''Los Colorados'' (from the

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: ''The

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s'', also known as ''The Colorados'') is a

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band formed in 2006 in

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. The band plays their own songs, but have also covered several popular and folk songs. ''Los Colorados'' increased in prominence after their cover of Katy Perry's song "

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" grew popular via online video websites. The band plays

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, bayan,

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and drums.

History

The band was formed in the city of

in 2006 and originally performed their own songs. However, their popularity came when they were invited to a local TV station to perform live, where they played several songs, among them Katy Perry's song "

". The lead singer didn't speak any English and learned the song from a text transliterated into Ukrainian letters.BBC Ukrainian: Ternopil conquers the Internet
(Ukrainian) The peak of popularity occurred when their version of ''Hot n Cold'' was aired on

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. The video posted on

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in February 2009 was viewed more than 3 and a half million times and received generally positive reviews because of its comic value and unusual interpretation. Katy Perry herself described this version of her song as "inspiring" in March 2009. During their performances members of the group present themselves as the "boys from the village of Tetylkivtsi", a real village (population — 636); however, in reality, most of the performers come from the city of Ternopil. In 2012 they came to fame in Germany. The major TV broadcaster

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had selected them to create an official song for the

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football games. It was a cover of the song "I Like to Move It" and quickly gained popularity after it was presented in May 2012. They recorded more cover songs in Berlin, with an album published in June 2012. One of those cover songs had been Rammstein's "Du hast", which became a major success in social networks, eventually surpassing the "Hot and Cold" cover (5 million views on YouTube by 2019).

Songs by ''Los Colorados''

*''Haryachyi i kholodnyi'' (Гарячий і холодний; cover of "

" by Katy Perry) *''Du Hast'' (cover of "

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" by

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) *''Bayan, bayan'' (Баян, баян; cover of ''Gitar'' by Peter Nalitch) *''Pamidory'' (Помідори) (Tomatoes) *''Kokhana'' (Кохана) (Darling) *''Korova zdokhla'' (Корова здохла) (A cow died) *''Paskuda'' (Паскуда) (Scum) *''Nenavyzhu pianino'' (Ненавижу піаніно) (I hate piano) *''Tyotya Lyuba'' (Тьотя Люба) (Aunt Lyuba) *''Rillya v ilyuminatori'' (Рілля в ілюмінаторі) (Arable land in the porthole) *''Rover Ukrayina'' (Ровер Україна) (Bike "Ukrayina") *''Chorna lyubov'' (Чорна любов) (Black love) *''Fihurka'' (Фігурка) (Figure) *''Ranetki'' (Ранетки) *''Chempioni lyubvi'' (Чемпионы любви) (Champions of love) *''Seven Nation Army'' (cover of "

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" by

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)

Move It

Track listing

References

External links

Los Colorados on myspaceHot & Cold music videoLos Colorados Twitter
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