Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu (trans. What Would you Give to be in My Place) is the second studio album from influential former Yugoslav

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

 rock band

Rock Band

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 Bijelo dugme

Bijelo dugme

Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...

, released in 1975. The album is a continuation of the band's early folkish

Folk music

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 hard rock

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 sound that was featured on their debut album Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme

Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme

Kad bi bio bijelo dugme is the 1974 debut studio album from influential former Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme. Together with their second album, Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu, Kad bi bio bijelo dugme is considered the most Heavy metal-oriented album of their 16 year career...

, again incorporating folk music elements blended with blues

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. Although the album was recorded in London

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, the songs were written during August, September, and October 1975 in the Bosnian

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 village of Borike (near Rogatica

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), renowned for its breeding of Arabian horse

Arabian horse

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s. The album is perhaps most memorable for its songs "Ne gledaj me tako i ne ljubi me više", "Požurite konji moji", title track "Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu", all tracks exceeding 6 minutes, and all-time hit "Tako ti je mala moja kad ljubi Bosanac".

Track listing

All the songs were written by Bregović unless otherwise noted.

1. "Tako ti je mala moja kad ljubi Bosanac" – 3:52
2. "Hop-cup" – 2:18
3. "Došao sam da ti kažem da odlazim" – 3:36
4. "Ne gledaj me tako i ne ljubi me više" – 6:46
5. "Požurite konji moji" – 7:17
6. "Bekrija si cijelo selo viče e pa jesam, šta se koga tiče" – 2:47
7. "Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu" (Duško Trifunović
   Duško Trifunovic
   Duško Trifunović was a Serbian poet and writer....
   
   /Bregović) – 7:42

Personnel

• Goran Bregović
  Goran Bregovic
  Goran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
  
   - guitar, harmonica
• Željko Bebek
  Željko Bebek
  Želimir "Željko" Bebek is a popular Bosnian Croat singer most notable for being the lead vocalist of Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1984....
  
   - vocals
• Zoran Redžić
  Zoran Redžic
  Zoran Redžić is a Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme....
  
   - bass guitar
• Ipe Ivandić
  Ipe Ivandic
  Goran "Ipe" Ivandić was a former Yugoslav rock drummer, famous for his work with the band Bijelo Dugme.-Early years:...
  
   - drums
• Vlado Pravdić
  Vlado Pravdic
  Vlado Pravdić is a Bosnian musician most famous as the organist of the Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1978 to 1987....
  
  - Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, electric piano, piano