Byle jak

"Byle jak"
Single by Margaret
from the album Monkey Business
Released21 December 2017 (2017-12-21)
GenrePop
Length3:00
LabelMagic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dimitri Stassos
Margaret singles chronology
"6 in the Morning"
(2017)
"Byle jak"
(2017)
"In My Cabana"
(2018)

"Byle jak" (English: "Anyhow") is a song by Polish singer Margaret. It was included on the deluxe edition of her third studio album, Monkey Business (2017). The song was written by Emil Gullhamn, Sebastian Hallifax, Dimitri Stassos, and Margaret, and produced by Stassos.[1] It was released to contemporary hit radio in Poland on 21 December 2017 as the second single from Monkey Business, premiering on Radio ZET.[2]

Margaret added "Byle jak" to her concert set list in June 2016, a year before its official studio version was released on Monkey Business.[3] She revealed in 2018 that she wrote the song for another Polish artist (later confirmed to be Grzegorz Hyży) three years prior, but after he did not record it, she decided to include it on her album.[4][5] Margaret performed "Byle jak" for the first time on television in September 2017 at the National Festival of Polish Song broadcast by TVP1.[6] The single reached number six on the Polish Airplay Chart, and earned Margaret her first Fryderyk nomination. Its music video was the 10th most watched Polish music video on YouTube in 2018.

On 14 April 2023, Margaret released live version of "Byle jak" as the lead single from her MTV Unplugged concert special and its accompanying live album.[7]

  1. ^ Margaret (2017). Monkey Business (booklet) (deluxe ed.). Extensive Music, Magic Records.
  2. ^ "Magic Records – Pierwszy singiel Margaret w języku..." (in Polish). Facebook. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Margaret zaprezentowała nowy utwór" (in Polish). All About Music. 4 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Opole 2018. Margaret: Piosenka "Byle jak" przeleżała lata w szufladzie". Nasze Miasto (in Polish). 10 June 2018. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ Sowa, Karol (30 March 2023). "Margaret wspomina "The Voice of Poland": "Gdy założyłam tęczową sukienkę, produkcja przerwała pracę na kilka godzin"". Viva! (in Polish). Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  6. ^ Piotrowicz, Paweł (18 September 2018). "Opole 2017, koncert Od Opola do Opola: nierówno pod sufitem" (in Polish). Onet.pl. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Margaret ze stylowym prezentem na 10-lecie twórczości" (in Polish). Codzienna Gazeta Muzyczna. 14 April 2023. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.