"Usni Kako Temno Mastilo" ( mk, Усни како темно мастило, English translation: Lips like dark ink) is a single by the Macedonian singer

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. For first time was recorded in 2006 in Macedonian, but later in 2008 Serbian version of the song was recorded too. In the

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speaking countries the single was realized under the title "Usne Boje Tamnog Mastila". The Macedonian version is included in the album ''

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'' and the Serbian in '' Milioner''.

Background

After Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Elena started to work on a new project. The album ''192'' was realized in late 2006 and on that album was included "Usni Kako Temno Mastilo". But in 2008 the song was re-recorded in Serbian too and placed in her first Serbian language album ''Milioner''. In the early 2009 it was realized with video of the both versions.

Production history

"Usni Kako Temno Mastilo" is a pop song with R&B and

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elements. The author of the music is Elena's producer

Darko Dimitrov Darko Dimitrov ( mk, Дарко Димитров ; born January 21, 1973) is a Macedonian songwriter, record producer, arranger and record executive. Highly acclaimed for revitalising the Yugoslav mainstream pop music scene, which also influenced ...

. The Macedonian lyrics are written by Ognen Nedelkovski and the Serbian by Snežana Vukomanović together with Elena's help. Both of the versions were released with a video on 20 January 2009.

Music video

The

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for the song was shot in the end of 2008, but realized later in 2009. Director of the video is Aleksandar Ristovski - Princ with whom Elena cooperated about her previous videos about the songs "Nekade Daleku" ("Bye Bye") and "Sakam Da Te Galam". The video was filmed in various locations in the capital of Macedonia,

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.http://mmm.com.mk/default-mk.asp?ItemID=ED1AD9105ABE6C4AB94F21CCBD5098FE&arc=1 The video features dark effects in green and blue. It was realized on 20 January 2009.

Release history

References

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