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Wikipedia article




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| album = Love Crimes

| released = 2016

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| genre = R&B, popular Armenian music

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"'Mi Gna'" (, meaning "Don't Go") is a song in Armenian and English by Armenian-American rapper Super Sako (Sarkis Balasanyan) and features vocals by the Armenian rabiz singer Spitakci Hayko (Hayk Ghevondyan).

"Mi Gna" was written by Artak Aramyan with added English lyrics by Super Sako and appeared in his 2016 album 'Love Crimes'. The song was uploaded to YouTube on August 17, 2016, and without the release of any official music video for the song, it became a huge hit in Armenia, the Armenian diaspora, Turkey, the Arab countries, and elsewhere worldwide. The video attracted 50 million views by June 2017, making it the most viewed song on YouTube by Armenian artists, not including songs by Armenian-American band System of a Down. The video has garnered more than 186 million views as of December 2019.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjN6N8TgNI Super Sako YouTube channel: Super Sako - Mi Gna ft. Hayko]

Matre Gims Remix



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| artist = Matre Gims and Super Sako featuring Hayko

| album = Ceinture noire

| released = 19 January 2018

| recorded = 2017

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| genre = R&B, Popular Armenian music, dance music

| length = 3:35

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The song was covered by Congolese-French singer and rapper Matre Gims in a trilingual Armenian, French and English version titled "Mi Gna (Matre Gims Remix)". This version included additional French-language lyrics by Matre Gims and Araik Mouradian and was produced by Gims and MG Mouradian. The remix was released on 19 January 2018 in France. The release was accompanied by an official music video filmed in New York and Directed By Adam Nael. The video with Matre Gims version has attracted 255 million views as of August 2022.

In its first week of release in France on Chahawat / B1 labels and distributed by Sony Music, "Mi Gna (Matre Gims Remix)" entered the French Singles Chart at number 7, peaking eventually at number 4. It also reached #14 on the SNEP Telecharged Singles chart and #35 on SNEP "Top Singles - Streaming" chart. In Belgium, where the single is released by Play Two and distributed by Warner Music, it reached number 38 in the Belgian Ultratop Wallonia chart.[http://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/1a5d86/Maitre-Gims-&-Super-Sako-feat.-Hayko-Mi-gna-(Maitre-Gims-Remix) Ultratop.be/fr/ - Matre Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko - Mi Gna (Matre Gims Remix) song page] and peaked at number 8 on Belgian Wallonia Urban Top 50 Chart. The single also charted in the Swiss Hitparade, entering at number 74.

"Mi Gna" was included in Matre Gims' 2018 album 'Ceinture noire' that made it to the number one position on the French SNEP Albums chart, on the Swiss Hitparade Albums chart and on the Ultratop Belgian (Wallonia) Albums chart.

Versions



Language versions

The song has been subject to a great number language versions including:

There are also versions in Albanian, Assyrian, Dutch, German and Russian amongst many.

Samplings and adaptations

Armenian singer Agas released an adaptation "Nazani, Mi Gna, Sirun Kuku" sampling heavily from the song.

"Mi Gna" has also been subject to many remixes, samplings and adaptations notably by DJ Pantelis (Greece).

In 2021, the South Asian artist CAPS sampled on the song in his hit "Shoulda Never" that charted in UK's Asian Charts.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPJUNDbisvo 5starcaps YouTube channel: Caps - Shoulda Never (Official Music Video) (ProdbyCJ)]

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