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band from

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that was the first Yugoslav

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to release a

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record. Cacadou Look was formed in Opatija in 1983. They were not the first all-female band in Yugoslavia — at the time, already active were Tožibabe from

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and Boye from

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— but they were the first to achieve a degree of mainstream popularity, helped by radio play of their two demo tracks, "Sama" and "Kao pjesma" (both 1987), and by TV appearances such as those on ''Stereovizija'', a popular 1980s music show broadcast by Radio Television Zagreb. Their first album ''Tko mari za čari'' (

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, 1987) was produced by

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and Tomo in der Mühlen, and featured a guest appearance by

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. The album yielded three hit songs: "Sama", "Kao pjesma" and "Tako lako". Apart from "Tako lako", a cover of

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's " It's So Easy", and "Ne dozvoli", which was written by Divljan, all songs on the album were composed by the band. Despite these accomplishments, the band found working in the men-dominated music scene difficult at times, and occasional malicious remarks motivated them to work even harder. Their second and equally successful album ''Uspavanka za Zoroa'' was released in 1989. Hit tracks from the album were "Baum bam bam", "Budi mi prijatelj", and "Krenite s nama", the latter a cover of

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". An English version of "Budi mi prijatelj" — named "Be My Friend" — was also recorded, appearing on ''Yu-Go Pop'' (Jugoton, 1990), a compilation of Yugoslav pop and rock artists performing their songs in English. Cacadou Look played their last gig in

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on 25 May 1991. Members of the band were not willing to start solo careers — seeing them as meaningless without the band teamwork — and left the music scene. __NOTOC__

Members

* Jasmina Simić (vocals) * Tatjana Simić (drums) * Suzana Kožić (bass) * Tamara Vrančić (keyboards) (1983–1985) * Sandra Vrančić (guitar) (1983–1984) * Giovanna Kirinić (guitar) (from 1985) * Alenka Mendiković (keyboards) (from 1986)

Discography

* ''Tko mari za čari'' (

,1987) * ''Uspavanka za Zoroa'' (

,1989)

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