1944 (song)
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| Single by Jamala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 12 February 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Enjoy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Susana Jamaladinova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"1944" is a song written and performed by Ukrainian singer Jamala (Ukrainian: Джамала, Crimean Tatar: Camala). It represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and won with a total of 534 points.
A music video for the song was released on 21 September 2016.
The lyrics for "1944" concern the deportation of the Crimean Tatars, in the 1940s, by the Soviet Union at the hands of Joseph Stalin because of their alleged collaboration with the Nazis. Jamala was particularly inspired by the story of her great-grandmother Nazylkhan, who was in her mid-20s when she and her five children were deported to barren Central Asia. One of the daughters did not survive the journey. Jamala's great-grandfather was fighting in World War II in the Red Army at this time and thus could not protect his family. The song was also released amid renewed repression of Crimean Tatars following the Russian annexation of Crimea, since most Crimean Tatars refuse to accept the annexation.
The song's chorus, in the Crimean Tatar language, is made up of words from a Crimean Tatar folk song called "Ey, güzel Qırım" that Jamala had heard from her great-grandmother, reflecting on the loss of a youth which could not be spent in her homeland. The song features the duduk played by Aram Kostanyan and the use of the mugham vocal style.
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