Digital cover

Saharna Ya Leil (Arabic: سهرنا يا ليل) (English: Keep Us Up All Night) is the tenth studio album by Lebanese singer Elissa released by Rotana on 9 September 2016, making it her seventh album released by Rotana Records. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard World Albums chart.[1] The promotional singles "Maliket El Ehsas" and "Saharna Ya Leil" preceded the album's release.[2]

Singles and music videos[edit]

  • "Saharna Ya Leil" was released as a promotional single on 29 June 2016 on Anghami.[3] A music video directed by Angy Jammal premiered on Rotana's YouTube account on 18 November 2016.[4]
  • "Maliket El Ehsas" was released as a promotional single on 2 August 2016.[5]
  • A music video for "Aaks Elli Shayfenha", directed by Angy Jammal, premiered on 19 July 2017. The video depicts the life of Lebanese belly dancer Dany Bustros, who had committed suicide in December 1998 after being severely depressed by the death of her son four years earlier. Fans praised the video as powerful, touching and important regarding mental health awareness. The video had garnered over 3 million views on YouTube and 8 million views on Anghami within one week of being released.[6][7]
  • "Ya Rait" (alternatively romanised as "Ya Rayt" or "Ya Reit") is the theme song for the 2016 Ramadan television series of the same name and was released digitally on 16 May.[8] A music video directed by Manolis Ibrahim was later released on 21 May and has amassed over 100 million views on YouTube as of July 2022.[9] The song was later included on "Saharna Ya Leil" as a bonus track.
  • Despite not being released as a single, the lyric video for the song "Maktooba Leek" garnered over 200 million views on YouTube and is the most viewed video on Rotana's official YouTube channel.[10]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangerLength
1."Saharna Ya Leil" (Keep Us Up All Night)Malak AdelMohamed YehiaYehia Youssef4:16
2."Wala Baad Senin" (Not in a Million Years)Nader AbdallahNezih ÜçlerNasser El Assaad4:34
3."Aaks Elli Shayfenha" (The Opposite of What You See)Amir TeimaWalid SaadAhmed Ibrahim4:26
4."Maliket El Ehsas" (Queen of Feelings)Oussama MoustafaSamer Abou TalebTamim4:43
5."Fall El Haki" (The Words Have Left)Youssef SleimanSalah Al KurdiNasser El Assaad5:02
6."Motamareda" (Rebel)Ahmed El GandyMadianAmr Ismael4:53
7."Metlak Ma Fi Ensan" (There's No One Like You)Oussama MoustafaSamer Abou TalebNasser El Assaad4:44
8."Omry Ebtada" (My Life Began)Ahmed El GandyMadianTamim3:29
9."Hatsebni" (You're Leaving Me?)Ahmed MarzoukMohammed RahimTamim5:07
10."Aghla El Habayeb" (Dearest Lover)Ahmed MarzouqMadianAhmed Abdel Salam3:18
11."Hakhaf Men Eah" (What's Scaring Me?)Nader AbdallahMohamed YehiaAhmad Ibrahim4:45
12."Alb W Rouh" (Heart and Soul)Oussama MoustafaSamer Abou TalebTamim5:00
13."Mesh Arfa Laih" (I Don't Know Why)Bahaa El Dine MohammedMadianAhmed Abdel Salam3:35
14."Maktooba Leek" (Destined for You)Nader AbdallahMohamed YehiaWalid Sharaki5:16
15."El Hodn" (Hugs)Salama AliCherif BadrYehia Youssef4:03
16."Ya Rait" (I Wish)Salah Al KurdiSalah Al KurdiNasser El Assaad4:32
Total length:71:43

Notes

  • "Wala Baad Senin" is an Arabic-language cover of the 2015 Turkish song "Git Diyemem" by Ezo.

Personnel[edit]

Adapted from the album liner notes.

  • Hubert Ghorayeb - executive producer
  • Bilal Houssami - producer
  • Yasser Anwar - mixing, sound engineer (track 6)
  • Tim Young - mastering
  • Ahmad Fakri - strings (track 1)
  • Ahmed Fikry - strings section leader (track 1)
  • Mustafa Aslan - guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13), acoustic guitar (track 15)
  • Ahmed Ragab - bass guitar (tracks 1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15)
  • Reda Bdeir - ney (track 1)
  • Sherif Kamel - kanun (track 1)
  • Ahmed El Ayadi - tabla (tracks 1, 10)
  • Mahmoud Izzat - recording (tracks 1, 11, 14)
  • Majd Jureida - strings recording (tracks 2, 5, 7)
  • Ayhan - guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7, 16)
  • Ismail Ozan - bass guitar (tracks 2, 16)
  • Hamuso - clarinet (tracks 3, 9), dudok (track 4), saxophone (track 12)
  • Said Kamal - string arrangement (track 3), string recording (track 16)
  • Mohamad Ismail - string recording (track 3)
  • Mohamed Atef Imam - string section leader (tracks 4, 6, 8, 9, 12), violin (tracks 4, 8)
  • Ahmad Gouda - recording (tracks 4, 8, 9, 12)
  • Mustafa Burak - kanun (track 5)
  • Koray Özyıldız️️️ - ney (track 5)
  • Manaf - bass guitar (track 5)
  • Mostafa Nasr - guitar (track 6)
  • Nadim Nakhla - cajon (track 6)
  • Hakan - saxophone (track 7)
  • Murat Yıldırım - saxophone (track 7)
  • Ahmad Khairy - ney (tracks 8, 12)
  • Hassan Said - violin (tracks 9, 13), string section leader (track 10), string arrangement (track 11)
  • Islam Kasabji - oud (track 10)
  • Rami Sleiman - recording (track 10)
  • Sherif Said - guitar (track 11)
  • Sherif Fahmi - guitar (tracks 11, 14)
  • Saad Mohamed Hassan - violin (track 15)
  • Fady Badr - kanun (track 15)
  • Mohamed Medhat - string section leader (track 15)
  • Mohamed Sakr - recording (track 15)
  • Buland - clarinet (track 16)
  • Eli Rezkallah - photographer
  • Samer Rawadi - assistant photographer
  • Konstantin Klimin - assistant photographer
  • Mandy Merheb - fashion consultancy
  • Georges Mendelek - hair
  • Christian Abou Haidar - make up

Charts[edit]

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Billboard World Albums[1] 5

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b WORLD ALBUMS, The week of October 1, 2016 ., billboard.com Archived 26 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ أغاني وكليبات إليسا على القناة الرسمية لروتانا على يوتيوب Archived 15 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "‏اغنية إليسا سهرنا يا ليل / استماع على أنغامي (Elissa - Saharna Ya Lail)". Anghami. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Elissa .... Saharna Ya Leil - Video Clip | إليسا ... سهرنا يا ليل - فيديو كليب" (in Arabic). YouTube. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. ^ "‏اغنية إليسا ملكة الإحساس / استماع على أنغامي (Elissa - Maliket El Ehsas)" (in Arabic). Anghami. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  6. ^ Examiner Staff (24 July 2017). "WATCH: Elissa music video hits 3 million views in first week". Lebanese Examiner. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  7. ^ Khalife, Leyal (12 July 2017). "Elissa released a new music video and people are speechless". StepFeed. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  8. ^ "‏اغنية إليسا يا ريت / استماع على أنغامي (Elissa - Ya Rayt)" (in Arabic). Anghami. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Elissa - Ya Reit from "Ya Reit" series / "اليسا - اغنية يا ريت من مسلسل "يا ريت"". YouTube. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Elissa ... Maktooba Leek - With Lyrics | إليسا ... مكتوبة ليك - بالكلمات". YouTube. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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