Ruki Vverh!

Ruki Vverh (Russian: Руки Вверх,^[1] meaning "Hands Up") was one of the most successful Russian pop / techno groups of the late 1990s. The band members were Sergey Zhukov and Aleksey Potehin. They produced mostly dance music that combined simple melodies with progressive sounds of the time.

Covers of Ruki Vverh songs

• Their 2003 hit Mne S Toboy Horosho was covered by Haiducii and in 2004 became a big hit for her in Italy reaching the top 5 and in Austria.
• Their hit Pesenka was heavily sampled by other acts that went on to have international hits with them, including A Touch of Class (band) in "Around the World (La La La La La)" in 2000 and by beFour in "Magic Melody" in 2007.

The group was officially disbanded in August 2006.

Discography

• 1997 Dyshite ravnomerno
  • 1997 Dyshite ravnomerno (+4 new songs)
• 1998 Ruki vverh, doktor shlyager! — album cover-version and remix of song by Vyacheslav Dobrynin
• 1998 Sdelay pogromche!
• 1998 Sdelay yeshyo gromche
• 1999 Bez tormozov
• 1999 Sovsem bez tormozov
• 1999 Crazy - unofficial album (the songs are in English)
• 2000 Zdravstvuy, eto ya!
• 2001 Ne boysya, ya s toboy!
• 2001 Malenkie devochki
• 2001 Ogon' - unofficial album
• 2002 Konec popse, tantsuyut vse
• 2003 Mne s toboyu horosho
• 2004 A devochkam tak holodno!
• 2005 Fuc*in' Rock’n'Roll

See also

• Mne S Toboy Horosho
• Pesenka
  • Around the World (La La La La La)
• Disco Dancer

References

External links

• Official site (Russian)
• Official site of band member Sergey Zhukov (Russian)
• Unofficial site of "Ruki Vverh!" and Sergey Zhukov (Russian)
• Руки Вверх at Futuramerlin.com