"Babacar" is a 1987 song recorded by French singer

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. Written by

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, it was the first single from the album of the same name. Released on 3 April 1987, it reached the top 20 in France and West Germany. All copyright revenue was donated to the family of Babacar (a little boy in Africa, Babacar Sall, whom they got to know on one of their vacations).

Track listings

; 7-inch single # "Babacar" – 4:42 # "C'est bon que tu sois là" – 3:39

Charts

Kate Ryan version

It was announced by

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in early 2009 that her new single would be a French track and a cover. Later on, at the end of May, the single cover was released and it was confirmed that it would be another

cover. Ryan performed and presented the single for the first time in her gig at

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in London, United Kingdom. Later, a preview of the official video was onlineone week before the Belgian release of the single. The song debuted first in Sweden at No. 27, debuting one week after in Belgium at No. 22. The song was already released in

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and the

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and a German release was set for 30 October 2009.

Track listings

; CD single # "Babacar" (radio edit) — 3.11 # "Babacar" (extended mix) — 5.18 ; CD maxi # "Babacar" (radio edit) – 3:21 # "Babacar" (extended) – 5:21 # "Babacar" (basto! remix) – 6:33 # "Babacar" (XTM remix) – 6:34

Charts

Other cover versions

In 2009, the song was covered by

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on her eighth studio album ''

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'', as 14th track.

References

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