"Je m'appelle Bagdad" is the second

single Single may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Single (music), a song release Songs * "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004 * "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008 * "Single" (William Wei song), 2016 * "Single", by ...

to be released from

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

's fifth studio

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'' Un autre univers''. It is a ballad with various orientalist themes. The song received significant airplay on French radio as did its predecessor "

Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible "Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible" (2005) is the first single from Australian singer Tina Arena's fifth studio album and its title roughly translates as "Love till the impossible" in English. The single was Tina's biggest hit in France to date. After ...

". Arena is quoted as saying the song's title, which roughly translates as "My Name Is Bagdad", is misleading. "This is not a political song and it’s not about a political subject. It’s a metaphor - like a poem. It’s a woman saying ... I was once beautiful and now I’m in ruins, I’m destroyed."Tina Arena.com News Article
12 April 2006.

Track listing

CD single #"Je m'appelle Bagdad" (David Gategno, Elodie Hesme) – 4:19 #"Si j'avais le temps" (Tina Arena,

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, Vincent Hare) – 4:11 #"Je m'appelle Bagdad (Remix)" (Gategno, Hesme) – 3:50

Music video

The

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for the song was filmed in February 2006 in the

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n desert and the Palace of

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by Thierry Vergnes, who also directed the video for "Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible". About the video, Arena said, "There's always pressure to make a beautiful video but I really wanted tell the story of how complex humans are and how they can both create and destroy beautiful things." An Iraqi orthodontist living in France has also created
video, hosted on YouTube
of the song.

Track listing

Music video

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

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