"My Słowianie" (

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: We Slavs), also known as "My Słowianie - We Are Slavic", is a song by Polish record producer

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. It was released on 4 November 2013 as a digital download. The song reached number two in the Polish Airplay Chart. The song was chosen to represent

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at the

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, where it reached 14th place overall. The performance generated mild controversy for its suggestive elements.

Background and release

The song was a parody of Polish stereotypes, aimed at internal conservatism and external images of Poland as being backwards and behind-the-times. It was recorded in Kraków Gorycki & Sznyterman. Mixing and mastering was done by the Delight band member, Jarosław "Jaro" Baran. The song is available in two versions; the Polish as "My Słowianie" and the English as "Slavic Girls" that was prepared for international music TV channels. "Slavic Girls" was played e.g. in Austria, Germany, Hungary and the UK. The song was performed in a mix of these two languages at Eurovision. However, Donatan, who acts as the producer of the song, was not on stage at the event.

Music video

The music video was released on 4 November 2013 and was directed by Piotr Smoleński. The video was shot in the Museum of Agriculture ( Muzeum Rolnictwa) in

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. The video features the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Warsaw University, "Warszawianka". The video hit 15 million views on

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in less than three weeks. In May 2014, the music video received more than 44 million views for the Polish version and about 6 million views for its English version (together on VEVO and official Eurovision profile on YouTube), so "My Słowianie" became the most popular Eurovision song in history according to Internet views. The video stars model Kamila Smogulecka who is also known as Luxuria Astaroth.

2014 Eurovision performance

My Słowianie was chosen as Poland's entry for the

. The performance featured dancers in traditional Polish costumes. Two of the performers were displaying significant cleavage, one of whom was churning butter and the other washing clothing with a washboard, both with suggestive movements. The self-parody came top of televoting in Ireland and the United Kingdom, but came last in both jury panels, therefore gaining no points overall from the two countries.Dean Vuletic, ''Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest'' page 169 Laura Wright, an

singer on the United Kingdom's 2014 Eurovision jury panel, commented "I'd say it was soft porn. It was two boobs too far for me. I was shocked to see something like that on a family show." This has caused controversy as Poland was ranked 5th in the public televote, with 162 points (top marks from the

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Charts

References

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Background and release

Music video

2014 Eurovision performance

Charts

See also

References