"Chodź, pomaluj mój świat" (English: "Come (On,) Paint My World") is a 1971 song by Polish band 2 Plus 1.

Song information

"Chodź, pomaluj mój świat" was composed by

Janusz Kruk Janusz Kruk (7 August 1946 – 18 June 1992) was a Polish singer, guitarist and composer, the leader of the popular band 2 Plus 1. Career Kruk went to a musical school in Warsaw, where he learned to play double bass. At the end of the 1960s, he f ...

, the leader of the band, and the lyrics were written by Marek Dutkiewicz, a popular Polish lyricist and journalist. The song was written and performed as early as 1971, but it was not officially released until 1972, when it appeared on a

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, a popular format in the pre-1990s Poland, and subsequently on the band's debut LP, '' Nowy wspaniały świat''. The song reached number 1 on Rozgłośnia Harcerska's radio chart in late 1971, and would become one of the biggest hits of 2 Plus 1's entire career as well as a so-called "

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", since it has become deeply rooted in the history of Polish popular music.

Music video

Two music videos for "Chodź, pomaluj mój świat" exist. The first version was a studio clip picturing the band performing the song in front of a plain background. Another version used a concert footage of 2 Plus 1 performing the song live, with shots of colourful

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being blow-moulded.

References

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