''Gol-e Yakh'' (

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: گل‌یخ; ''Ice Flower'', also

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) is the debut solo

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album by Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kourosh Yaghmaei Kourosh Yaghmaei ( fa, کورش یغمایی also spelled as Kourosh Yaghmaee; born 3 December 1946) is an Iranian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer, who started his career in the early 1970s. Regarded as one of the greatest Persian ...

. The album was released in 1973 by

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in Iran and was produced by Yaghmaei. The song "Gol-e Yakh," a melancholic ballad about love that endures through the bitterest winters was Yaghmaei's debut single and a huge success more than five million copies sold in the domestic market. Since it was released, there have been many performances within and outside of Iran. It brought fame to Yaghmaei and was translated into and adapted for other languages. Backed with the single "Del Dareh Pir Misheh," an Iranian-style

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song. Both singles were released in Iran in 1973 by Ahang Rooz and on February 2, 2012, in United States by

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. The album was rereleased on October 21, 1991, by Caltex.

Background

The lyrics were written by Yaghmaei and Mahdi Akhavan Langeroudi, Yaghmaei's university friend and modern Persian poet.

Singles

In 1973, as Yaghmaei's first single "Gol-e Yakh" A-side

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was released with "Del Dareh Pir Misheh" B-side by the Ahange Rooz record label. In the same year under the same lebel "Leila" / "Paeiz" was released. In 1974, "Hajme Khali" / "Akhm Nakon" and in 1975 "Saraabe Toe" / "Dar Enteha" was released by Ahange Rooz.

Track listing

In popular culture

The song "Gol-e Yakh" is sampled on several albums by various Western artists. The 2018 "Adam and Eve" on the album ''

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'' by American rapper

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features the song as its main backing sample. In 2005, Iranian

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film ''

Gol-e Yakh ''Gol-e Yakh'' (Persian language, Persian: گل‌یخ; ''Ice Flower'', also Wintersweet) is the debut solo Studio album, studio album by Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist Kourosh Yaghmaei. The album was released in 1973 by Caltex Records, C ...

'' directed by Kiumars Poorahmad was named after this song. The song was also featured in Desiree Akhavan's film Appropriate Behavior (2014).

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* {{Authority control 1973 debut albums Kourosh Yaghmaei albums Albums produced by Kourosh Yaghmaei Caltex Records albums Persian-language albums