Mi Gna
{{Short description|2016 song by Super Sako featuring Spitakci Hayko}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Mi Gna
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| type = single
| artist = Super Sako featuring Spitakci Hayko
| album = Love Crimes
| released = 2016
| recorded = 2016
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| genre = R&B, Armenian folk music
| length = 3:37
| label =
| writer = {{flat list|
- Artak Aramyan
- Sarkis Balasanyan}}
| producer = Super Sako
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| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Spitakci Hayko
| type = singles
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = Mi Gna
| year = 2017
| next_title =
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}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|TPjN6N8TgNI|"Mi Gna"}} }}
}}
"Mi Gna" ({{langx|hy|Մի Գնա|lit=Don't Go}}) is a song in Armenian and English by Armenian-American rapper Super Sako (Sarkis Balasanyan) and features vocals by the Armenian rabiz singer Spitakci Hayko (Hayk Ghevondyan). The song samples In Da Club by 50 Cent.
"Mi Gna" was written by Artak Aramyan with added English lyrics by Super Sako and appeared in his 2016 album Love Crimes. The song was uploaded to YouTube on August 17, 2016, and without the release of any official music video for the song, it became a huge hit in Armenia, the Armenian diaspora, Turkey,{{cite news|title='Mi Gna' by Armenian rapper Super Sako becomes top hit in Turkey|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/884711/|work=Armenpress|date=30 March 2017}} the Arab countries,{{cite news|last1=Hakhverdyan|first1=Nune|title=Newsmakers in Armenia in 2017|url=https://media.am/en/newsmakers-in-armenia-2017|work=media.am|agency=Media Initiatives Center|date=29 December 2017}}{{cite news|title=Под "взрывной" армянский хит "Ми Гна" в Египте "заснули"?|url=https://news.rambler.ru/other/38751677-pod-vzryvnoy-armyanskiy-hit-mi-gna-v-egipte-zasnuli-video/|work=Rambler|date=23 December 2017|language=ru}} and elsewhere worldwide. The video attracted 50 million views by June 2017,{{cite news|title='Mi Gna' by Super Sako Hits 50 Million Views on YouTube|url=http://asbarez.com/164442/mi-gna-by-super-sako-hits-50-million-views-on-youtube/|work=Asbarez|date=20 June 2017}} making it the most viewed song on YouTube by Armenian artists, not including songs by American band System of a Down.{{cite news|title=Mi Gna by rapper Super Sako and Spitaktsi Hayko hits record number YouTube views in Armenian show-biz|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/894407/mi-gna-by-rapper-super-sako-and-spitaktsi-hayko-hits-record-number-youtube-views-in-armenian-show-biz.html|work=Armenpress|date=10 June 2017}} The video has garnered more than 186 million views as of December 2019.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjN6N8TgNI Super Sako YouTube channel: Super Sako - Mi Gna ft. Hayko]
Maître Gims Remix
{{Infobox song
| name = Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix)
| cover = M-Gna-Maitre-Gims-Super-Sako-Hayko.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Maître Gims and Super Sako featuring Hayko
| album = Ceinture noire
| released = 19 January 2018
| recorded = 2017
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = R&B, Popular Armenian music, dance music
| length = 3:35
| label = Chahawat / B1 (Sony Music)
| writer = {{flat list|
- Artak Aramyan (Armenian)
- Sarkis Balasanyan (English)
- Maître Gims (French)
- Araik Mouradian}}
| producer = {{flat list|
- Maître Gims
- MG Mouradian}}
| chronology = Maître Gims
| prev_title = Caméléon
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Loup garou
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Super Sako
| type = singles
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = Mi Gna
| year = 2018
| next_title =
| next_year = 2
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|NtccSFkAhrM|"Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix"}} }}
}}
The song was covered by Congolese singer and rapper Maître Gims in a trilingual Armenian, French and English version titled "Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix)". This version included additional French-language lyrics by Maître Gims and Araik Mouradian and was produced by Gims and MG Mouradian.{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ma%EEtre+Gims+%26+Super+Sako+feat%2E+Hayko&titel=Mi+gna+%28Ma%EEtre+Gims+Remix%29&cat=s|title=Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko - "Mi gna (Maître Gims Remix)"|publisher=LesCharts.com|accessdate=24 January 2018}} The remix was released on 19 January 2018 in France. The release was accompanied by an official music video filmed in New York and Directed By Adam Nael.{{cite web|title=Maître Gims - Mi Gna ft. Super Sako, Hayko (Clip Officiel)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtccSFkAhrM|publisher=Maître GIMS|date=18 January 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Maitre-Gims/news-105965.html|author=Johann Ruelle|title=Clip "Mi Gna" : Maître Gims remixe le tube phénomène de Super Sako et Hayko|publisher=chartsinfrance.net|date=19 January 2018|accessdate=22 January 2018|language=fr}} The video with Maître Gims version has attracted 255 million views as of August 2022.
In its first week of release in France on Chahawat / B1 labels and distributed by Sony Music, "Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix)" entered the French Singles Chart at number 7, peaking eventually at number 4. It also reached #14 on the SNEP Telecharged Singles chart and #35 on SNEP "Top Singles - Streaming" chart. In Belgium, where the single is released by Play Two and distributed by Warner Music, it reached number 38 in the Belgian Ultratop Wallonia chart.[http://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/1a5d86/Maitre-Gims-&-Super-Sako-feat.-Hayko-Mi-gna-(Maitre-Gims-Remix) Ultratop.be/fr/ - Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko - Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix) song page] and peaked at number 8 on Belgian Wallonia Urban Top 50 Chart. The single also charted in the Swiss Hitparade, entering at number 74.
"Mi Gna" was included in Maître Gims' 2018 album Ceinture noire that made it to the number one position on the French SNEP Albums chart, on the Swiss Hitparade Albums chart and on the Ultratop Belgian (Wallonia) Albums chart.
Versions
=Language versions=
The song has been subject to a great number language versions including:
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! Language !! Performer !! Original | ||||
| rowspan="3" | Arabic including dialects | Balti
| Mi Gna | Mi Gna | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OudTQnoRXAs link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/OudTQnoRXAs archived]) | |||
| Maya | توحشتك آنا - Mi Gna (Cover Mashup Song) | Twahachtek Ana - Mi Gna (Cover Mashup Song) | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rfVJiaWpqM link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/1rfVJiaWpqM archived]) | |
| Big Shift & Dr Black | تانبغيك أنا | Tanibghik ana | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB5CjmAIOF8 link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/dB5CjmAIOF8 archived]) | |
| Bulgarian | Toni Storaro and Fiki feat. Ustata | Моята жена | Moyata zhena | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z_e-5R2lHk link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/5z_e-5R2lHk archived]) |
| French | Maître Gims & Super Sako (feat. Hayko) | Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix) | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtccSFkAhrM link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/NtccSFkAhrM archived]) | |
| Georgian | Shai Gal | დღე არის თუ ღამეა | Dghe aris tu ghamea | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZUrCl7sHFc link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/HZUrCl7sHFc archived]) |
| rowspan=2|Greek | Grigoris Markelis feat. Patro | Όσα έρθουν | Osa ertun | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R5ZZpcsAWA link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/5R5ZZpcsAWA archived]) |
| Super Sako feat. Panos Kiamos & Bo | Θέλω να σε ξαναδώ | Thelo na se xanado | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPiPMzVSyYw link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/GPiPMzVSyYw archived]) | |
| Hebrew | Dj Avi Panel feat. Zehava Cohen | מי גנה | Mi Gna | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MQC9l4dhGQ link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/-MQC9l4dhGQ archived]) |
| Hindi | Mika Singh feat. Ali Quli Mirza | Ishqam | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wg1UwuyfZ8 link] | |
| Kurdish | Navid Zardi & Hardi Salami | Ishqt (ئيشقت) | Your Love | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPMmy3t_O_c link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/RPMmy3t_O_c archived]) |
| Romanian | Elis Armeanca feat Mr Juve | Cine e inima mea | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKiXZa0iAgQ link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/PKiXZa0iAgQ archived]) | |
| Turkish | Berat Toksöz feat. Barış Koçak | Bitti Artık Bu Sevda | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfwAf5JxIUc link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/lfwAf5JxIUc archived]) | |
| Serbian | Vanja Mijatović x Gasttozz | Скупо би те платио | Skupo bi te platio | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA10mV2Dw-k link] ([https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/BA10mV2Dw-k archived]) |
There are also versions in Albanian, Assyrian, Dutch, German and Russian amongst many.
=Samplings and adaptations=
Armenian singer Agas released an adaptation "Nazani, Mi Gna, Sirun Kuku" sampling heavily from the song.
"Mi Gna" has also been subject to many remixes, samplings and adaptations notably by DJ Pantelis (Greece).
In 2021, the South Asian artist CAPS sampled on the song in his hit "Shoulda Never" that charted in UK's Asian Charts.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPJUNDbisvo 5starcaps YouTube channel: Caps - Shoulda Never (Official Music Video) (ProdbyCJ)]
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2017–2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{single chart|Wallonia|21|artist=Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko|song=Mi gna (Maître Gims Remix)|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 April 2018}} |
| bgcolor="#EAECF0" align="left" | Bulgaria (ARC Top 40){{cite web |url=https://acharts.co/song/111519 |title=Mi Gna |work=Acharts.co}}
| 14 |
| {{single chart|France|4|artist=Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko|song=Mi gna (Maître Gims Remix)|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 January 2018}} |
| scope="row"| Romania (Airplay 100){{Cite web|url=https://www.unsitedemuzica.ro/topuri/Top-Airplay-100-G-Eazy-pastreaza-coroana-clasamentului-p5234|title = Un site de muzică}}
| 2 |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|74|artist=Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko|song=Mi gna (Maître Gims Remix)|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 January 2018}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| Chart (2018)
!Position |
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| scope="row"| Romania (Airplay 100){{cite web|url=http://www.kissfm.ro/podcasturi/5974|title=Airplay 100 – Topul Anului 2018|trans-title=Year-end chart 2018|publisher=Kiss FM|language=Romanian|accessdate=30 December 2018|date=30 December 2018}}
| 8 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko|title=Mi Gna|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|certmonth=4|accessdate=20 March 2018|note=Maître Gims remix}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true | nosales=true | streaming=true}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.supersako.com/ Super Sako Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCmMrepaXt6jktLGtDAdtMw Super Sako YouTube channel]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjN6N8TgNI Super Sako YouTube channel: Super Sako - "Mi Gna" ft. Hayko]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtccSFkAhrM Maître Gims YouTube channel: Maître Gims & Super Sako - "Mi Gna" ft. Hayko]
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