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On 15 September, the song was uploaded to YouTube, [6] and it quickly became an internet meme related to Slavs. Most prominently, the meme was circulated on the image macro site YTMND, accompanied by the song's chorus or variations of it. The song was also played at the opening at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia for Semi-Final 2.
This article lists songs about Moscow, which are either set there or named after a location or feature of the city.As some songs are written without lyrics, the following list arrange them not by language, instead, the list is arranged by the song's release country or by the base of its singers, both of which designates the song's targeted audience.
In 1956, "Moscow Nights" was recorded by Vladimir Troshin, [1] a young actor of the Moscow Art Theatre, for a scene in a documentary about the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's athletic competition Spartakiad in which the athletes rest in Podmoskovye, the Moscow suburbs. The film did nothing to promote the song, but thanks to radio ...
"My Moscow", [a] also known as "My Dear Capital", [b] is the municipal anthem of the Russian capital of Moscow, officially adopted in 1995. The music was composed in 1941 by Isaak Dunayevsky and the lyrics were written by Sergey Agranyan and Mark Lisyansky. Singer Zoya Rozhdestvenskaya was the first person to perform this song. [1]
In 1951, at the age of 25, for his portrayal of a rural inventor in the play Second Love at the Moscow Art Theater, he was awarded the Stalin Prize (2nd degree). Troshin was the original performer of the song "Moscow Nights" [1] that in 1957 brought him fame all over the Soviet Union. Troshin was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1985.
A reworked version of this song, with the alternative refrain "Russia Never Sleeps", accompanied the Russian bid presentation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [1] The melody and rhythmical base of the song is very close to "Move on Baby" by the Italian group Cappella, though it is unknown if the similarity is occasional or intended. [2]
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