"Jače manijače" (transl. Harder, You Maniac) is a song by Croatian funk singer Dino Dvornik. The single also contains an instrumental version of the song. "Jače manijače" later became a commercial success after being released in July 1990 on 12-inch vinyl by Jugoton.[1]
| "Jače manijače" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Dino Dvornik | ||||
| from the album Kreativni nered | ||||
| English title | Harder, You Maniac | |||
| A-side | "Biti sam" | |||
| B-side | "Ella EE" | |||
| Released | July 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Studio | Studio Lisinski, Zagreb | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Label | Jugoton | |||
| Composer(s) | Dino Dvornik | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Rambo Amadeus | |||
| Producer(s) | Dino Dvornik | |||
| Dino Dvornik singles chronology | ||||
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Background
editDvornik met the Montenegrin musician Rambo Amadeus during recording of the song "Glupi Hit (Stupid hit)" from the album Hoćemo gusle in 1989.[2] As the result of that friendship, Amadeus wrote the lyrics for the song.[3]
Composition
editThe song is in the style of funk and dance music that was in development in the former Yugoslavia.[3] It was written in D major with a tempo of 120 BPM.[4]
Music video
editThe video was filmed in Zagreb and its surrounding areas. It was officially premiered on the third channel of HTV in the TV show DJ Is So Hot.[5] The video was directed by Dinko Cepak and Tomislav Hleb. It was the first Croatian music video to be aired on MTV.[citation needed]
Legacy
editThe Serbian band Zemlja gruva covered this song with permission from Dvornik's wife Danijela.[6] Their version is firstly performed in 2011[7] and 2 years later recorded studio version.[8]
Personnel
edit- Zoran Šabijan – keyboards
- Mladen Baučić – saxophone
References
edit- ^ Dino Dvornik - Jače Manijače, 23 July 1990, retrieved 24 June 2022
- ^ "VELIKI HIT NASTAO PREKO TELEFONA: Kako su Dino DVORNIK i Rambo AMADEUS iskomponovali MANIJAKA za 20 MINUTA". espreso.co.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
I already had a recorded piece of "Maniac", but it was an alternative, practically no one even heard it. When Dino started working on the same topic, I combined some text for him over the phone. He had to hand over the material the next day, and we finished that text in 20 minutes in dialogue. At that time, they talked on landlines, so it was more pleasant to hold the handset for 20 minutes than today with a mobile phone, when the radiation of the phone is quite deconcentrated. My "Maniac" was worthless, and Dino's was great!
- ^ a b Headliner.rs. "Rambo otkrio kako je nastala pesma "Jače manijače" koja je postala "lična karta" Dina Dvornika". Headliner. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "BPM and key for Jače Manijače by Dino Dvornik | Tempo for Jače Manijače". Song BPM. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ Dino Dvornik i premijera spota "Udri jače manijače" u emisiji DJ IS SO HOT /HTV3 1990/, retrieved 24 June 2022
- ^ Zemlja gruva! feat. Gidra - Jače manijače, retrieved 24 June 2022
- ^ ZEMLJA GRUVA - UDRI JAČE MANIJAČE (DINO DVORNIK), retrieved 25 June 2022
- ^ Zemlja gruva! feat. Gidra - Jače manijače, retrieved 25 June 2022