Wild Dances (album)

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Wild Dances
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Studio album by
Released6 July 2004
Recorded2003/2004
Genre Folk, Pop, Ethnic
Length52:07(basic album)
55:12 (Welcome to My Wild World)
48:43 (Christmas edition)
52:02 (New Year edition)
Label EMI
Producer Goatboy, Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov
Ruslana chronology
Дикі Танці
(2003)
Wild Dances
(2004)
Club'in
(2005)
Alternative cover
Ruslana - Wild Dances romanian edition album cover.jpg
Romanian release artwork
Singles from Wild Dances
  1. "Wild Dances"
    Released: 2004
  2. "Dance with the Wolves"
    Released: January 2005
  3. "The Same Star"
    Released: May 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic ? [1]
Amazon.com ? [2]

Wild Dances is the fifth studio album by Ukrainian singer-songwriter Ruslana. It was released on July 6, 2004. The album has been certified 7x platinum in Ukraine, selling 700,000 copies and Platinum in Slovakia.

Contents

Track listing

Basic album
#TitleWritersTime
1."Wild Dances"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov3:00
2."Dance with the Wolves"Ruslana, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky3:57
3."Accordion Intro"Ruslana1:00
4."The Same Star"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky, Steve Balsamo4:19
5."Play, Musician"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofonotv3:53
6."Like a Hurricane"Ruslana, Jamie Maher, Sherena Dugani, Fayney2:36
7."The Tango We Used To Dance"Ruslana, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Misensky3:45
8."Wild Dances [Harem's club mix]"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov3:16
9."Wild Dances [part II]"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky3:59
10."Wild Passion"Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Misensky4:00
11."Arkan"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov3:40
12."Kolomyjka"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov4:02
13."Hutsul Girl"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov3:55
14."Play, Musician [deep mix]"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov4:00
15."Wild Dances [Harem's percussion mix]"Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov2:52
Wild Dances (New Year/Christmas Edition) (21 February 2005)

The album is the 2005 English version of Wild Dances. The Christmas Edition has festive design, bonus tracks and includes a poster with a calendar for the year 2006.

  1. Wild Dances (Victory Dance) – 3:00
  2. Dance with the Wolves (Extreme Dance) – 3:57
  3. Accordion Intro (Ethno Dance) – 1:00
  4. The Same Star (Night Dance) – 4:19
  5. Play, Musician (Joy Dance) – 3:53
  6. Like a Hurricane (Drive Dance) – 2:36
  7. Tango We Used to Dance (Love Dance) – 3:45
  8. Wild Dances [Part 2] (Sympho Dance) – 3:59
  9. Wild Passion (Molfar Dance) – 4:00
  10. Wild Dances [Harem's Percussion Mix] (Thanks to Turkey) – 2:52
  11. Ring Dance with the Wolves [Bonus track] – 3:51
  12. Wild Dances [C.Y.T. vs DJ Nick 2005 (Club Edit)] [Bonus track] – 4:10
  13. The Same Star [DJ Small & LV Club Mix] [Bonus track] – 6:45

Personnel

Charts

CountryPeak
Ukraine (UMKA) [3] 1
Czech Republic (IFPI) [4] 9
Belgium Flanders (Ultratop) [5] 59

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Slovakia [6] Platinum 
Ukraine [6] 7× Platinum700,000 [6]
Summaries
Worldwide1,000,000 [6]

Notes

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Amazon.com review
  3. "Ua Umka Charts". Ua Umka Charts.
  4. "IFPI Charts". IFPI.
  5. "swisscharts". swisscharts.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Lombardini, Emanuele (17 May 2019). Good evening europe. ISBN   9788831619981.

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