200 Po Vstrechnoy

200 Po Vstrechnoy (Cyrillic: 200 По Встречной; translation: 200 [km/h] Against the Traffic) is the debut album by Russian recording duo t.A.T.u., which was released on 21 May 2001. The album is also known mostly as the Russian alternative album to their debut English-language album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane (2002). The album only had one important producer, Ivan Shapovalov, who also directed and wrote the album. The album's composition is very different from their English version, which this album produced more eurodance and very strong bubblegum, yet electro music. In February 2002 the album was reissued in Russia, features a new song "Клоуны", two new remixes for "30 минут" and "Мальчик-гей", multimedia track and photo gallery.

The album was very successful through Russia and Poland, where it achieved platinum status. Due to the sales of this album, t.A.T.u. became the first Eastern European act to receive an IFPI Europe Platinum Award. The English version of this album, 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane, won the award as well, making t.A.T.u. the first group ever to receive an IFPI Europe Platinum Award for the same album in two different languages.

Background

After leaving Neposedi, the group decided to record a Russian album, when they were signed to Neformat and Interscope Russia. Ivan Shapovalov had produced and written majority of the album. Ivan also produced their then-future album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane, which was released one year later. Through its composition, the album is very different from the English, where it features more electronica and europop style music. Even with "Я сошла с ума" and "Нас не догонят", the music is more electro-pop styles, then its original pop rock music.

While in production with the album, several audio files were leaked of the girls singing each song on the album. The demos consisted many recordings from 200 По Встречной, including the singles "Я сошла с ума".^[1] With this, demos of different songs were also recorded by each member of the band.

In the spring of 2012, over a decade after the album was first released, demos of the band's songs "Мальчик-гей", "30 минут", "Я сошла с ума" and "Нас не догонят", were leaked online.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Release

200 По Встречной was released on 21 May 2001 in Russia and in other European countries. It was later re-released in the same countries. In September 2003, the album was released in Asia and Japan where it sold over 4,600 copies. The album was not released digitally in Japan.^[5] The re-release album, however, was the only Russian album to be released on the iTunes Store worldwide and the 2001 version was not released worldwide, although the original version's artwork was used.

The album was released in New Zealand and the United Kingdom on 24 March 2003.^[6]^[7] This album, along with Весёлые Улыбки, are the only Russian albums to be released in New Zealand.

Singles

"Я сошла с ума" was released as t.A.T.u.'s debut single on December 2000. The Ivan Shapovalov-directed music video, which showed Yulia and Lena in Catholic school uniforms kissing under the rain behind a chain fence, was highly controversial throughout Europe. The clip contributed to the song's success, not only in Russia, but in other countries as well such as Poland, Czech Republic and Latvia.

"Нас не догонят" was the second single off the album. It was released on April 2001. No physical single was issued; instead, a promotional music video was released and the song was made available digitally. It managed to reach the number one position in Russia, Poland and Romania.

"30 минут" was released as the album's third and final single in mid-2001. It did not match the success of the previous singles and failed to chart in most countries. Due to the fact that the song did not receive a proper release, it was later labeled as only a promotional single. A music video, using the English version of the song, was later released.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Transliteration (Translation)	Length
1.	"Зачем я"	A. Vulih Ivan Shapovalov Valeriy Polienko	Aleksander Voitinskiy	Zachem ya (Why Me?)	4:07
2.	"Я сошла с ума"	Elena Kiper Polienko	Sergio Galoyan Shapovalov	Ya soshla s uma (I've Lost My Mind)	3:30
3.	"Нас не догонят"	Kiper Shapovalov Polienko	Galoyan Shapovalov	Nas ne dogonyat (Not Gonna Get Us)	4:38
4.	"Досчитай до 100"	Polienko	Voitinskiy	Doschitay do sta (Count to 100)	4:37
5.	"30 минут"	Polienko	Galoyan Shapovalov	Tridtsat' minut (30 Minutes)	3:17
6.	"Я твой враг"	Ryan Ryabtsev	Ryabtsev	Ya tvoy vrag (I'm Your Enemy)	4:06
7.	"Я твоя не первая"	Polienko	Galoyan	Ya tvoya ne pervaya (I'm Not Your First)	4:17
8.	"Робот"	Polienko	Voitinskiy	Robot	3:53
9.	"Мальчик-гей"	A. Karaseva V. Stepandsov	Galoyan Shapovalov	Mal'chik-gey (Gay Boy)	3:18
10.	"Нас не догонят" (HarDrum Remix)	Kiper Shapovalov Polienko	Galoyan Shapovalov		3:50
11.	"30 минут" (HarDrum Remix)	Polienko	Galoyan Shapovalov		4:02
12.	"Я сошла с ума" (HarDrum Remix – hidden track; starts at 5:04 on track 11)	Kiper Polienko	Galoyan Shapovalov		4:13
Total length:					43:04

Re-release
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Translation	Length
1.	"Клоуны"	Polienko	Shapovalov E. Kuritsin	Klouny (Clowns)	3:32
2.	"30 минут"	Polienko	Galoyan Shapovalov	Tridtsat' minut (30 Minutes)	3:20
3.	"Досчитай до 100"	Polienko	Voitinskiy	Doschitay do sta (Count to 100)	4:38
4.	"Зачем я"	Vulih Shapovalov Polienko	Voitinskiy	Zachem ya (Why Do I)	4:10
5.	"Нас не догонят"	Kiper Shapovalov Polienko	Galoyan Shapovalov	Nas ne dogonyat (They Won't Catch Us)	4:39
6.	"Я твоя не первая"	Polienko	Galoyan	Ya tvoya ne pervaya (I'm Not Your First)	4:19
7.	"Робот"	Polienko	Voitinskiy	Robot	3:54
8.	"Мальчик-гей"	Karaseva Stepandsov	Galoyan Shapovalov	Mal'chik-gey (Gay Boy)	3:20
9.	"Я твой враг"	Ryabtsev	Ryabtsev	Ya tvoy vrag (I'm Your Enemy)	4:19
10.	"Я сошла с ума"	Kiper Polienko	Galoyan Shapovalov	Ya soshla s uma (I've Lost My Mind)	3:33
11.	"30 минут" (Moscow Grooves Institute Remix)	Polienko	Galoyan Shapovalov		5:58
12.	"Мальчик-гей" (That Black Remix)	Karaseva Stepandsov	Galoyan Shapovalov		5:05

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[8]	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Poland (ZPAV)^[9]	Platinum	100,000^*
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone

References

t.A.T.u.

Lena Katina Julia Volkova

Russian albums	200 Po Vstrechnoy Lyudi Invalidy Vesyolye Ulybki

English albums	200 km/h in the Wrong Lane Dangerous and Moving Waste Management

Compilations	t.A.T.u. Remixes The Best Waste Management Remixes 200km/h in the Wrong Lane – 10th Anniversary Edition

Tours	200 Po Vstrechnoy Tour Show Me Love Tour Dangerous and Moving Tour

Film, TV & DVD	Anatomy of t.A.T.u. Podnebesnaya Screaming For More t.A.T.u: The Video Collection t.A.T.u. Expedition Truth: Live in St. Petersburg You and I

Related articles	Discography Awards "Khuy Voyne!" t.A.T.u. Come Back Ivan Shapovalov Sergio Galoyan Steve "Boomstick" Wilson

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