Bassa Sababa

"Bassa Sababa" (Hebrew transliteration: באסה סבבה) is a song recorded by Israeli singer Netta, and is the follow-up from her Eurovision Song Contest 2018-winning single "Toy". The track was written and produced by Netta, Avshalom Ariel and Stav Beger. The song was released on 1 February 2019 along with its official music video clip. Bassa is used in Hebrew slang for the word ‘bummer’, but can relate to the context of the song as “Bass” rooted. The song means “Fun Central” or “Source of Fun.” As of August 2023, the official music video for "Bassa Sababa" has over 300,000,000 views on YouTube.

"Bassa Sababa"
Single by Netta
from the EP Goody Bag
Released	1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)
Studio	Stav Beger Bardo
Genre	Dance-pop EDM Mizrahi electropop
Length	2:58
Label	Tedy Productions Unicell BMG Rights Management (US) S-Curve
Songwriter(s)	Netta Barzilai Stav Beger Avshalom Ariel
Producer(s)	Stav Beger
Netta singles chronology
"Toy" (2018) "Bassa Sababa" (2019) "Nana Banana" (2019)
Music video
"Bassa Sababa" on YouTube

The song is featured in the 2019 dance rhythm video game Just Dance 2020.

Background

In an interview with Israeli magazine “At”, Netta revealed that the sound of the animal in the song links back to her childhood and growing up in Nigeria. When Barzilai was around 6 years old, her family moved to Nigeria for her father's job. During her time there she fell in love with rhinos and featured their sound in the song, following the chicken sounds in “Toy.” ^[1]

Track listing

Digital download^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bassa Sababa"	2:58

Digital EP – Global Remixes^[3]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bassa Sababa" (Dalit Rechester Remix)	4:09
2.	"Bassa Sababa" (Mike Cruz Remix)	7:45
3.	"Bassa Sababa" (Mike Cruz Radio Remix)	3:37
4.	"Bassa Sababa" (Gromee Remix)	4:07
5.	"Bassa Sababa" (Riddler Remix)	4:58
6.	"Bassa Sababa" (Wild Culture Remix)	4:09
7.	"Bassa Sababa"	2:58

Credits and personnel

Recording and management

• Recorded at Stav Beger and Bardo Studios (Tel Aviv)
• Published by Tedy Productions and Unicell

Personnel

• Netta – vocals, production
• Stav Beger – composition, production, percussion, keyboards, additional vocals, mixing and mastering
• Avshalom Ariel – composition, production, percussion, additional vocals
• Ronen Hilel – master and mixing engineer
• Shimon Yihye – guitars

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Israel (Media Forest)[4]	1
Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay)[5]	1
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[6] Gromee remix version	23
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[7]	3
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[8]	28