Saharna Ya Leil (Arabic: سهرنا يا ليل) (English: Keep Us Up All Night) is the tenth studio album by Lebanese singer Elissa released by Rotana on 9 September 2016.[1] The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard World Albums chart.[2] The promotional singles "Maliket El Ehsas" and "Saharna Ya Leil" preceded the album's release.[3]
Singles and music videos
"Saharna Ya Leil" was released as a promotional single on 29 June 2016 on Anghami.[4] A music video directed by Angy Jammal premiered on Rotana's YouTube account on 18 November 2016.[5]
"Maliket El Ehsas" was released as a promotional single on 2 August 2016.[6]
A music video for "Aaks Elli Shayfenha", directed by Angy Jammal, premiered on 19 July 2017. The video depicts the life of Lebanese belly dancerDany Bustros, who had committed suicide in December 1998 after being severely depressed by the death of her son four years earlier. Fans praised the video as powerful, touching and important regarding mental health awareness. The video had garnered over 3 million views on YouTube and 8 million views on Anghami within one week of being released.[7][8]
"Ya Rait" (alternatively romanised as "Ya Rayt" or "Ya Reit") is the theme song for the 2016 Ramadan television series of the same name and was released digitally on 16 May.[9] A music video directed by Manolis Ibrahim was later released on 21 May and has amassed over 100 million views on YouTube as of July 2022.[10] The song was later included on "Saharna Ya Leil" as a bonus track.
Despite not being released as a single, the lyric video for the song "Maktooba Leek" garnered over 200 million views on YouTube and is the most viewed video on Rotana's official YouTube channel.[11]
Track listing
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Arranger
Length
1.
"Saharna Ya Leil" (Keep Us Up All Night)
Malak Adel
Mohamed Yehia
Yehia Youssef
4:16
2.
"Wala Baad Senin" (Not in a Million Years)
Nader Abdallah
Nezih Üçler
Nasser El Assaad
4:34
3.
"Aaks Elli Shayfenha" (The Opposite of What You See)
Amir Teima
Walid Saad
Ahmed Ibrahim
4:26
4.
"Maliket El Ehsas" (Queen of Feelings)
Oussama Moustafa
Samer Abou Taleb
Tamim
4:43
5.
"Fall El Haki" (The Words Have Left)
Youssef Sleiman
Salah Al Kurdi
Nasser El Assaad
5:02
6.
"Motamareda" (Rebel)
Ahmed El Gandy
Madian
Amr Ismael
4:53
7.
"Metlak Ma Fi Ensan" (There's No One Like You)
Oussama Moustafa
Samer Abou Taleb
Nasser El Assaad
4:44
8.
"Omry Ebtada" (My Life Began)
Ahmed El Gandy
Madian
Tamim
3:29
9.
"Hatsebni" (You're Leaving Me?)
Ahmed Marzouk
Mohammed Rahim
Tamim
5:07
10.
"Aghla El Habayeb" (Dearest Lover)
Ahmed Marzouq
Madian
Ahmed Abdel Salam
3:18
11.
"Hakhaf Men Eah" (What's Scaring Me?)
Nader Abdallah
Mohamed Yehia
Ahmad Ibrahim
4:45
12.
"Alb W Rouh" (Heart and Soul)
Oussama Moustafa
Samer Abou Taleb
Tamim
5:00
13.
"Mesh Arfa Laih" (I Don't Know Why)
Bahaa El Dine Mohammed
Madian
Ahmed Abdel Salam
3:35
14.
"Maktooba Leek" (Destined for You)
Nader Abdallah
Mohamed Yehia
Walid Sharaki
5:16
15.
"El Hodn" (Hugs)
Salama Ali
Cherif Badr
Yehia Youssef
4:03
16.
"Ya Rait" (I Wish)
Salah Al Kurdi
Salah Al Kurdi
Nasser El Assaad
4:32
Total length:
71:43
Notes
"Wala Baad Senin" is an Arabic-language cover of the 2015 Turkish song "Git Diyemem" by Ezo.
