"Dāvāja Māriņa meitenei mūžiņu" (English: Dear Māra gave the girl life) is a USSR song composed by Raimonds Pauls with lyrics by Leons Briedis. It was performed at the 1981 Mikrofona aptauja by Aija Kukule and Līga Kreicberga.
The song is one of Pauls's most popular ones. It has been covered by several artists, most notably by Russian Alla Pugacheva in 1982 with lyrics by Andrei Voznesensky as "Million Scarlet Roses" ( Russian: Миллион алых роз, Million alykh roz).
"Million roz" | ||||
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Single by Alla Pugacheva | ||||
from the album Akh, kak khochetsya zhit | ||||
B-side | "Vozvrashcheniye" | |||
Released | December 1982 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 5:30 | |||
Label | Melodiya | |||
Composer(s) | Raimonds Pauls | |||
Lyricist(s) | Andrei Voznesensky | |||
Alla Pugacheva singles chronology | ||||
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Pugacheva's cover was written by Andrei Voznesensky as "Million Scarlet Roses" (Миллион алых роз, Million alykh roz), [1] and Voznesensky drew inspiration for the Russian lyrics from the life of Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani who allegedly[ clarification needed] once filled with flowers a square of a hotel where Marguerite de Sèvres, a French actress whom he had affection over was staying. [2] [3] The song is also the opening and title track of Pugacheva's album of the same name released in Japan in 1983. [4]
Pugacheva herself did not like this song, even at the recording stage she argued with Voznesensky about the lyrics of the song. She later admitted that the more she hated the song, the more popular it became. [5]
In 1983, Alla Pugacheva with this song became the winner of the All-Union TV festival Song of the Year. [6]
Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista) [7] | 14 |
Numerous further covers are lyrically based on Andrei Voznesensky lyrics (the cover by Alla Pugacheva):
"Dāvāja Māriņa meitenei mūžiņu" (English: Dear Māra gave the girl life) is a USSR song composed by Raimonds Pauls with lyrics by Leons Briedis. It was performed at the 1981 Mikrofona aptauja by Aija Kukule and Līga Kreicberga.
The song is one of Pauls's most popular ones. It has been covered by several artists, most notably by Russian Alla Pugacheva in 1982 with lyrics by Andrei Voznesensky as "Million Scarlet Roses" ( Russian: Миллион алых роз, Million alykh roz).
"Million roz" | ||||
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Single by Alla Pugacheva | ||||
from the album Akh, kak khochetsya zhit | ||||
B-side | "Vozvrashcheniye" | |||
Released | December 1982 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 5:30 | |||
Label | Melodiya | |||
Composer(s) | Raimonds Pauls | |||
Lyricist(s) | Andrei Voznesensky | |||
Alla Pugacheva singles chronology | ||||
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Pugacheva's cover was written by Andrei Voznesensky as "Million Scarlet Roses" (Миллион алых роз, Million alykh roz), [1] and Voznesensky drew inspiration for the Russian lyrics from the life of Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani who allegedly[ clarification needed] once filled with flowers a square of a hotel where Marguerite de Sèvres, a French actress whom he had affection over was staying. [2] [3] The song is also the opening and title track of Pugacheva's album of the same name released in Japan in 1983. [4]
Pugacheva herself did not like this song, even at the recording stage she argued with Voznesensky about the lyrics of the song. She later admitted that the more she hated the song, the more popular it became. [5]
In 1983, Alla Pugacheva with this song became the winner of the All-Union TV festival Song of the Year. [6]
Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista) [7] | 14 |
Numerous further covers are lyrically based on Andrei Voznesensky lyrics (the cover by Alla Pugacheva):