Yassassin
Sign in to save"Yassassin" (Bowie's pronunciation ; also known as "Yassassin (Turkish for: Long Live)", and released in Turkey as "Yassassin (Yaşasın)") is a song written by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie for the 1979 album Lodger. "Yassassin" is an incongruous reggae song with a Turkish flavour.
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- Part of
- Lodger
- Followed by
- Look Back in Anger
- Follows
- DJ
- Composer
- David Bowie
- Producer
- David Bowie
- Performer
- David Bowie
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Lyrics by
- David Bowie
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- form of creative work
- song
- publication date
- 1979-06-00
- language of work or name
- English language
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- RCA PB-9417 (Netherlands)
- RCA 79.014 (Turkey)
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"Yassassin" (Bowie's pronunciation ; also known as "Yassassin (Turkish for: Long Live)", and released in Turkey as "Yassassin (Yaşasın)") is a song written by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie for the 1979 album Lodger. "Yassassin" is an incongruous reggae song with a Turkish flavour.
The title of the song is derived from the Turkish verb used to wish someone a long life, spelled yaşasın (), from the verbal root yaşa- 'live' with the third-person imperative ending; therefore yaşasın literally means 'may he/she live'. The phrase “Yaşasın” is in most cases used as “Hurray!” in Turkish.
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