Wild Dances (song)
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"Wild Dances" is the name of the song by Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 pop-star Ruslana Lyzhichko (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....

). "Wild Dances" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 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"...

 in Turkey
Turkey
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.

After qualifying from the semi-final the song turned the tables in the final, and the 280 points it received were sufficient to claim a first famous Eurovision victory for Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. With a mixture of English
English language
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 and Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....

 lyrics, "Dyki tantsi" had the distinction of becoming the first Eurovision winner to be sung at least partly in a language other than English since the rule-change of 1999, when countries were allowed to sing in a language of their choosing, rather than one of their official languages. With this win, Ukraine became the third ex-USSR member to win the Contest (Estonia
Estonia
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 and Latvia
Latvia
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 having previously done so).

The song was remembered for an energetic performance, which Ruslana gave in a leather outfit, inspired by ethnic tradition of Ukraine.The work on the song lasted for about 3 months. Editing and sound engineering was done by Ruslana together with specialists from Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, London
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 and New York
New York
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. The recording was done together with a guitarist from Cool Before, and an ex-trumpet player from Zdob Si Zdub
Zdob si Zdub
Zdob şi Zdub is a Moldovan band, based in Chişinău, whose work for the last several years has combined elements of hip-hop , hardcore punk and comical lyrics with traditional Romanian folk music. The name is onomatopoeic for the sound of a drum beat...

. The wild drumming part (in terms of drive and rhythm) was done by Ruslana herself. Ukrainian and English lyrics of the song, as well as the chorus and melody, suffered significant changes since the initial stage.

A music video was filmed for Wild Dances. It was first aired on May 6, 2004 (before Eurovision), on MTV Russia
MTV Russia
MTV Russia is a Russian language free-to-air 24 hour entertainment and music service seen in 22 million households in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Omsk, Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg, among other cities.-History:...

 in 12 Angry Viewers
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 show, but was booed
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 by the audience.
The shooting took place in the abandoned building of the Ice Palace, which was at once renamed 'the Iceberg Palace" by the members of 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 crew because no heating equipment brought with Ruslana could heat the cold air of the huge building to a comfortable level. The building was 'decorated' with sheer concrete and windows without glass. Despite the script of the video-clip, which provided for constant burning fire in large barrels, torches on the stage, wireworks and even a real military flame thrower, only the Wild Dances could help people to ultimately warm up.

The song was bought with exclusive copyright
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 in Vietnam
Vietnam
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 by Hồ Quỳnh Hương, a very famous Vietnamese female pop star who changed the lyrics into Vietnamese
Vietnamese language
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.

The song is used as a soundtrack of the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV
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.

American gymnast and 2011 world champion,Jordyn Weiber used this song for her floor exercise music.

Track listing

  1. "Wild Dances" [Ukrainian version radio edit] - 2:55
  2. "Wild Dances" [Album version] - 3:00
  3. "Wild Dances" [Ukrainian version Harem's pop mix] - 2:48
  4. "Wild Dances" [Harem's pop mix] - 2:48
  5. "Wild Dances" [Part II] - 3:58
  6. "Wild Dances" [Ukrainian version Harem's club mix] - 3:16
  7. "Wild Dances" [Harem's club mix] - 3:16
  8. "Wild Dances" [Ukrainian version Harem's percussion mix] - 2:52
  9. "Wild Dances" [Harem's percussion mix] - 2:52
  10. "Wild Dances" [Break mix] - 3:25
  11. "Wild Dances" [Groove mix] - 3:16
  12. "Wild Dances" [Instrumental version] - 3:00
  13. "Wild Dances" [Part II instrumental version] - 3:57


Charts

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Chart Peak
Austrian Singles Top 75 43
Belgium Flanders Ultra Top 50 1
Belgium Wallonie Ultra Top 50 25
Dutch Singles Chart 30
European Hot 100 Singles 25
Finnish Singles Chart 20
German Singles Chart 40
Greek Singles Chart 1
Romanian Top 100 44
Swedish Top 60 8
Swiss Singles Top 100 24
Ukrainian Airplay Chart 1


Sales

Single Chart Sales
"Dyki tantsi" IFPI – Ukraine 500,000
"Wild Dances" IFPI – Belgium 25,000
"Wild Dances" DIVERTA Romania 2,000

Certification

Single Chart Certification
"Dyki tantsi" IFPI – Ukraine diamond
"Wild Dances" IFPI – Belgium golden
"Wild Dances" DIVERTA Romania golden


Chart procession and succession

Release history

Region Date Format
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

17 May 2004 CD single
Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

24 May 2004 CD single
Greece
Greece
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24 May 2004 CD single
Netherlands
Netherlands
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24 May 2004 CD single
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...

24 May 2004 CD single
Belgium
Belgium
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24 May 2004 CD single
Sweden
Sweden
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24 May 2004 CD single
Latvia
Latvia
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24 May 2004 CD single
Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

24 May 2004 CD single
Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

24 May 2004 CD single
Poland
Poland
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24 May 2004 CD single
Israel
Israel
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24 May 2004 CD single
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

24 May 2004 CD single
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

24 May 2004 CD single
Slovakia
Slovakia
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24 May 2004 CD single
Slovenia
Slovenia
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24 May 2004 CD single
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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24 May 2004 CD single
USA 29 April 2008 digital download

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