• Source: Yassassin

"Yassassin" (Bowie's pronunciation ; also known as "Yassassin (Turkish for: Long Live)", and released in Turkey as "Yassassin (Yaşasın)") is a song written by 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 (pronounced [jaʃaˈsɯn]), 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.
"Yassassin" was released as the third single from Lodger, but only in the Netherlands and Turkey. The Dutch single edit of the song was included on Re:Call 3, part of the A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) compilation (2017).




Track listing






= RCA PB-9417 (Netherlands)

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"Yassassin" (David Bowie) – 3:06
"Repetition" (Bowie) – 2:58




= RCA 79.014 (Turkey)

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"Yassassin" (Bowie)
"Red Money" (Bowie, Carlos Alomar)




Personnel


According to Chris O'Leary:

David Bowie – lead and background vocals, synthesiser
Carlos Alomar – lead guitar, background vocals
Tony Visconti – rhythm guitar, background vocals
George Murray – bass, background vocals
Simon House – violin, background vocals
Dennis Davis – drums, tambourine, background vocals
Technical

David Bowie – producer
Tony Visconti – producer




Cover versions


The song was covered by new wave band Litfiba in 1984.
American indie rock band Shearwater performed a version of the song in May 2016 for The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series, and again as part of a live performance of the entire Berlin Trilogy for WNYC in 2018.




References






= Sources

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O'Leary, Chris (2019). Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2016. London: Repeater. ISBN 978-1-91224-830-8.

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