Often

Album: Beauty Behind The Madness (2014)
Charted: 65 59
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  • Another contribution to The Weeknd's bump-and-grind oeuvre, the Toronto crooner dropped the sexy track onto his soundcloud on June 25, 2014. Released as a single to Rhythm radio stations on August 11th, it became Abel Tesfaye's second Hot 100 hit.
  • This won both R&B Song and R&B Video of the Year in the 2015 Boombox Fan Choice Awards.

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  • Bora from IstanbulThe song which is heard in the background is 70’s Turkish arabesque-pop song “Ben gene sana vurgunum” music by Ali Kocatepe, composed by Osman men and sung by Nükhet Duru. Lyrics are by Sabahattin Ali, which in fact a poem. Sabahattin wrote the poem in 1931 for his unanswered love to Ms. Nahit Faratl (several famous Turkish poets fall in love with her). The song appeared in Duru’s Melankoli album (LP) in 1978.

    The translation of lyrics (Ben gene sana vurgunum) is below:
    Each of my days lasts years
    (I’m) Tired of going alone
    Don’t take it like I am sore about you
    I am, again, stuck on you.

    Even I have smiled at the others
    Even I have been put away from you
    Even I have known you don’t love me
    I am, again, stuck on you

    Refused, jolted
    Doomed on the day I have born
    Have trusted on only you
    I am, again, stuck on you
  • Colton from Grande PrairieWhat is this song about?
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