Wild Dances (album)

Wild Dances
Studio album by Ruslana
Released 6 July 2004
Recorded 2003/2004
Genre Folk, Pop, Ethnic
Length 52:07 (basic album)
55:12 (Welcome to My Wild World)
48:43 (Christmas edition)
52:02 (New Year edition)
Label EMI
Producer Goatboy, Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov
Ruslana chronology
Дикі Танці
(2003)Дикі Танці2003		 Wild Dances
(2004)		 Club'in
(2005)Club'in2005
Alternative cover
Romanian release artwork
Singles from Wild Dances
  1. "Wild Dances"
    Released: 2004
  2. "Dance with the Wolves"
    Released: January 2005
  3. "The Same Star"
    Released: May 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic(?)[1]
Amazon.com(?)[2]

Wild Dances is a 2004 studio album by the Ukrainian singer and winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana. The album has been certified 7x platinum in Ukraine, selling 700,000+ copies. It has been also certified platinum in Slovakia while in the Czech Republic and Romania it has been certified gold.[3]

Track listing

Basic album
#TitleWritersTime
1."Wild Dances"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov3:00
2."Dance with the Wolves"Ruslana, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky3:57
3."Accordion Intro"Ruslana1:00
4."The Same Star"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky, Steve Balsamo4:19
5."Play, Musician"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofonotv3:53
6."Like a Hurricane"Ruslana, Jamie Maher, Sherena Dugani, Fayney2:36
7."The Tango We Used To Dance"Ruslana, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Misensky3:45
8."Wild Dances [Harem's club mix]"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov3:16
9."Wild Dances [part II]"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky3:59
10."Wild Passion"Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Misensky4:00
11."Arkan"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov3:40
12."Kolomyjka"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov4:02
13."Hutsul Girl"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov3:55
14."Play, Musician [deep mix]"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov4:00
15."Wild Dances [Harem's percussion mix]"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov2:52
Wild Dances (New Year/Christmas Edition) (21 February 2005)

The album is the 2005 English version of Wild Dances. The Christmas Edition has festive design, bonus tracks and includes a poster with a calendar for the year 2006.

  1. Wild Dances (Victory Dance) – 3:00
  2. Dance with the Wolves (Extreme Dance) – 3:57
  3. Accordion Intro (Ethno Dance) – 1:00
  4. The Same Star (Night Dance) – 4:19
  5. Play, Musician (Joy Dance) – 3:53
  6. Like a Hurricane (Drive Dance) – 2:36
  7. Tango We Used to Dance (Love Dance) – 3:45
  8. Wild Dances [Part 2] (Sympho Dance) – 3:59
  9. Wild Passion (Molfar Dance) – 4:00
  10. Wild Dances [Harem's Percussion Mix] (Thanks to Turkey) – 2:52
  11. Ring Dance with the Wolves [Bonus track] – 3:51
  12. Wild Dances [C.Y.T. vs DJ Nick 2005 (Club Edit)] [Bonus track] – 4:10
  13. The Same Star [DJ Small & LV Club Mix] [Bonus track] – 6:45

Personnel

  • Vadim Chislov — Assistant Engineer
  • Goatboy — Producer
  • Harem — Percussion
  • Marco Migliari — Mixing
  • Andrei Petrov — Photography
  • Ruslana — Arranger, Vocals (background), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Ryan Smith — Mastering

Charts

Country Peak
Ukraine (UMKA)[4] 1
Czech Republic (IFPI) [5] 9
Belgium Flanders (Ultratop) [6] 59

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Czech Republic (IFPI Czech Republic)[7] Gold 5,000*
Romania (UFPR)[8] Gold 5,000*
Slovakia (IFPI Slovakia)[9] Platinum 5,000*
Ukraine (IFPI Ukraine) 7x Platinum 700,000x

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Notes

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Amazon.com review
  3. ↑ Ruslana
  4. ↑ "Ua Umka Charts". Ua Umka Charts.
  5. ↑ "IFPI Charts". IFPI.
  6. ↑ "swisscharts". swisscharts.
  7. ↑ "Ruslana receives Gold certification in Czech Republic for "Wild Dances"". Ruslana.com.ua.
  8. ↑ "Ruslana receives Gold certification in Romania for "Wild Dances"" (in Romanian). clujeanul.ro.
  9. ↑ "Ruslana receives platinum certification in Slovakia for "Wild Dances"". Ruslana.com.ua.
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