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Mi Gna - Wikipedia

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"Mi Gna"

Single by Super Sako featuring Spitakci Hayko

from the album Love Crimes

Released

2016

Recorded

2016

Genre

R&B, Armenian folk music

Length

3:37

Songwriter(s)

Artak Aramyan
Sarkis Balasanyan

Producer(s)

Super Sako

Spitakci Hayko singles chronology

"Mi Gna"
(2017)

Music video

"Mi Gna" on YouTube

"Mi Gna" (Armenian: Մի Գնա, lit. '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,^[1] the Arab countries,^[2]^[3] and elsewhere worldwide. The video attracted 50 million views by June 2017,^[4] making it the most viewed song on YouTube by Armenian artists, not including songs by American band System of a Down.^[5] The video has garnered more than 186 million views as of December 2019.^[6]

Maître Gims Remix

"Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix)"

Single by Maître Gims and Super Sako featuring Hayko

from the album Ceinture noire

Released

19 January 2018

Recorded

2017

Genre

R&B, Popular Armenian music, dance music

Length

3:35

Label

Chahawat / B1 (Sony Music)

Songwriter(s)

Artak Aramyan (Armenian)
Sarkis Balasanyan (English)
Maître Gims (French)
Araik Mouradian

Producer(s)

Maître Gims
MG Mouradian

Maître Gims singles chronology

"Caméléon"
(2017)

"Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix)"
(2018)

"Loup garou"
(2018)

Super Sako singles chronology

"Mi Gna"
(2018)

Music video

"Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix" on YouTube

The song was covered by Congolese-French singer and rapper Maître Gims in a trilingual Armenian, French and English version titled "Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix)". This version included additional French-language lyrics by Maître Gims and Araik Mouradian and was produced by Gims and MG Mouradian.^[7] 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.^[8]^[9] The video with Maître 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 (Maître Gims Remix)" entered the French Singles Chart at number 7,^[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.^[10] and peaked at number 8 on Belgian Wallonia Urban Top 50 Chart.^[10] The single also charted in the Swiss Hitparade, entering at number 74.^[7]

"Mi Gna" was included in Maître 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:

Language	Performer	Original title	Title English transliteration	Link
Arabic including dialects	Balti	Mi Gna	Mi Gna	link (archived)
	Maya	توحشتك آنا - Mi Gna (Cover Mashup Song)	Twahachtek Ana - Mi Gna (Cover Mashup Song)	link (archived)
	Big Shift & Dr Black	تانبغيك أنا	Tanibghik ana	link (archived)
Bulgarian	Toni Storaro and Fiki feat. Ustata	Моята жена	Moyata zhena	link (archived)
French	Maître Gims & Super Sako (feat. Hayko)	Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix)		link (archived)
Georgian	Shai Gal	დღე არის თუ ღამეა	Dghe aris tu ghamea	link (archived)
Greek	Grigoris Markelis feat. Patro	Όσα έρθουν	Osa ertun	link (archived)
Greek	Super Sako feat. Panos Kiamos & Bo	Θέλω να σε ξαναδώ	Thelo na se xanado	link (archived)
Hebrew	Dj Avi Panel feat. Zehava Cohen	מי גנה	Mi Gna	link (archived)
Hindi	Mika Singh feat. Ali Quli Mirza	Ishqam		link
Kurdish	Navid Zardi & Hardi Salami	Ishqt (ئيشقت)	Your Love	link (archived)
Romanian	Elis Armeanca feat Mr Juve	Cine e inima mea		link (archived)
Turkish	Berat Toksöz feat. Barış Koçak	Bitti Artık Bu Sevda		link (archived)
Serbian	Vanja Mijatović x Gasttozz	Скупо би те платио	Skupo bi te platio	link (archived)

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.^[11]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017–2018)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[12]	21
Bulgaria (ARC Top 40)^[13]	14
France (SNEP)^[14]	4
Romania (Airplay 100)^[15]	2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[16]	74

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)	Position
Romania (Airplay 100)^[17]	8

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)^[18] Maître Gims remix	Platinum	200,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "'Mi Gna' by Armenian rapper Super Sako becomes top hit in Turkey". Armenpress. 30 March 2017.
^ Hakhverdyan, Nune (29 December 2017). "Newsmakers in Armenia in 2017". media.am. Media Initiatives Center.
^ "Под "взрывной" армянский хит "Ми Гна" в Египте "заснули"?". Rambler (in Russian). 23 December 2017.
^ "'Mi Gna' by Super Sako Hits 50 Million Views on YouTube". Asbarez. 20 June 2017.
^ "Mi Gna by rapper Super Sako and Spitaktsi Hayko hits record number YouTube views in Armenian show-biz". Armenpress. 10 June 2017.
^ Super Sako YouTube channel: Super Sako - Mi Gna ft. Hayko
^ ^a ^b ^c "Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko - "Mi gna (Maître Gims Remix)"". LesCharts.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ "Maître Gims - Mi Gna ft. Super Sako, Hayko (Clip Officiel)". Maître GIMS. 18 January 2018.
^ Johann Ruelle (19 January 2018). "Clip "Mi Gna" : Maître Gims remixe le tube phénomène de Super Sako et Hayko" (in French). chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b Ultratop.be/fr/ - Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko - Mi Gna (Maître Gims Remix) song page
^ 5starcaps YouTube channel: Caps - Shoulda Never (Official Music Video) (ProdbyCJ)
^ "Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko – Mi gna (Maître Gims Remix)" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "Mi Gna". Acharts.co.
^ "Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko – Mi gna (Maître Gims Remix)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ "Un site de muzică".
^ "Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko – Mi gna (Maître Gims Remix)". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ "Airplay 100 – Topul Anului 2018" [Year-end chart 2018] (in Romanian). Kiss FM. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
^ "French single certifications – Maître Gims & Super Sako feat. Hayko – Mi Gna" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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Studio albums	Subliminal (2013) Mon cœur avait raison (2015) Ceinture noire (2018) Le fléau (2020) Les dernières volontés de Mozart (2022)
Extended play	Ceux qui dorment les yeux ouverts (2006) Le Nord se souvient (2024)
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