"City of Mary" | ||||
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Single by Okean Elzy | ||||
Released | 22 April 2022 | |||
Recorded | 21 April 2022 | |||
Length | 4:20 | |||
Label | TOB | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sviatoslav Vakarchuk | |||
Okean Elzy singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Місто Марії" on YouTube | ||||
"City of Mary" ( Ukrainian: Місто Марії, pronounced [ˈmʲisto mɐˈrʲiji]), also known as "Misto Marii", is a 2022 single by Ukrainian band Okean Elzy. The song was released on 22 April 2022 as a music video, and released on 10 May 2022 on streaming platforms. [1]
According to band frontman Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, a military friend of Vakarchuk, who was fighting in the Siege of Mariupol, requested that the band should make a song that paid tribute to the Ukrainian fighters defending the city. Vakarchuk accepted, saying "it tears me from the inside every day when I read the news about Mariupol." [2]
The song is dedicated to the Ukrainian fighters of the Siege of Mariupol. The band sings about how Mariupol will stand against Russian attacks, no matter how fierce they are. [3] The song also features excerpts from Ukrainian patriotic song " Oi u luzi chervona kalyna". [4]
"City of Mary" | ||||
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Single by Okean Elzy | ||||
Released | 22 April 2022 | |||
Recorded | 21 April 2022 | |||
Length | 4:20 | |||
Label | TOB | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sviatoslav Vakarchuk | |||
Okean Elzy singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Місто Марії" on YouTube | ||||
"City of Mary" ( Ukrainian: Місто Марії, pronounced [ˈmʲisto mɐˈrʲiji]), also known as "Misto Marii", is a 2022 single by Ukrainian band Okean Elzy. The song was released on 22 April 2022 as a music video, and released on 10 May 2022 on streaming platforms. [1]
According to band frontman Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, a military friend of Vakarchuk, who was fighting in the Siege of Mariupol, requested that the band should make a song that paid tribute to the Ukrainian fighters defending the city. Vakarchuk accepted, saying "it tears me from the inside every day when I read the news about Mariupol." [2]
The song is dedicated to the Ukrainian fighters of the Siege of Mariupol. The band sings about how Mariupol will stand against Russian attacks, no matter how fierce they are. [3] The song also features excerpts from Ukrainian patriotic song " Oi u luzi chervona kalyna". [4]
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