"Odiseja" (

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...

for ''

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'') is a schlager song recorded by

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n singer

Leo Martin Leo Martin ( sr-cyr, Лео Мартин, born on 6 March 1942) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav pop singer. He started his career in the early 1960s in jazz bands as an instrumentalist and vocalist. In 1964, he moved with his band to West Germa ...

in 1973. The song was first performed by

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at the 1973 , where it was ranked 7th in the finals. Martin released "Odiseja" as a

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and it was later included in his 1974 album also titled ''Odiseja''. It became Martin's signature song, and a huge hit in Yugoslavia. The single sold 100,000 copies in the first week. The song was composed by Vojislav Borisavljević with lyrics by .

References

{{reflist 1973 songs 1973 singles Serbian pop songs