Persian Gulf Forever

"Persian Gulf Forever"
Persian Gulf Forever's Cover
Single by Ebi
from the album Khalij
Released	1990
Format	Cassette CD
Recorded	at 1990, in Los Angeles, US
Genre	Persian pop Protest Song Nationalist Political Song
Length	4:26[1]
Label	Taraneh Records
Writer(s)	Adel Hasani
Producer(s)	Mohammad Shams Ebi Hamedi (co-producer)
Ebi Hamedi singles chronology
"Medad Rangi" (1990) "Persian Gulf Forever" (1990) "Khanom Gol" (1990)
Music video Persian Gulf (live) on YouTube Audio sample file info · help Khalij (1990) album cover

	"Vandalized part" this is vandalized part of a copy was preferred to download on the Ganja2music.com, a Persian music website.
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"Persian Gulf"
Official album cover of "The Case"
Single by Mehdi Moghadarian
from the album The Case
Released	October 24, 2013[2][3]
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2013
Genre	Persian pop
Length	3:51
Label	Navaye Ramshe[4]
Writer(s)	Adel Hasani
Producer(s)	Mehdi Moghadarian
Mehdi Moghadarian singles chronology
"The Rain" (2007) "Persian Gulf" (2008) "'The Cold Season" (2008)

The Persian Gulf Forever (Persian: Khalij-e Hamishegi-e Fars ,خلیج همیشگی فارس‎‎) or Persian Gulf (Persian: Khalij-e Fars ,خلیج فارس‎‎), is a Persian language politic, protest and nationalist song performed by Iranian singer Ebi and produced by Mohammad Shams (with co-production by Ebi Hamedi)ا.^[5] It is the first single from the singer's first 1990s solo album, Khalij (English: The Gulf).^[5] The song is one of the greatest hits of Hamedi. "Persian Gulf Forever" was released on 1990 as the album's first single. Its lyric was written by Adel Hasani to defend Persian Gulf's historic reality, based on Persian Gulf naming dispute by some Persian Gulf Arab States. This song officially released on the label of Taraneh Records in 1990 in the United States of America and its first live performance was in Paris, France.^[6]

The name became a motto for this artistic protest movement in Iran.^{[7][8][9][10]} also the name "Persian Gulf Forever" was known as one of the 100 best brands of Iran by a national festival in the country.^[11] Afterwards several Iranian artists such as Zedbazi (band), Mohsen Chavoshi, Farzad Farzin, Shohreh, Aref, Homayoun Shajarian, Salar Aghili and etc, performed some singles in the same title with this song, for supporting the name "Persian Gulf".^[9] even in the RadioJavan and «Bia2.com», which are online listening websites, there is numerous single tracks about the name Persian Gulf by now.^[12][13]

In the decades since its release, "Persian Gulf Forever" has been covered, parodied, and sampled by numerous artists including Mahmoud Aligholi, Qasem Afshar and Mehdi Moghadarian. Mahmoud Aligholi covered this song for using in the film «Under the Skin of the City» which directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad a famous Iranian director.^[5] The song and its live music video was added to RadioJavan in February 19, 2013. until July 14, 2016 the song received over 2.3 million plays in «Bia2.com» a famous online listening Persian Music website. The phrase "Persian Gulf Forever" and the word "Persian", was mentioned on the song for five times. Also lyric mentioned Iranian historical sovereignty over the Abu Mosa and Greater and Lesser Tunbs Islands.^[5][14]

Background

The "Persian Gulf Forever" performed by Mahmoud Aligholi for the first time in 1981. afterwards the song was so famous and promoted with the edition of Ebi Hamedi in 1990 when he got a permission from the lyricist of the song Adel Hasani for performing it. But after Hamedi's edition Aligholi performed it again for using in the film «Under the Skin of the City» which directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad who is a famous woman in Persian cinema. in that time Aligholi performed the song with a copy of Ebi's edition and with the same modulation.^[5]

Vandalism on the song

at 2010 some internet users claimed that there are some noises on the section that lyrics mentioned Iran historical sovereignty over the Abu Musa and Tonbs Islands, in some editions of the song.^[15]

A translated part of the lyrics

With every look

I kiss the sky of this land (Iran), for thousand times

I take my breath from White River, the sky of Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf Forever

My gaze takes brightness from the Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Musa (Islands)^[5]

Track listing

Compact Cassette Version

1. "Persian Gulf Forever"
2. "Medad Rangi"
3. "Khanom Gol"

Internet and Apps

• RadioJavan.com

1. "Persian Gulf Forever"
2. "Goriz"
3. "Medad Rangoi"

• Bia2.com

1. "Persian Gulf Forever"
2. "Goreez (Goriz)"
3. "Medad Rangoi"

CD

1. "Persian Gulf Forever"
2. "Medad Rangi"

Personnel

Production

• Ebi Hamedi – co-production, vocal arrangement
• Mohammad Shams –composition,production, rhythm arrangement
• Adel Hasani – writing.
• Taraneh Records -labeling and releasing

See also

• Persian Gulf
• Persian Gulf naming dispute
• Iran Historical Sovereignty over the Tunbs and AbuMusa Islands
• Protest song

References