"Zvezda po imeni Solntse" () is a song by the Soviet rock band

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from the album of the same name released in 1988. The song is generally considered to be one of Kino's most popular songs. It is popular among novice guitarists in Eastern Europe, and there are many cover versions. The song is broadcast daily by Russian radio stations.

Cover versions

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recorded a

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of the song in English called "Star Called Sun" for their 2006 album, '' East L.A. Breeze''. The lyrics are not a direct translation, but are instead about the death of the

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's mother. The song was sung in Udmurt by the folklore band

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( udm, Брангуртысь песянайёс, russian: Бурановские бабушки). Praskovia Fyodorova translated the song into Udmurt.

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recorded the song for the 2000

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to Kino, '' KINOproby'' (russian: КИНОпробы). Butusov has also played the song in concerts with his band

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. It is part of a concert program of «Imya zvyozd». Cover versions have also been made by

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wrote a fourth verse for the song in his book ''Black Palmira's Face'' (), which takes place in the same universe as Sergei Lukyanenko's Watch series.

Artists

The artists performing the album version of the song are: *

Viktor Tsoi Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (russian: Виктор Робертович Цой; ; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of ...

— vocals, guitar *

Yuri Kasparyan Yuri Dmitriyevich Kasparyan (russian: Ю́рий Дми́триевич Каспаря́н, born 24 June 1963) is a Russian and former Soviet musician best known for his time as the guitarist of the Soviet rock band Kino and as a member of ...

— lead guitar *

Igor Tikhomirov Igor Tikhomirov (russian: Игорь Тихомиров) (born 4 May 1963) is a Canadians, Canadian (formerly Soviet Union, Soviet) épée fencing, fencer. He competed for the Soviet Union, Soviets at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze m ...

— bass guitar * Georgiy Guryanov — drums

References

The song is heard in the films '' The Forced March'' () and '' The Needle'' (). The 2002 compilation album ''Kino v Kino'' () includes the version of "Zvezda po imeni Solntse" used in ''The Needle''. The song was also included in the album ''The History of this World'' (). The song is used in the 1988 movie '' The Needle'', directed by

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, and was written by Viktor Tsoi during filming.

Legacy

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ranked the song 12th on its list of the "Top 100 Songs of the 20th Century".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zvezda po imeni Solntse Songs about death Songs about mothers 1988 songs Anti-war songs Soviet songs Kino (band) songs