"Bambina" is the third single by the

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

n band

Idoli Idoli ( sr-cyr, Идоли; trans. The Idols) were a Serbian new wave band from Belgrade. They are considered to be one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and their 1982 album ''Odbrana i poslednji dani'' was on several occas ...

. It was chosen to be the only single from the Čokolada album which was the band's highest commercial peak.

History

Having finished the tour for ''Odbrana i poslednji dani'' the band started writing new material for a new release which was planned to be a double EP. The record company,

Jugoton Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, SR Croatia. History Jugoton was formed in 1947. It is notable for releasing some of the most important former Yugoslav pop and rock records ...

, did not agree and decided to release Čokolada as a long play record. "Bambina" was chosen as the promo single first given only to radio stations and later, due to large popularity, appeared for sale as well. As the writer of the song also appeared Dušan Gerzić partially because he was the writer of the track "Čokolada" which was intended for the band Via Talas, but Šaper presented it as an

song. The B-side was chosen to be " Stranac u noći" ("Stranger In The Night").

Track listing

# "Bambina" (3:08) ( N. Krstić, S. Šaper, V. Divljan, D. Gerzić) # "Stranac u noći" (4:31) ( N. Krstić, S. Šaper, V. Divljan)

Personnel

Vlada Divljan Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир "Влада" Дивљан; 10 May 1958 – 4 March 2015), was a Serbian singer and songwriter. He was known as the frontman of the Serbian and Yugoslav rock band Idoli, one of the bands which ...

(guitar, vocals) *

Nebojša Krstić Nebojša Krstić ( sr-cyrl, Небојша Крстић; born 9 July 1957) is a Serbian media personality, political commentator, former musician (VIS Idoli) and physician. He is also a former public relations advisor to the office of the Presid ...

(percussion, vocals) *

Srđan Šaper Srđan Šaper ( sr-cyr, Срђан Шапер; born October 9, 1958) is a founder of I&F McCann Grupa. He is also well known as a founder and a member of the Yugoslav new wave band Idoli in the 1980s.P. Janjatović, Idoli, YU rock enciklopedija ...

(synthesizer, vocals) *

Branko Isaković Branko Isaković (born June 24, 1958) is a Serbian bass player, producer and composer of Balkan ambient beat. After a long career in pop, rock, and ethno bands he launched his ''Divine Sound'' project with healing music. Biography Isaković w ...

(bass guitar) *

Kokan Popović Slobodan "Kokan" Popović is a Serbian drummer notable for playing in bands Idoli and Propaganda. Biography Getting interested in music, first bands Popović was born in Belgrade and lived at Alekse Nenadovica street connecting "Slavija" and ...

(drums)

External links

Bambina / Stranac U Noći at Discogs
{{authority control 1983 singles Idoli songs Songs written by Vlada Divljan 1983 songs Jugoton singles