Mitar Mirić

Mitar Mirić (Serbian Cyrillic: Митар Мирић; born 16 January 1957) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav folk singer.^[1] Some of his most popular songs include: "Cigance", "Nisam lopov", "Voli me danas vise nego juce", "Doviđenja društvo staro", "Zivela ljubav", "Ne može nam niko ništa", and "Ja Sam ti". He was a long-time collaborator and friend of late Novica Urošević.

Life

Mirić was born in January 1957, into a family of ethnic Serbs (Bosnian Serbs) in the village of Bogutovo Selo near the town of Ugljevik in the northeastern part of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). He finished secondary school in Ugljevik. He began his professional career in 1975 with the release of his first single, Od mene je ljubav jaca, on newly established Diskoton, based in Sarajevo, followed by another single, Kad se spusti tiho vece, on national record label PGP-RTB, based in capital Belgrade, in Serbia. In 1976 he moved to Serbia, and joined recording house Diskos based in Aleksandrovac. Diskos was among the major record labels of former Yugoslavia. He began singing in a Sremska Mitrovica restaurant. An important part in his success and career was Novica Urošević, who had written for Mitar from 1979 until 1997. Another important part was Branimir Đokić's orchestra which accompanied Mirić from 1979 to 1984, with whom he recorded four singles, and five albums.

For a concert in Croatia, Mirić has a fee of 3,000 €.^[2]

Reception

His single "Ne može nam niko ništa" became a huge hit. When the Serbia national under-19 football team won the 2013 European Championship, Ne može nam niko ništa was sung by the players during celebration,^[3][4] and later a video was released in which some players were guests at Mitar Mirić's house where they together sung it to the accordion.^[5][6]

Personal life

Mirić standing, and sitting from left: Ljuba Aličić, Novica Urošević and Šerif Konjević.

He lives in central Belgrade, with his wife Suzana and daughter Sanja. He was involved in a car crash on May 6, 2005, in Orašje, in which his car stopped a few metres from a mine field.^[7] His kum was Novica Urošević, who died from alcoholism in 2009.^[8] He does not speak any English.^[8] He has a dog called "Crowballs", which the youth call 'Tarmi dogmi'. His popular nickname "Tarmi Rićmi",^[9] derived from šatrovački slang used by Serbian youth, is widespread, and he has been spoofed by Straight Jackin' in their song "Tarmi Rićmi", as well as in Beovizija entry "Ring, ring, ring" by The Breeze.^[10] He is nicknamed "Djuro" by his friends.^[11]

• In 1999, he was voted "Bosnia's hottest folk-singer".
• In 2001, he appeared on the Bosnian version of Ready Steady Cook where he was engaged in a freak accident involving Pljeskavica.
• The Serbian tennis player, Novak Djokovic, is known to be one of Mitar's biggest fans and can often be seen humming his songs at matches. He also has a tattoo of Mitar's dog, Crowballs, which has recently been altered since Crowballs adopted an eyepatch.
• He appeared on the Serbian reality show Dvor, in which he was one of the most popular contestants. He scuffled with Nemanja Nikolić during the show.^[12]

Awards

• Festival Ilidza, in 1978
• Zlatni mikrofron ("Golden microphone"), in 2002^[13]
• Zlatni melos ("Golden melody"), several times

Discography

Singles

• Od mene je ljubav jaca - Diskoton (1975)
• Kad se spusti tiho vece - PGP RTB (1976)
• Na rastanku nisam suze krio - Diskos (1976)
• Dodjoh srecan da me vidi majka - Diskos (1977)
• Pevajte mi pesme tuzne - Diskos (1977)
• Nizamski rastanak - Diskos (1978)
• Okreni se ne okrenula se - Diskos (1978)
• Ne pitaj me kad cu sutra doci - Diskos (1979)
• Poslednja stranica - Diskos (1979) Festival Ilidza, composed by Novica Urošević
• Voli me danas više nego juce - Diskos (1980)
• Umrecu bez tebe nevero moja - Diskos (1980) Festival Ilidza
• Hocu mesto u tvom srcu - Diskos (1981)
• Grešnik - (2010)
• Devica - (2011) (feat. In Vivo)

Albums

• Nikoga svoga nemam - Diskos (1979)
• Voli me danas više nego juce - Diskos (1980), composed by Novica Urošević
• Hocu mesto u tvom srcu - Diskos (1981)
• Dobro jutro rekoh zori - Diskos (1982), composed by Novica Urošević
• U svanuce ne idem do kuce - Diskos (1982), composed by Novica Urošević
• Sve su iste osim tebe - Diskos (1984), composed by Novica Urošević
• Zivela ljubav - Diskos (1984), composed by Novica Urošević
• Ne diraj coveka za stolom - Diskos (1986), composed by Novica Urošević
• Ako umrem da mi zao nije - Diskos (1987), composed by Novica Urošević
• Dajte mi da zivim - Diskos (1988) * composed by (D.Aleksandric)
• Ne moze nam niko nista - Diskos (1989), composed by Novica Urošević
• Najjaci smo, najjaci - Diskos (1990), composed by Novica Urošević
• Nepopravljiv - Diskos (1992), composed by Novica Urošević
• Devojka preko puta - JV (1993), composed by Novica Urošević
• Dotakni me - PGP RTS (1995), composed by Novica Urošević
• Cudotvorac - Diskos (1996), composed by Novica Urošević
• Ja ne zivim ovde - Diskos (1997), composed by Novica Urošević
• Haljine svilene - ZaM (1998)
• Samo kazi - Grand Production (2000)
• Nekad sam i ja voleo - Grand Production (2002)
• Pomirenje - Grand Production (2003)
• Neka puca - Grand Production (2006)
• Licis na sve moje bivse - Vujin Records (2009)

References