The song's lyrics are about a woman named Aïcha, who is being wooed by a man. He promises her pearls, jewels, poems, and other luxuries and romantic things, which she declines.
The lyrics were all in French, as well as an Arabic verse sung by Khaled.
French CD single and French Promo 12" "Aïcha" — 4:20
"Aïcha" (version mixte) — 4:20 German Maxi CD single "Aïcha" (bilingual version) — 4:20
"Aïcha" — 4:20
"Sratli" — 4:33
Chart (1996–1997)
Peak
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[ 3]
25
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[ 3]
1
Dutch Top 40 [ 4] 10
French SNEP Singles Chart[ 3]
1
German Singles Chart[ 3]
33
Swiss Singles Chart[ 3]
11
Chart (1996)
Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[ 5]
7
Dutch Top 40[ 4]
84
French Singles Chart[ 6]
4
Chart (1997)
Position
Germany (Official German Charts)[ 7]
59
Romania (Romanian Top 100 )[ 8]
80
Country
Certification
Date
Sales certified
France[ 9]
Diamond
16 January 1997
750,000
In June 2003, Danish hip hop band Outlandish released an English version of the song, "Aicha", that was included on their album Bread & Barrels of Water Flanders , and Norway. A video was also shot for the single.
CD maxi
"Aicha" (4:37)
"Aicha" (Mintman Remix) (4:34)
"Aicha" (Instrumental) (4:08)
Outlandish feat. Majid & Asmaá – "El Moro" (5:24)
Chart (2003)
Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[ 21]
17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[ 22]
74
Germany (Official German Charts)[ 23]
7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[ 24]
13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[ 25]
21
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[ 26]
29
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[ 27]
6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 28]
4
The original song has since been remade by several singers and bands:
The French version was performed by Khaled with fellow Raï singer Faudel at the famous 1998 1,2,3 Soleils concert in Paris
Between 1996-1997, the Egyptian-born Brazilian singer Gilbert performed the song. The song was part of 1997-1998 Brazilian telenovela Por Amor soundtrack.[ 29]
A zouk version was made by Kassav'
A salsa version was made by Africando
A cappella versions by Penn Masala , Stanford Raagapella , Alaa Wardi ,[ 30]
Indian/Dubai based singer, Rayshad Rauf adapted Outlandish's chorus part in one of his Mashups Don't ,[ 31]
A nasheed (Islamic) version by Omar Esa It has been adapted to several other languages:
An Urdu version by Amanat Ali, titled Aaisha, was featured on the Pakistani Music program Coke Studio .
A French / Arabic version by Lobo Ismail with altered lyrics and added a uniquely composed Arabic language rap sequence Video on YouTube
An English rock version by Outlandish Video on YouTube
A Polish version by Magma Video on YouTube
A Malay version with bits of Arabic by Yasin, titled as Aishah Video on YouTube .
A Serbian version was made by Dragana Mirković and was titled Hajde pogledaj me (Come on, look at me) Video on YouTube
A Korean version by Tony An titled Aisha
A Hebrew version, titled "Aisha" (Hebrew : עיישה ), was written by Ehud Manor and performed by Haim Moshe Video on YouTube
A Turkish version by Mutaf , titled "Ayşa"
A Turkmen version by Mekan Ataýew , titled "Aişa"
A Greek version, titled "M'aresei" (Greek: M'αρεσει), was performed by Kostas Bigalis . Video on youtube .
A second Greek version, titled "Alithia Sou Leo" (Greek : Αλήθεια σου λέω ), was performed by Stamatis Gonidis in 2006 Video on YouTube
A Spanish / Arabic version titled "Aicha" by Amistades Peligrosas Video on YouTube
A Croatian version was made by Duško Lokin . Song title is Aisha.
A Norwegian version titled Aisha" was made by Emiré og Lillebror Video on YouTube
A Breton version, Aisha , was made by Manau .
A techno , Oriental , acoustic-guitar version (Aicha YouTube ) was performed by guitarist Muayad Jajo in Sulaimaniya in August 2014, published by Elite Studios .[ 32]
A German version titled Aicha by Moe Phoenix[ 33]
A Mandarin Chinese version titled Aicha by Ayisha Elseenya on youtube [ 34]
^ Khaled Ya-Rayi bonus DVD credits
^ Music video of the original single by Khaled YouTube ^ a b c d e "Aïcha", in various singles charts Lescharts.com [permanent dead link
^ a b "Single top 100 over 1997" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010 .^ 1996 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be Archived 18 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 20 April 2008)
^ 1996 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived 17 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 20 April 2008)
^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 17 April 2018 .^ "Romanian Top 100 Singles Airplay – Top of the Year 1997" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100 . Archived from the original on 22 January 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2020 .^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 20 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 20 April 2008)
^ a b "Outlandish – Aicha" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts .
^ "Outlandish – Aicha" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40 .
^ "Outlandish – Aicha" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50 .
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media ^ "Outlandish – Aicha" . Top Digital Download .
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 37, 2003 " (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 .
^ "Outlandish – Aicha" (in Dutch). Single Top 100 .
^ "Outlandish – Aicha" . VG-lista .
^ "Arhiva romanian top 100: Editia 43, saptamina 10.11 – 16.11, 2003" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100 . Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2021 .^ "Outlandish – Aicha" . Singles Top 100 .
^ "Outlandish – Aicha" . Swiss Singles Chart .
^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2003" . austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 14 February 2020 .^ "Jaaroverzichten 2003" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 30 December 2019 .^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2003" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 30 December 2019 .^ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2003" . Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 30 December 2019 .^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 2003" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 30 December 2019 .^ "Topul anului 2003" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 22 January 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2021 .^ "Årslista Singlar – År 2003" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 30 December 2019 .^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003" . hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2019 .^ Video of the song on Youtube with name of the song and Brazilian telenovela Por Amor ^ Cheb Khaled - Aicha (Cover by Alaa Wardi) , retrieved 3 December 2015 ^ Don't (Ed Sheeran Mashup) - Rayshad Rauf #rayshadrauf #edsheeran #mashup #aicha , retrieved 20 September 2016 ^ Muayad Jajo's "Aicha" on YouTube (© Elite Studios : August 2014)^ Moe Phoenix - Aicha (Official Video) , retrieved 10 April 2022 ^ Cheb Khaled-Aicha cover by Ayisha Elseenya (French, Arabic, English, Chinese) , retrieved 10 April 2022
