Ruki Vverh!
| Ruki Vverh! Руки Вверх! | |
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| Background information | |
| Genres |
Pop music Dance music |
| Years active | 1996–2006, 2012-present |
| Website | RukiVverh.ru |
| 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 ATC 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 another 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)
- 1997-1998 - 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
- 1999-2000 - Sovsem bez tormozov
- 1999-2000 - Crazy - unofficial album (the songs are in English)
- 1999-2000 - Sovsem bez tormozov
- 2000 - Zdravstvuy, eto ya!
- 2001 - Ne boysya, ya s toboy
- 2001 - Malenkie devochki
- 2001-2002 - Ogon' - unofficial album
- 2001 - Malenkie devochki
- 2002 - Konec popse, tantsuyut vse
- 2003 - Mne s toboyu horosho
- 2004 - A devochkam tak holodno
- 2005 - Fuc*in' Rock’n'Roll
- 2005 - Pozovi menya, ne goni menya
- 2005 - Otel
- 2005 - Pozovi menya, ne goni menya
- 2012 - Otkroy mne dver
- 2013 - The Best
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)