GreenJolly
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Ukraine
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rap
Rapping
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band most widely known for their song, Razom nas bahato, nas ne podolaty
Razom Nas Bahato, Nas Ne Podolaty
"Razom Nas Bahato, Nas Ne Podolaty" is a hip-hop song by GreenJolly, which became the unofficial anthem of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution in 2004. The literal translation of the song title is "Together we are many! We cannot be defeated!"...
, which became the unofficial anthem of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution
Orange Revolution
The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter...
in 2004.
History
The band, group members Roman Kalyn and Roman Kostyuk, originate from the Ivano-Frankivsk region in Western Ukraine, named after the Hutsul Ukrainian word for "sleigh". In conjunction with various radio stations in the country, the band wrote Razom nas bahato, nas ne podolaty to support the protest against the electoral fraud that took place during the Ukrainian presidential electionUkrainian presidential election, 2004
The Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 was held on October 31, November 21 and December 26, 2004. The election was the fourth presidential election to take place in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union...
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The song became widely known in Ukraine, and was frequently played on many radio and TV stations. The song has been downloaded millions of times on the Internet. GreenJolly won the nomination to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
by the interactive vote held among TV viewers, after Razom nas bahato was controversially put in contention as a last minute 'wild-card' addition to the final of the national pre-selection competition, which had already gone through fifteen semi-finals, dating back to before the Orange Revolution. This success came as a surprise even for the band performers who in the immediate aftermath vowed to represent Ukraine competitively in the contest. However, the lyrics of the song have had to be substantially reworked in order to be consistent with the rules laid down by the European Broadcasting Union
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...
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In the finals, which were held in Ukraine after Ruslana
Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko is a World Music Award winning and MTV Europe Music Award nominated artist, and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004....
's win in the 2004
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...
contest, GreenJolly finished 20th despite picking up full points from the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
televote, thanks to media exposure to a Polish reworking of the song made by the country's biggest hiphop stars in support of Ukraine's Orange Revolution.
They also received 8 points from Moldova, 7 from Portugal, 2 from Russia and 1 point from Spain.
Since there Eurovision appearance the band has felled apart, with members going their separate ways in Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
, both own music production studios. Formally Roman Kalyn is now the only member of the group, but de-facto GreenJolly is existing in name only.
Razom nas bahato (International Eurovision version)
- 1. Razom Nas BahatoRazom Nas Bahato, Nas Ne Podolaty"Razom Nas Bahato, Nas Ne Podolaty" is a hip-hop song by GreenJolly, which became the unofficial anthem of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution in 2004. The literal translation of the song title is "Together we are many! We cannot be defeated!"...
(International Eurovision version) - 2. Jest Nas Wielu (by GreenJolly, Ascetoholix, Duze Pe, Mezo, Owal, Piec Dwa Debiec)
- 3. Jedyni (Bit8Beat foundation mix TsL, BRO, SNZ)
- 4. Razom Nas Bahato (International Eurovision version) (video)
- 5. Razom nas bahato (video)
- 6. Jest Nas Wielu (video)
Haj bude tak (Let it Be)
- 1. Dobroho vechora
- 2. Sche mozhna
- 3. Ne vmyraj
- 4. De lita nema
- 5. Vesillja
- 6. Ja ne znaju slova "dosyt'"
- 7. Ukrajina
- 8. Pora
- 9. Okean
- 10. Znovu sam
- 11. Fany
- 12. Haj bude tak
- 13. Taras taman (Bonus Track)
- 14. Hej, Ivan! (Bonus Track)
- 15. Malo meni (Bonus Track)
- 16. Razom nas bahato (Bonus Track)