Pyanoye solntse

"Pyanoye solntse"
Single by Alekseev
from the album Drunken Sun
Released	September 13, 2015
Format	Digital download
Label	Zion Music
Alekseev singles chronology
"А я плыву" (2015) "Pyanoye solntse" (2015) "Снов осколки" (2016)
"А я плыву" (2015) "Пьяное солнце" (2015) "Снов осколки" (2016)

"Pyanoye solntse" (Russian: Пьяное солнце - Drunken Sun) is a Russian-language song by Ukrainian singer Alekseev. It was released on September 13, 2015 and stayed number one^[1] on the Russian ITunes chart for 3 weeks after release, it also ranked second for radio airplay in Ukraine the week of its release. The song hit 52nd place on Shazam's Top-100 world chart, making it the first Russian-language song to place on Shazam's World Chart.

Song

Composer Ruslan Kvint and poet Vitaly Kurovsky are behind the creation of the song. According to Ruslan himself, he had dreamt of the melody in his sleep and woke up at 5 am to record it on a dictaphone. The next day, Ruslan called his usual co-author Vitaly, who wrote the lyrics for the song in only a few hours. The single was then released on September 13, 2015.

Music Video

At the end of October a music video^[2] for the song was released on YouTube. It was directed by Alan Badoev, who offered to make the video for free^[3] in an effort to spread Ukrainian music. It is also noteworthy that Alekseev almost died on set after having to jump into freezing water. The video has 34 million views as of February 2018.

Awards and Nominations

Charts

References