"Je m'appelle Bagdad" | ||||
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Single by Tina Arena | ||||
from the album Un Autre Univers | ||||
Released | 22 May 2006 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:19 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
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Producer(s) | David Gategno | |||
Tina Arena singles chronology | ||||
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"Je m'appelle Bagdad" is the second single to be released from Tina Arena's fifth studio album Un autre univers. It is a ballad with various orientalist themes. The song received significant airplay on French radio as did its predecessor "Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible".
Arena is quoted as saying the song's title, which roughly translates as "My Name Is Bagdad", is misleading. "This is not a political song and it’s not about a political subject. It’s a metaphor - like a poem. It’s a woman saying ... I was once beautiful and now I’m in ruins, I’m destroyed."[1]