"Horehronie" is a Slovak pop song, composed by Martin Kavulič with lyrics by poet Kamil Peteraj and performed by Kristina, and it was the Slovak entry at the

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. It was performed together with a backing vocals Hana servická and dancers: Martin Mikulášek, Peter Živner, David Schimmer & Slavomír Kolkovič. The song is an ode to the

Horehronie Horehronie (also Upper Hron River region or Horné Pohronie or Felső-Garammente) is a List of tourism regions of Slovakia, tourism and geographic region of Slovakia. It is situated in the Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica and Brezno Dis ...

tourism region. It became the winner of the Slovak music contest Eurosong 2010 on 27 February, getting the largest share of the televote and coming second in the jury vote. The song failed to qualify to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 final from first semifinal on 25 May, reaching 16th place out of 17. However, many people look back to it as one of Slovakia's best entries.

Track listing

Versions of the track were released as a CD single.

Covers

Reggae band from

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, Cornerstone Roots, made a cover of Horehronie in 2010. The band played this song together with Slovak reggae group Medial Banana on Uprising Reggae Festival in Slovakia that year.

Charts

References

External links

Official music video
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