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| "Znayu Ya (I know)" | |
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| Song by Ruslana | |
| from the album Dyki Tantsi | |
| Released | 2003 |
| Recorded | Peter Gabriel's studio |
| Genre | Pop folk |
| Length | 4.39 |
| Label | EMI |
| Songwriter(s) | Ruslana |
| Producer(s) | Ruslana, O. Ksenofontov |
"Znayu Ya" ("I know") is a song of Ukrainian singer Ruslana released in 2001.
Znayu Ya(I Know) is a work about Ukrainian Carpathians, the first video clip filmed and arranged for demonstration in modern movie theaters. Personnel of 250 workers. Seven studios in five countries, 4 kilometers of video tape footage, sound by Dolby Digital 5.0 (licensed by Dolby Laboratories, London). Color by DigitalFilmFinland, Helsinki. Record-breaking high budget, many trick effects and much technical equipment. Unique video shooting of Carpathian mountains from helicopter, numerous scenes in Mountains, video fragments of a true Hutsul wedding in ethnic costumes, incredible national color of Hutsul culture. Filming of a concert on a bandstand installed in the middle of a mountain waterfall. shooting of Ruslana on top of a rock (1600 meters above sea-level) with neither a dubbing actor nor assistance.
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