"Yalla Habibi" is a 2009

2009 in music

The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year...

 single by Rime featuring Karl Wolf

Karl Wolf

Carl Abou Samah is a Lebanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is better known by his stage name Karl Wolf. He has been a singer, songwriter and producer since 2001, releasing his first solo album Face Behind the Face on MapleNationwide/Universal in January 2006,...

 released in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 as a follow up single to the successful "Carrera"

Carrera (song)

"Carrera" is a 2009 single by Karl Wolf released in Canada as a follow up single to the successful Africa. The song is a remix of the original Carrera taken from his 2007 album Bite the Bullet...

. The song is the first single taken from Karl 2009 album Nightlife

Nightlife (Karl Wolf album)

Nightlife is the third solo studio album from singer-songwriter Karl Wolf. It was released initially to the Japanese market. The album was released in Canada on November 17th, 2009. The first single "Yalla Habibi" was released on iTunes October 28th, 2009 and reached #24 on the Canadian Hot 100...

and is track #1 in the album. It entered the Canadian Hot 100

Canadian Hot 100

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

 on the chart dated 18 October 2009 and peaked at #24 on the chart dated 19 December 2009. Yalla Habibi was produced by I-Notchz Productions and written by Lukay "Hit-mayka" at the Documedia Studio. The song also appears in the collection Now! 15

Now! 15 (Canadian series)

Now! 15 is a music compilation album that was released on 2 February 2010. The album is the 15th edition of the Canadian Now! series.-Track listing:#Lady Gaga : "Bad Romance"#Sean Paul : "So Fine"#David Guetta featuring Akon : "Sexy Chick"...

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Music video

The official video, is produced by Music Media Factory Inc and by Lone Wolf Entertainment Inc., a production company owned by Karl Wolf. It was shot in Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

 and Ajman

Ajman

Ajman , also spelt Ujman, is one of the seven emirates constituting the United Arab Emirates . With an area of just 260 square kilometres , Ajman is the smallest emirate by area...

, in the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

, with Karl Wolf as director, Dominic Lachance as Co-Director and Editor, Ahmed Kardous as D.O.P and Yasir Alyasiri as producer.

Chart

Chart (2009-2010)	Peak position	Weeks in chart
Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...	24	11