Bato, Bato

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Bato, Bato
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Studio album by
Lepa Brena
Released5 January 1984 (1984-01-05)
Genre Pop folk
Length34:46
Label PGP-RTB
Producer
Lepa Brena chronology
Sitnije, Cile, sitnije
(1983)		Bato, Bato
(1984)		 Pile moje
(1984)

Bato, Bato is the third studio album by Yugoslav pop-folk singer Lepa Brena and her band Slatki Greh. It was released 5 January 1984 through the record label PGP-RTB and with over a million copies sold it is the best selling album in Yugoslavia and made Lepa Brena a superstar outside of her home-country, especially in Bulgaria and Romania. [1]

Contents

This was her fourth of twelve albums with Slatki Greh.

Background

This album marked the end of cooperation with their former manager, Milutin Popović Zachar, and the beginning of the golden career period of Lepa Brena, with new manager Raka Đokić. Lepa Brena, for the promotion of the new album, was once again trained in acting, along with Nikola Simić, in the film Nema problema. The film and the new album Bato, Bato have been incredible success. The film, like a most watched, won the Oscars of Popularity that year. The album was sold in 1,100,000 copies, and thus became the best-selling album ever in the history of Yugoslavia. At the signing of the album in Belgrade, over 5,000 people came, and this caused huge crowds and traffic jam. Thanks to this album, Brena came to the top of the most popular singers in Yugoslavia, becoming a mega star in Romania and Bulgaria. In Timișoara, Romania, on August 10, 1985, 65,000 people performed at the Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu.

Title

The album name comes from a male nickname, Bato, very common in former Yugoslavia. Although there is also an English version of this name (also Bato), which means 'son of the farmer'. It is a form of the name Bartholomew.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bato, Bato"
  • Slavica Vuković
  • Predrag Vuković
2:09
2."Bosanac" (Bosnian man)
  • Miša Marković
  • Mića Đorđević
3:15
3."Šta ti je" (What's Wrong with You)
  • Ruždija Krupa
  • Predrag Negovanović
  • Mića Đorđević
3:03
4."Čik priđi ako smeš" (Come Closer If You Dare)
  • Miša Marković
  • Mića Đorđević
2:35
5."Brani me, brani" (Protect Me)
  • Ruždija Krupa
  • Predrag Negovanović
  • Mića Đorđević
2:35
6."Volim te sve luđe" (I Love You More and More)
  • Srđan Jovanović
  • Miša Mijatović
  • Mića Đorđević
2:45
7."Nemoj reći da me voliš" (Don't Say You Love Me)
  • Srđan Jovanović
  • Mića Đorđević
2:16
8."Moj je lola zvezda roken rola" (My Baby Is a Rock Star)
  • Dejan Pataković
  • Mića Đorđević
3:30
9."Boc, boc..." (Poke, Poke)
  • S. Stojanović
  • Kornelije Kovač
  • Kornelije Kovač
2:28
10."Igraj Boro, moje oro" (Boro, Dance My Oro)
  • Radmila Todorović
  • Mića Đorđević
2:49
11."Epidemija ljubavi" (Epidemic of Love)
  • Tomislavka Todorović
  • Mića Đorđević
3:14
12."Recite mu da ga volim" (Tell Him I Love Him)
  • Miša Marković
  • Mića Đorđević
3:19
13."Dečko mi je školarac" (My Boyfriend Is a Schoolboy)
  • Tomislavka Todorović
  • Mića Đorđević
2:48

Release history

List of regions, release dates, showing formats, label and reference
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
SFR YugoslaviaJanuary 5, 1984 PGP-RTB [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bato, Bato". Discogs. 5 January 1984. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. ↑ ""Bato, Bato" Vinyl Bundle". PGP-RTB (official store). 5 January 1984. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ ""Bato, Bato" Cassette Bundle". PGP-RTB (official store). 1984. Retrieved December 4, 2017.


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