Wikipedia's first sentence called it “song by the french - israeli indie folk singer yael naim”. Today it says “song by the french-israeli singer yael naïm”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
The song gained popularity in the United States following its use by Apple in an advertisement for their MacBook Air laptop. In the song Naïm sings of being a new soul who has come into the world to learn "a bit 'bout how to give and take." However, she finds that things are harder than they seem. The song, also featured in the films The House Bunny and Wild Target , features a prominent "la la la la" section as its hook. It remains Naïm's biggest hit single in the U.S. to date, and her only one to reach the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 . "New Soul" was mixed and mastered by S.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Song " New Soul " is a song by the French - Israeli indie folk singer Yael Naim , from her eponymous album . The song has gained popularity in the U.S. following its use by Apple in an advertisement for their MacBook Air laptop. In the song Naim sings of being a new soul who has come into the world to learn "a bit 'bout how to give and take." However she finds that things are harder than they seem. The song, also featured in the film The House Bunny , features a prominent "la la la la" section as its hook. It remains Naim's biggest hit single in the USA to date, and her only one to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Song " New Soul " is a song by the French - Israeli indie folk singer Yael Naïm , from her self-titled album .The song gained popularity in the United States following its use by Apple in an advertisement for their MacBook Air laptop. In the song Naïm sings of being a new soul who has come into the world to learn "a bit 'bout how to give and take." However she finds that things are harder than they seem. The song, also featured in the films The House Bunny and Wild Target , features a prominent "la la la la" section as its hook. It remains Naïm's biggest hit single in the U.S. to date, and her only one to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 . "New Soul" was mixed and mastered by S.It was sampled by American rapper Hendersin's song "All I Got" in 2014.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
The song gained popularity in the United States following its use by Apple in an advertisement for their MacBook Air laptop. In the song Naïm sings of being a new soul who has come into the world to learn "a bit 'bout how to give and take". However, she finds that things are harder than they seem. The song, also featured in the films The House Bunny and Wild Target , features a prominent "la la la la" section as its hook. It remains Naïm's biggest hit single in the US to date, and her only one to reach the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 . "New Soul" was mixed and mastered by S.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
The song gained popularity in the United States following its use by Apple in an advertisement for their MacBook Air laptop. In the song Naïm sings of being a new soul who has come into the world to learn "a bit 'bout how to give and take". However, she finds that things are harder than they seem. The song, also featured in the films The House Bunny and Wild Target , features a prominent "la la la la" section as its hook. It remains Naïm's biggest hit single in the US to date, and her only one to reach the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 . "New Soul" was mixed and mastered by S.
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song by the french - israeli indie folk singer yael naim
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song by the french-israeli singer yael naïm
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