Bassa Sababa

"Bassa Sababa"
Single by Netta
from the EP Goody Bag
Released1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)
Studio
  • Stav Beger
  • Bardo
Genre
Length2:58
Label
Songwriters
Producer
  • Stav Beger
Netta singles chronology
"Toy"
(2018)		 "Bassa Sababa"
(2019)		 "Nana Banana"
(2019)
Music video
"Bassa Sababa" on YouTube

"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 July 2025, the official music video for "Bassa Sababa" has over 356,000,000 views 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.”

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Bassa Sababa"2:58
Digital EP – Global Remixes
No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Israel (Media Forest) 1
Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay) 1
Poland Airplay (ZPAV)
Gromee remix version		23
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard) 3
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard) 28

References

  1. ↑ "נטע ברזילי: "כוסית זה מבפנים"". Atmag. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bassa Sababa - Single by Netta". iTunes. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.[dead link]
  3. ↑ "Bassa Sababa (Global Remixes) by Netta". iTunes. 14 March 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Media Forest 06 03-02-19 09-02-19". Media Forest. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "מדיה פורסט - לדעת שאתה באוויר". Mediaforest.biz. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - AirPlays - Top - Archiwum" (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original. Retrieved 1 March 2019. [dead link]
  7. ↑ "Dance Club Songs – April 20, 2019". Billboard. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Dance/Electronic Songs: April 27, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2019.