Bassa Sababa Explained

Bassa Sababa
Cover:Netta_-_Bassa_Sababa.png
Type:single
Artist:Netta
Ep:Goody Bag
Prev Title:Toy
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:Nana Banana
Next Year:2019

"Bassa Sababa" (Hebrew transliteration: באסה סבבה) is a song recorded by Israeli singer Netta, and is the follow-up from her Eurovision Song Contest 2018-winning single "Toy". The track was written and produced by Netta, Avshalom Ariel and Stav Beger. The song was released on 1 February 2019 along with its official music video clip. Bassa is used in Hebrew slang for the word ‘bummer’, but can relate to the context of the song as “Bass” rooted. The song means “Fun Central” or “Source of Fun.” As of August 2023, the official music video for "Bassa Sababa" has over 300,000,000 views on YouTube.

The song is featured in the 2019 dance rhythm video game Just Dance 2020.

Background

In an interview with Israeli magazine “At”, Netta revealed that the sound of the animal in the song links back to her childhood and growing up in Nigeria. When Barzilai was around 6 years old, her family moved to Nigeria for her father's job. During her time there she fell in love with rhinos and featured their sound in the song, following the chicken sounds in “Toy.” [1]

Credits and personnel

Recording and management

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Israel (Media Forest)[2] 1
Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay)[3] 1
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[4] 3
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[5] 28

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: נטע ברזילי: "כוסית זה מבפנים". Atmag. 27 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Media Forest 06 03-02-19 09-02-19. Media Forest. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20171002213912/http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/. 2 October 2017. dead.
  3. Web site: מדיה פורסט - לדעת שאתה באוויר . Mediaforest.biz . 9 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316183730/http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/#/international . 16 March 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Dance Club Songs – April 20, 2019. Billboard. April 12, 2019. April 12, 2019.
  5. Web site: Dance/Electronic Songs: April 27, 2019. Billboard. 27 April 2019.