'Ajde, kroci
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"'Ajde, kroči" is the title of the Montenegrin
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

 entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

. It was sung by Stevan Faddy
Stevan Faddy
Stevan Faddy born 2 September 1986 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin singer. He took part in Montevizija 2006, singing "Cipele". He also participated in Sunčane Skale 2003 singing "Poslednja obala"...

 and selected by televoting in the Montenegrin national final MontenegroSong 2007, where it received 4,749 votes.

The song is composed by Slaven Knezović, composer of No Name's
No Name (band)
No Name was a Montenegrin pop group, best known for the controversies surrounding their participation in the national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The group made its debut in 2005, with the song "Zauvijek moja" , winning the 2005 Europjesma and thus representing Serbia and...

 "Zauvijek moja
Zauvijek moja
"Zauvijek moja" is a pop song by Montenegrin band No Name which won the festivals Montevizija 2005 and Evropesma and so was selected to represent Serbia and Montenegro at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. No Name went directly to the finals, due to Serbia and Montenegro's second place the...

" and the lyrics are written by Milan Perić
Milan Peric
Milan Perić is a Serbian footballer currently for Soproni Liga side Kaposvári Rákóczi FC.His playing style has been compared to that of former "crno-beli" superstar Mateja Kežman's.-Partizan:...

 who also wrote lyrics for all previous songs that represented Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

 in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 ("Džuli
Džuli
"Džuli" was the Yugoslav entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Croato-Serbian by Montenegrin singer Daniel Popović...

" in 1983; "Ciao, amore
Ciao, amore
Ciao, amore , listed as simply Ciao amore in the official Eurovision website, was the Yugoslav entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in Serbo-Croatian by Yugoslav duo Vlado & Isolda and written by Montenegrin songwriters Slobodan Bučevac and Milan Perić...

" in 1984); as well as the Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...

 entries ("Zauvijek moja
Zauvijek moja
"Zauvijek moja" is a pop song by Montenegrin band No Name which won the festivals Montevizija 2005 and Evropesma and so was selected to represent Serbia and Montenegro at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. No Name went directly to the finals, due to Serbia and Montenegro's second place the...

" in 2005 and the disqualified entry "Moja ljubavi
Moja Ljubavi
"Moja ljubavi" is a pop song by Montenegrin boy band No Name that was placed second in the Montenegrin semifinal Montevizija 2006 and won the Serbo-Montenegrin Eurovision Song Contest national selection Evropesma/Europjesma 2006 with a new arrangement and therefore became the Serbian and...

" in 2006). On March 12th 2007, the official video was released, filmed on many different locations such as Budva
Budva
Budva is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has around 15,000 inhabitants, and it is the centre of municipality...

's old town, "Ćatovića Mlini" restaurant in Morinj, Ada Bojana
Ada Bojana
Ada Bojana is an island in the Ulcinj Municipality in Montenegro.The name Ada means island in Turkish language.The island is created by river delta of Bojana River. The legend says it was formed by gathering river sand around a ship sunk at the mouth of Bojana river, but it is more likely to be a...

.

The entry was performed in the semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

 in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 on May 10th, 2007 at number 07, (following Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

's Sopho Khalvashi
Sopho Khalvashi
Sopho Khalvashi is a Georgian musician. She comes from a family of Adjarian origin. It was announced on December 12, 2006 that she would represent her home nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The song "Visionary Dream" was Georgia's first entry into the contest...

 with "Visionary Dream
Visionary Dream
"Visionary Dream" was the Georgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English by Sopho. This was Georgia's debut at the Contest. The song was originally titled "My Story"....

" and preceding Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 entrant DJ Bobo
DJ Bobo
Peter René Cipiriano Baumann , better known as DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, dancer and music producer. He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 10 studio albums as well as a few compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format...

 with "Vampires Are Alive
Vampires Are Alive
"Vampires Are Alive" was a Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 that was held in Helsinki 2007, performed by DJ BoBo. Since Switzerland's entry in 2006, "If We All Give A Little", didn't reach the top ten, Vampires Are Alive was entered in the semi-final of the Contest on 10 May...

"). It failed to finish in the top 10 and therefore didn't qualify to the Final on May 12th, which means that Montenegro will have to enter the Semi-Final once more next year. It finished 22nd in the Semi-Final (along Estonia), and earned 33 points.

Track listing

  • 'Ajde, kroči (Original/Eurovision Version)
  • 'Ajde, kroči (Karaoke Version)
  • 'Ajde, kroči (Instrumental Version)
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