Shadilay

{{short description|1986 Italian disco song}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Shadilay

| cover = Shadilay album cover.png

| caption = Cover art

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| type = single

| artist = P.E.P.E.

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| A-side = Shadilay (Vocal)

| B-side = Shadilay (Instrumental)

| released = {{Start date|1986|3|3}} (Italy){{Cite web|url=https://songdata.io/track/1ejaCENN20RURXR9hxOV9S/Shadilay-Instrumental-by-PEPE|title=Shadilay (Instrumental) - P.E.P.E. Key and BPM|website=songdata.io}}
{{Start date|2017|11|23}} (U.S.){{Cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/P.E.P.E./Shadilay|title=Shadilay — P.E.P.E.|website=Last.fm}}

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| genre = {{hlist|Electronic|Italo disco}}

| length = {{unbulleted list|6:06 (vocal extended version)|4:14 (italian version)|4:18 (english version)}}

| label = Magic Sound

| writer = {{ill|Manuele Pepe|it}}

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| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|PNekfUeuzsc| "Shadilay"}}}}

}}

"Shadilay" is an Italo disco song by the Italian band P.E.P.E.,{{efn|P.E.P.E. is an acronym for "Point Emerging Probably Entering"|name=|group=}} released in 1986 by the music label Magic Sound.{{Cite news|url=https://www.7sur7.be/home/un-tube-italo-disco-est-devenu-l-hymne-des-neo-nazis-americains~a542e591/|title=Un tube italo disco est devenu l'hymne des néo-nazis américains|date=2017-09-11|work=7sur7}} It was written by Italian singer-songwriter Marco Ceramicola, who sang under the pseudonym of Manuele Pepe.{{Cite web|last=Nazione|first=La|date=2017-09-14|title=Made in Viareggio l'inno di Trump. La seconda vita di 'Shadilay'|url=https://www.lanazione.it/viareggio/cronaca/made-viareggio-inno-trump-1.3397934|access-date=2021-12-05|website=La Nazione|language=it}}{{Cite news |last=Tortora |first=Francesco |date=11 September 2017 |title=L'inno dei suprematisti bianchi? È una hit italiana degli anni '80 |language=it |trans-title=The anthem of the white supremacists? It is an Italian hit from the 1980s |work=Corriere della Sera |url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/17_settembre_11/inno-suprematisti-bianchi-hit-italiana-anni-80-8c615e16-96d7-11e7-a8c4-d6984e0113f4.shtml |access-date=25 August 2022}}

It gained attention in 2016 for the band name's similarity to the meme Pepe the Frog, as well as the single's label art also featuring a drawing of a cartoon frog.{{Cite news |last=Kestenbaum |first=Sam |date=25 January 2017 |title='Alt-Right' Disrupts Seemingly Clueless Shia LaBeouf's Live Broadcast |work=The Forward |url=https://forward.com/news/361175/watch-alt-right-disrupts-seemingly-clueless-shia-labeoufs-live-broadcast/ |access-date=25 August 2022}} The label art belongs to Magic Sound, and has been used in multiple songs produced by them, including "Babababo" by Bibox.{{Citation|title=Magic Sound Records|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/55211-Magic-Sound}} It has since been used as the anthem for the fictional country of Kekistan.{{cite web |url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shadilay |title=Shadilay |author=Don Caldwell|date=August 2017|website= Know Your Meme |access-date= 2019-07-15 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.slate.fr/story/150663/alt-right-approprie-tube-italo-disco|title=Comment l'alt-right s'est approprié un tube italo-disco oublié pour en faire son hymne|date=2017-09-10|website=Slate.fr|language=fr|access-date=2019-08-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.agi.it/estero/kekistan_bandiera_salvini-3561426/news/2018-02-27/|title=Ecco a voi Big Man Tyrone, il presidente del Kekistan|website=Agi|language=it|access-date=2019-08-15}} Ceramicola, who had since abandoned his career in the music industry, felt the newfound worldwide audience the song received online to be unexpected.