Tarkan Tevetoğlu (October 17, 1972), popularly known as Tarkan, is a German-born Turkish pop singer. He has been nicknamed the “Prince Of Pop”. Tarkan’s effect on Turkey has been compared by The Washington Post as analogous to Elvis in America circa 1957 and Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegün described him as one of the best live performers he had ever seen. He has also been listed by Rhapsody as a key artist in the history of European pop music, with his signature song “Şımarık” as a keystone track that moved the genre forward.

Produced by Söğütoğlu, his debut album Yine Sensiz (Without You Again) sold 750 thousand copies after its release in December 1992. He had teamed up with then little known Ozan Çolakoğlu, who later co-produced his albums. The success of Tarkan in the early 90s was seen by some as a sign of growing admiration for Western music, and the artist’s real success came two years later. ollaborating with Turkey’s “little sparrow”, prominent producer and songwriter Sezen Aksu Tarkan’s highly anticipated second album Aacayipsin (Oh - You’re Something Else) sold more than two million copies in Turkey and 750 thousand copies in Europe. Such high European sales were a first-time feat for a Turkish performer. Aksu wrote two songs for the album, the radio friendly “Hepsi Senin Mi?”, which was later relicensed as “Şıkıdım” (Shake) for the European market, and a pop-rock number “Şeytan Azapta”. “Hepsi Senin Mi?” incorporated shaky Turkish rhythms and lyrics of pure slang.
He filmed a video to another song from his second album, “Dön Bebeğim”, in New York. In July 1997, the hit song “Şımarık” kick started promotions in Turkey for his third studio album Ölürüm Sana (I’d Die For You). This album took a total of three years to complete. Tarkan collaborated once more with Aksu and music engineer Çolakoğlu for the album, which would go on to become his highest grossing album and win the artist his first music industry award for his song “Şımarık”. In Turkey alone, Ölürüm Sana sold 4.5 million copies. Signed by the French branch of recording label PolyGram (now Universal Music) after the single “Şımarık” was released in Europe in 1999 and the song also reached number one.
Following the success of the single, Tarkan released a compilation album for Europe entitled Tarkan. He won a World Music Award in Monaco for its rapid sales. He released two more singles in Europe under the Universal ticket: “Şıkıdım” and “Bu Gece” (”Tonight”). In January 2001, Tarkan joined a global brand and became the first Pepsi spokesperson in Turkey. This preceded the release of his album Karma and for the first time two singles in his domestic market in the same year: “Kuzu Kuzu” (”Like A Lamb”) and “Hüp” (”Whoop”).
After becoming the face of Pepsi in Turkey, Tarkan also became the official mascot of the Turkish national football team for the 2002 World Cup. He recorded the football song “Bir Oluruz Yolunda” (”United For You”), which became an anthem for the fans. His EP/hybrid album Dudu (Woman) was the first to be released by his own label HITT Music, in the summer of 2003. It was the first album of its kind to sell over a million copies in Turkey, while the title track won Tarkan a “Song of the Year Award” in Russia. In 2005, Tarkan finally announced that his English language album was ready after over a decade of effort. The plans for Come Closer began in 1995, when media mogul Ahmet Ertegün encouraged Tarkan to break into the international market.
In October 10, 2005, Tarkan finally released his debut English language single “Bounce” in Turkey. Come Closer was released in parts of Europe on April 7, 2006, by the Universal Music label. The album features such songwriters as Lester Mendez, who co-wrote Shakira’s “Underneath Your Clothes”; Brian Kierulf, who produced songs for Britney Spears; and singer Wyclef Jean, with who Tarkan recorded the song “Aman Aman”. “Bounce” was released in Germany a few days after the release of the album. The German version of the single included an oriental remix, as well as a hip-hop version featuring Spanish rapper Adassa. A second single, “Start the Fire”, was released in August; it included a remix by Turkish DJ Mousse T. A music video for the Mousse T. version was also produced prior to the single’s release.
Tarkan’s new Turkish language album was released on December 25, 2007, and was called Metamorfoz (”metamorphosis” in English), seven of the songs were written by Tarkan, three other songs were collaborations with long-time engineer and producer Çolakoğlu.

For this videoremix I have used the original video with some changes on the timeline and with some effects too and I have mixed it with the Smash Vocal Remix of the song.

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