Ruki Vverh!
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| Ruki Vverh! Руки Вверх! | |
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| Background information | |
| Genres |
Pop Music Dance music |
| Years active | 1996–2006, 2012-present |
| Website | RukiVverh.ru |
| Past members |
Sergey Zhukov Aleksey Potehin |
Ruki Vverh (Russian: Руки Вверх,[1] meaning "Hands Up") are a Russian pop and techno band. The band members are Sergey Zhukov and Aleksey Potehin. They came to prominence in the 1990s.
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) aka ATC 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. An Estonian pop group "Hellad velled" made (18 mne uzhe) hit a cover version of the song (18). A Russian pop group "Reflex" made (18 mne uzhe) hit a nother cover version of the song (18 mne uzhe). A German parody group "Hände hoch" made (Kroshka moja) hit a cover version of the song (Meine kleine, Hitler kaputt)
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 esthyo gromche!
- 1998 Sdelay esthyo gromche! (+4 new songs)
- 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 (Natasha)
- 2005 Otel
- 2005 Pozovi menya, ne goni menya
- 2012 Otkroy mne dver
See also
- Mne S Toboy Horosho
- Pesenka
- Disco Dancer
References
- ↑ The conventional transliteration would be "Ruki Vverkh", rather than "Ruki Vverh".
External links
- Official site (Russian)
- Official site of band member Sergey Zhukov (Russian)
- Unofficial site of "Ruki Vverh!" and Sergey Zhukov (Russian)
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