"Bayatılar" is a song by

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i musician

Eldar Mansurov Eldar Bahram oglu Mansurov ( / , ; born February 28, 1952) is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and songwriter. Early life He is a member of the Mansurov family, which has contributed immeasurably to the advancement of Azerbaijani composers ...

with lyrics by Vahid Aziz. It was released in 1989 by

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, the

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and

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. In 1991, the song was released on the compilation album ''Bayatı'' on

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, the Soviet state label, alongside songs by

Aygun Kazimova Aygun Alasgar gyzy Kazimova () (born 26 January 1971) is an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani Singing, singer, songwriter, pop musician, and actress. She is a well known singer in Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia. Her 2006 and 2007 solo concerts in Mosco ...

and Firangiz Rehimbeyli. The music to the song was used as a soundtrack in

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(2001)

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film.

Other versions and sampling

"Bayatılar" has been covered, interpolated and sampled in songs by many other artists, such as in the following: *1990: Ashkhabad - "Bayaty" (

)Covers of Bayatilar
''whosampled.com'' *1990: Reno - "Zdrastvuy" (

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

) *1995:

Sezen Aksu Sezen Aksu (; born Fatma Sezen Yıldırım; 13 July 1954) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and producer. She is one of the most successful Turkish people, Turkish singers, having sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Q ...

- "Zalim" (

) *1995:

Levent Yüksel Levent Uğur Yüksel (born October 21, 1964) is a Turkish pop singer and multi instrumentalist. He has been active in live music industry since 1993. Life Yüksel's interest in arts and music started in an early age. He started to play violin at ...

- "Zalim" (Turkey) - cover of Sezen Aksu's "Zalim" *1995: Petros Dourdoubakis and Petros Dourdoumpakis - "Taxidiariko Pouli" (

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

) *1997:

Dimitra Galani Dimitra Galani () is a Greek singer and songwriter. Galani was born 1952 in Athens and began her musical career at the age of 16 providing vocals on several tracks of Dimos Moutsis and Nikos Gatsos on the album "A Smile": (). She subsequently ...

- "Oses Foties" (Greece) *1998: Monica Salmaso - "Bayatı" (

) *2002: Grinsteins Mischpoche - "Bayatı" (

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

) *2003:

Katy Garbi Katerina "Katy" Garbi (, ; born 8 June 1961) is a Greek singer. Her career has spanned over 35 years with over 2 million records sold in Greece and abroad. Garbi's discography is marked by several multi-platinum releases, including ''Arhizo Polem ...

- "Esena Mono" (Greece) *2003: Vasilis Lekkas - "Taxidiariko Pouli" (Greece) *2004:

Dino Merlin Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September 1962), known professionally as Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born in Sarajevo, he founded and led the band Merlin (Yugoslav band), Merlin, one of the best-selling Rock b ...

- "Subota" (

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) *2005: Seray Sever - "İçim yanıyor" (Turkey) *2005:

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- "Don't Stop" (United States) *2006: Dilek Budak - "Adını Yıldızlara" (Turkey) *2006: Ziyoda - "Yollarim" (

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) *2006: Lachyn Mammedowa - "Yalnyz yuregim" (

) *2006:

- "Bayatılar" (Azerbaijan) *2006: Hüseyn Karadayı and DJ Funky C - "Miracles" (Turkey) - based on Levent Yüksel's "Zalim" *2006: DJ Pantelis - "I Have a Dream" (Greece) - based on Levent Yüksel's "Zalim" *2006: The Guzek Trio - "Bayati" ( UK) *2007: Çalar Saat - "Zalim" (Turkey) - cover of Sezen Aksu's "Zalim" *2008: Milad və Mohammad - "Are Faghat To" (

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) *2008:

Brilliant Dadashova Brilliant Suleyman gyzy Dadashova ( ; born 15 September 1959Edward Maya Eduard Marian Ilie (; born 29 June 1986), better known by his stage name Edward Maya, is a Romanian musician, record producer, DJ, singer and songwriter. He is known for his 2009 smash hit single "Stereo Love". Career In and around 2006, Maya w ...

and

Vika Jigulina Vika Jigulina (born Victoria Corneva; February 18, 1986) is a Moldovan-Romanian record producer, singer, and disc jockey. Early life and education Jigulina was born on February 18, 1986, in Cahul, a city in the Moldavian SSR of the Soviet Unio ...

- "

Stereo Love "Stereo Love" is a song by Romanian musician Edward Maya featuring Moldovan-Romanian musician Vika Jigulina. It was released as their debut Single (music), single on 23 February 2009 for Airplay, radio airplay in Romania, and was later included o ...

" (

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) *2009: Cantodiscanto - "Bayati" (

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) *2009: Mikhail Mirzabekov - "Bayatilar" *2010: Edward Maya and

Mia Martina Martine Johnson, better known by her stage name Mia Martina, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is known for her hit singles "Stereo Love#Mia Martina version, Stereo Love", "Burning", "Latin Moon" and "Beast (Mia Martina song), Beast". Mar ...

- "Stereo Love" (

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) - remix of Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina's "Stereo Love" *2010: PJ feat. Velvet - "Stereo Love" (

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) - cover of Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina's "Stereo Love" *2010: Ivan Zak - "Dečko sa Balkana (Stereo Love)" (

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) - cover of Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina's "Stereo Love" *2010: Benjamim Taubkin - "Bayaty" (Brazil) *2012: Saltanath - "Zalim" (Turkey) - cover of Sezen Aksu's "Zalim" *2012: Aydan Kaya - "Zalim" (Turkey) - cover of Sezen Aksu's "Zalim" *2012: Severina - "Brad Pitt" (Croatia) - cover of Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina's "Stereo Love" *2012:

Matthaios Tsahouridis Matthaios Tsahouridis (Greek language, Greek: Ματθαίος Τσαχουρίδης; born 18 September 1978) is a Pontic Greeks, Pontic Greek musician and composer who plays a range of stringed musical instruments. He was born in Veria, Greec ...

- "Zalim/Bayatilar" (Greece) *2013:

Bengü Bengü Erden (born 2 April 1979) is a Turkish singer. She became first familiar with music during her time at the İzmir State Symphony Orchestra. In İzmir, she was cast in a leading role in the musical "Oliver Twist". She later took singing ...

- "Zalim" (Turkey) - cover of Sezen Aksu's "Zalim" *2013: Babbe Rabbe - "Bayatilar" (

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) *2014: Dobranotch - "Bayatilar" (Russia) *2014: Abash - "Bayati" (Italy) *2019: Drenchill - "Never, Never" (

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) *2020: Why So Sad - "Out of Time" (Germany) *2021:

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and Edward Maya - "Feel Your Love" - contains elements of "Stereo Love" *2023:

Tanishk Bagchi Tanishk Bagchi (born 23 November 1980) is an Indian music producer, composer, singer and lyricist in Hindi films. He is known for tracks like "Vaaste", "Bolna", "Ve Maahi", " Aankh Maarey" (recreated), " Dilbar" (recreated), "Jehda Nasha" (recr ...

and Edward Maya - "Love Stereo Again" (India) *2025: Enisa, Cheat Codes, Edward Maya - "Be Your Friend" (Albania)

Copyright issues

Stereo Love

In the autumn of 2009, during his stay in

, Azerbaijani composer

heard the song "Stereo Love" and contacted the Romanian Police, claiming the melody in the chorus was taken from his popular 1989 composition "Bayatılar". In the music video, the composer of "Stereo Love" was only listed as anonymous. The office confirmed with Edward Maya that he had in fact copied Mansurov's work. He admitted to have been fascinated by an accordion version of "Bayatılar" which he had come across online in early 2009 and claimed to have tried to contact the author but had been unable to due to his busy schedule. On 19 January 2010, Edward Maya signed an agreement with Eldar Mansurov in

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, confirming their co-authorship of "Stereo Love".

Esena Mono

Greek singer

used the modified version of melody of Bayatılar in the song "Esena Mono" from the album Emmones Idees (2008). Mansurov sued Dimitris Kontopulos (composer) and

Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the ...

Hellas AE (publisher) for stealing his original work in 2011. The Greek court said that the similarity between 2 songs are more than 50 percent. The entire process finished in 2023 in favor of Mansurov.

References

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Other versions and sampling

Copyright issues

Stereo Love

Esena Mono

See also

References