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"Work Your Magic" is a single released by
Dmitry Koldun Dmitry Aleksandrovich Koldun ( be, Дзмітры Аляксандравіч Калдун, Dzmitry Kaldun; russian: link=no, Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Колду́н; born 11 June 1985) is a Belarusian pop singer. Koldun ros ...
, which ranked 6th in 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 ...
in
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, representing . The title is a pun on the artist's surname, since ''koldun'' () in Russian means " magician" or "sorcerer". The song is an up-tempo number, with Koldun describing the power that his lover has over him, likening it to "magic". He tells her that, as a result of her power, she can "keep isheart forever bound". He also promises "you'll get the best of what I've got". "Work Your Magic" featured on Koldun's 2009 self-titled debut album as a new, longer version of "Dai Mne Silu" (russian: Дай мне силу, lit=Give me the power). The album was released shortly before the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, and features nine versions of the popular song "Work Your Magic". The CD comes with a DVD which has the official
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for "Work Your Magic" and "Dai Mne Silu". The set also includes a small biography for Koldun and producer
Philip Kirkorov Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov PAR (russian: Филипп Бедросович Киркоров; bg, Филип Бедросов Киркоров, Filip Bedrosov Kirkorov; born 30 April 1967) is a Bulgarian-born Russian pop singer. He is a five ...
, the lyrics of "Work Your Magic" and some promotional photos. The CD/DVD set was originally sold in stores in
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(being popular in
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,
Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
and
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), then sets were given away for free as a promotion – they were later given away for free with other items such as a Koldun T-shirt, cap and chocolate at the Eurovision Song Contest. The song "Work Your Magic" proved popular in some
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an countries such as
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and
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, although both countries awarded Belarus no points in the contest final. Three Western countries to give Belarus any points was (1 point), (10 points) and (4 points).


Music video and promotion

Koldun made his promotional music video for the song in
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. As both the artist's name and song may suggest, the video has a very strong "magical influence" as the video features
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,
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, fire breathers, etc. The main plot appears to be a jealous queen's attempt to destroy a young woman whom Koldun may be singing about. The young woman is teleported through the fire into a grand castle-like setting as magical acts and occurrences around her. She runs through halls and corridors attempting to escape though in the end she runs into the queen (who is much larger than her) and is obliterated as the queen raises her hand and laughs in triumph. Throughout the video there are clips of Koldun performing the song, accompanied by two guitarists and a drummer. The video bears a close resemblance to the video for the song "
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" by
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, in which many elements and characters, including the young female central to the story, are quite similar.


Eurovision Song Contest

The performance in Helsinki featured two backing dancers climbing on moveable walls.
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commentary focused on Koldun's perceived similarities to
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. Prior to the contest Koldun led the biggest European tour ever made by any Eurovision participant appearing (and performing) all over Europe – Russia in the far east and Ireland, far west. As Belarus had not finished in the top 10 in the
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, the song had to compete in the semi-final. Here, it was performed fourth, following '
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with " Comme ci, comme ça" and preceding 's
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with "
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". The song received 176 points in the semi-final, placing fourth in a field of 28 and qualifying Belarus for the final. In the final, the song was performed third, following 's
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with "
I Love You Mi Vida Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "I Love You Mi Vida" written by Thomas G:son, Andreas Rickstrand, Tony Sánchez-Ohlsson, Rebeca Pous Del Toro. The song was performed by the group D'Nash. The Spanish broadcas ...
" and preceding 's
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with "
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". At the close of voting, it had received 145 points, placing sixth in a field of 24. It was noted on various Eurovision fan forums that the main string loop of the song was available commercially as "cinematic 11 orchestra 2" in the Cinematic volume of the Orchestral Series of Sony Sound Series libraries, although this apparently did not constitute a breach of Eurovision rules.


Track listing

# "Work Your Magic" – 3:06 # "Dai Mne Silu" – 3:06 # "Work Your Magic" (
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Remix) – 4:35 # "Work Your Magic" (Deep Zone Project short dance remix) – 2:38 # "Work Your Magic" (Zoloto remix) – 4:00 # "Dai Mne Silu" (Deep Zone Project remix) – 4:35 # "Dai Mne Silu" (Deep Zone Project short dance remix) – 2:38 # "Dai Mne Silu" (Zoloto remix) – 4:00 # "Work Your Magic" (
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version) – 3:06


DVD

The Koldun Slideshow is a series of professional photographs displayed in a
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form with "Work Your Magic" as a backing track. The video also shows Philip Kirkorov and the Eurovision logo (the Eurovision heart) with the Belarusian flag in its centre. The second disc included with "Work Your Magic" is a video
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with the following three files: # "Work Your Magic" music video # "Dai Mne Silu" music video # Koldun Slide Show


Credits and personnel


CD

Mastering: * Rembo, "Grimm Brothers" Studio Remixes: * Dian Savov (DJ Dian), Rosen Stoev, Lyubomir Savov – Deep Zone Project * Vladimir Adarichev, Andrei Pokutni Credits: * Produced & arranged by DTC * Guitars – Kodakis Spyros * Backing vocals – Halkiti Victoria & Psihramis Apostolos * Sound recording and Mix – Binis Aris * Studio – Vox Recording Studio, Athens Greece 2007


DVD

Photography: * George Kalfamanolis (Greece) Creative: * Yana Rudkovskaya, Philip Kirkorov (Russia) Design: * Stepan Hajyan (Armenia)


Cover versions

There is a Russian version of the song titled "Dai Mne Silu" as well as several remixes (e.g. Zoloto,
Deep Zone Project Deep Zone Project is a Bulgarian house/ electro band formed in 1998 by DJ Dian Solo, JuraTone and Rossko. They are most famous for their collaboration with DJ Balthazar, representing Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song " DJ ...
and a Russian/English lyric mix). The song was released in Russia and Belarus several weeks after "Work Your Magic" and though it was successful it failed to achieve the popularity or rating of "Work Your Magic".


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


References


External links

* (Rus/Eng)
Official forum
(Rus)
Unofficial forum
(Eng) {{Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Dmitry Koldun songs 2007 singles Eurovision songs of Belarus Eurovision songs of 2007 Songs with lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan 2007 songs