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Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n patriotic song originally recorded in 1991 as a charity single by a supergroup

Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....

 called "Croatian Band Aid" featuring a number of prominent local musicians from all musical genres. The song was arranged by Nikša Bratoš

Nikša Bratoš

Nikša Bratoš is a Bosnian musician who gained fame in former Yugoslavia. He is known for having played in bands Valentino and Crvena jabuka. He has worked on songs for a variety of Croatian pop artists.-Biography:...

 while the music was composed by Damir Lipošek, Vedran Božić and Husein Hasanefendić. The song was released in the initial stages of the Croatian War of Independence

Croatian War of Independence

The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

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The full list of involved singers included: Doris Dragović

Doris Dragovic

Dorotea "Doris" Dragović is a Croatian singer-songwriter. She represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Željo moja", finishing the 11th with 49 points, and Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Marija Magdalena", finishing fourth with 118...

, Oliver Dragojević

Oliver Dragojevic

Oliver Dragojević is one of the most popular Croatian pop singers. A native of Vela Luka from the island of Korčula, he emerged onto the music scene in the 1970s thanks to the popular Split Festival, one of several musical annual events which began in the former Yugoslavia and still is being held...

, Jasna Zlokić, Danijela Martinović

Danijela Martinovic

Danijela Martinović, known artistically as Danijela is a popular Croatian singer with success across all of the Balkans.-Biography:...

, Sanja Doležal

Sanja Doležal

Sanja Doležal is a Croatian singer and television host.She is best known as the singer in the band Novi fosili, between 1984 and the 1990s....

, Meri Cetinić, Dino Dvornik

Dino Dvornik

Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik was a Croatian singer, songwriter, music producer, actor and reality television star.-Early life:...

, Aki Rahimovski, Matko Jelavić

Matko Jelavić

Matko Jelavić is a Croatian singer, songwriter, composer and drummer. He started his career with the Split rock band Metak in 1978, where he was the drummer until the band dissolved in 1981...

, Emilija Kokić

Emilija Kokic

Emilija Kokić is a Croatian singer. She was the lead singer of the Yugoslav pop band Riva, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 for Yugoslavia, with the song Rock Me....

, Severina Vučković

Severina Vuckovic

Severina Vučković is a Croatian singer and actress. She is commonly referred to by her stage name Severina.- Music career :Severina's style can be described as pop with various folk and cabaret influences. As a child, she took smaller parts in theatre and opera productions in her native Split...

, Arsen Dedić

Arsen Dedic

Arsen Dedić is a Croatian singer-songwriter who has been prominent in the Croatian as well as former Yugoslav music scene. Dedić writes and performs chansons as well as film music...

, Zorica Kondža, Boris Novković

Boris Novkovic

Boris Novković is a Croatian pop singer. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia, his interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with a mother who taught music, and a father, Đorđe Novković, who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager...

, Jasmin Stavros

Jasmin Stavros

Jasmin Stavros born 1954 in Split, is a Croatian pop musician.One of his most popular songs remains "Dao bi sto Amerika" , which relates to his time spent in the United States before his return to Croatia shortly before the country's independence.He is currently signed to Hit Records.- Discography...

, Ivo Amulić, Vlado Kalember

Vlado Kalember

Vladimir Kalember is a Croatian pop singer, famous for his recognisable, husky voice.In the 1970s, he was the vocalist of the popular pop band Srebrna Krila. After leaving the band, he continued with a solo career. In 1984, together with Izolda Barudžija, he represented Yugoslavia at the...

, Krunoslav Slabinac, Ivo Robić

Ivo Robic

Ivo Robić was Croatian singer and songwriter.-Domestic career:Robić began his career as a soloist with the Radio Zagreb Orchestra, while studying at the same time in Zagreb...

, Gabi Novak

Gabi Novak

Gabi Novak is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. She became famous in the 1960s.Gabi was born to a Croatian father and a German mother.She is married to Arsen Dedić, a renowned singer-songwriter who also composed many of her songs....

, Tereza Kesovija

Tereza Kesovija

Tereza Ana Kesovija is an internationally acclaimed Croatian singer, one of the most recognisable figures on the Balkan music scene, renowned for her wide vocal range and operatic style and one of the most important artists of the former Yugoslavia. She also had a very successful career in France...

, Tajči

Tajci

Tajči Cameron is a Croatian singer; she has since taken up citizenship and residence in the United States.- Career :As a pop star in the former Yugoslavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she won the national selection of RTV Zagreb, SR Croatia and represented Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song...

, Josipa Lisac

Josipa Lisac

Josipa Lisac is an eminent female singer.-Biography:During the 1960s she was a vocalist of the group named Zlatni Akordi...

, Zvonko Špišić, Dragutin Mlinarec, Đuka Čaić, Zdravko Škender, Ivica Šerfezi

Ivica Šerfezi

Ivica Šerfezi was a Croatian pop singer from Zagreb.Šerfezi started singing in dance halls, and his first real success was a duet with Domenico Modugno on the Maksimir stadium...

, Ljupka Dimitrovska, Dalibor Brun, Milo Hrnić

Milo Hrnic

Milo Hrnić is a Croatian pop singer from Dubrovnik.He won the Split Festival three times: in 1982 with "Vrati se", in 1983 with "Dalmacijo, ljubav si vječna" and in 1987 with "Dobra večer prijatelji".- Discography :...

, Mišo Kovač

Mišo Kovac

Mišo Kovač is a Croatian singer who was one of the most popular musical icons of the former Yugoslavia, and still popular today in Croatia.-Biography:...

, Davor Gobac, Stanko Šarić, Zdenka Vučković, Jura Stublić

Jura Stublic

Jurislav "Jura" Stublić is a Croatian singer and songwriter.-Biography:In 1961, he moved with his parents Tomislav and Vesna to Sesvetski Kraljevec near Zagreb. His father was from Sesvetski Kraljevec and he too was a singer. His mother was a tailor.In Zagreb, Stublić studied philosophy, but he...

, Mladen Bodalec, and Ljiljana Nikolovska

Ljiljana Nikolovska

Ljiljana Nikolovska Ljiljana Nikolovska Ljiljana Nikolovska (also spelled Nikolovski or Nikoloski, born August 24, 1964 in Split, Croatia, is a Croatian singer. Ljiljana is of mixed Croatian and Macedonian ethnicity. She is best known for being the original lead singer with Magazin, and for...

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Apart from its humanitarian purpose, the group was significant in that it marked the beginning of an independent Croatian music scene

Music of Croatia

The music of Croatia, like the divisions of the country itself, has two major influences: the Central European one, present in the central and northern parts of the country, as well as in Slavonia, and the Mediterranean one, particularly present in the coastal regions of Dalmatia and Istria.In...

 and the end of the Yugoslavian music scene. Among those rock groups who adopted a firm Croatian identity and participated in the single were Film

Film (music group)

Film was a Croatian rock group founded in 1978 in Zagreb. Film was one of the most popular rock groups of the former Yugoslav New Wave in the late 1970s to early 1980s.- New Wave years :...

, Novi fosili

Novi fosili

Novi fosili was a Croatian pop band, one of the most popular music acts in former Yugoslavia.The group was formed in Zagreb in 1969. Their first successes came in 1976 when the composer Rajko Dujmić joined the band. That same year Novi Fosili played at the Split Festival, where their song...

, Magazin

Magazin

Magazin is a Croatian pop band from Split.Founded in the 1970s under the name Dalmatinski magazin , the band quickly began to make a mark on local pop music festivals with its songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music...

, Parni Valjak

Parni Valjak

Parni valjak 1975 is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene, and currently one of the top rock-and-roll bands in Croatia.-Biography:Parni valjak was founded in 1975...

, Psihomodo Pop

Psihomodo Pop

Psihomodo Pop is a Croatian pop punk group. The band was formed in 1983 in Zagreb and has since achieved a somewhat cult following across the area of former Yugoslavia....

 and Prljavo Kazalište

Prljavo kazalište

Prljavo kazalište is a rock and roll band from Zagreb, Croatia. Since its formation in 1977, the group changed several music styles and line ups but remained one of the top acts of both the Croatian and the former Yugoslav rock scenes.-Beginnings:Prljavo kazalište was formed in 1977 in Dubrava,...

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