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"Molitva" ( sr-Cyrl, Молитва; "Prayer") is a song with music by
Vladimir Graić Vladimir Graić ( sr, Владимир Граић, born 19 February 1968) is a Serbian composer of popular, film and television music. Among other pieces, he composed the song Molitva, performed by Marija Šerifović, which won the 2007 Eurovision ...
, lyrics by Saša Milošević Mare, and sung by Serbian singer
Marija Šerifović Marija Šerifović ( sr-cyr, Марија Шерифовић, ; born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. Born in Kragujevac as the daughter of Verica Šerifović, she rose to prominence in 2003 with her debut album ''Naj, Najbolja''. Šerifo ...
. It was the winning song of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...
, performed for . The song marked the country's Eurovision debut as an independent nation, the having dissolved in June 2006. The song was released as a CD single in nine different versions on 27 July 2007 by Connective Records. "Molitva" also won the semi-final in the 2007 competition, collecting 298 points, which was the highest number of points ever gained in the semi final under the single semi final format of the contest (2004–2007). It was succeeded as the Serbian Representative by "
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" by
Jelena Tomašević Jelena Tomašević ( sr-cyr, Јелена Томашевић, ; born November 1, 1983) is a Serbian pop singer of international career famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 20 ...
and as the winning song by "
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" by
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from
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.


Background

Molitva was the first song containing no
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lyrics to win since
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's win for in with "
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". Molitva was the last entirely non-English song to win the contest until the 2017 edition, where 's
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won with "
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", as well as being the first time a
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had won since
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became the standard and the first one of the so-called " Balkan ballads" that came to prominence since the late 1990s to win the contest. The song is also notable for its stage presentation because it lacked dance routines, revealing or showy costumes,
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and other gimmicks. The Eurovision Song Contest is often accused of concentrating on these things instead of the music itself. Many elements of "Molitva" contrasted with the previous winner, "
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". Šerifović's performance was complemented by the notable presence of the five backing singers, who joined together afterwards to form Beauty Queens. They later joined her with a Serbian flag at the end.


Other versions

The English version is titled "Destiny", the
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version is titled "" (Molitva), and the
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version is called ""; these were performed by the Beauty Queens, without Šerifović. The song has also been released as a
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and a remix named "Jovan Radomir mix" by
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TV-presenter Jovan Radomir, who also wrote the English lyrics. An instrumental version has also been released as well as a karaoke version. The UK
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band Oompah Brass recorded an instrumental version of "Molitva" on their album ''Oompocalypse Now'' (2008), premiered at the 2007
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ival.


Use of the song

Molitva has been often played for many successes
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has had in the year 2007. It was played at a welcome party for Serbia's tennis players after their
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successes. During
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, Molitva was often used during clips displaying the courts and players on the
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. It was mainly used before and after footage or interviews with the Serbian players. At the final of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following the country's victory at the with the song "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović. Organised by the European Broadcas ...
, which took place on 24 May, Šerifović sang "Molitva" as the opening. The short 10-second instrumental theme of the song can be heard even today on
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(RTS) (between scheduled broadcasts as short intermezzo or when presenting RTS programme/image). In 2012, Šerifović performed this song during the interval act of the second semi-final at the
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in
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. She was accompanied by traditional Azeri musical instruments. In 2015, the chorus of the song was played on Day 102 of the soap opera parody
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of the Philippine noontime variety show
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. Molitva was included in the list of the 10 best Eurovision winners according to the SBS in 2016 and to ''
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'' in 2019, while ''The Eurovision Times'', a fan blog, ranked it as the third best Eurovision song of all time.


Track listing

#"Molitva" (Serbian version) – 3:03 #"Destiny" (English version) – 3:04 #"Molitva" (Russian version) – 3:01 #"Molitva" (Magnetic Club reload mix Serbian version) – 4:26 #"Destiny" (Magnetic Club reload mix English version) – 4:23 #"Molitva" (Magnetic Club reload mix Russian version) – 4:25 #"Molitva" (Jovan Radomir remix) – 3:38 #"Rukoilen" (Finnish version) – 3:06 #"Molitva" (instrumental) – 3:02


Charts


References


External links


Marija Šerifović - Molitva (Serbia) 2007 Eurovision Song Contest
- Official Eurovision YouTube video.
Lyrics
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