Ne Ver', Ne Boysia
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| Single by t.A.T.u. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | May 19, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Music video only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Europop, dance-pop, electronica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Universal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Songwriter(s) | Mars Lasar, Ivan Shapovalov, Valeriy Polienko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Ivan Shapovalov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2003 entry | |
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Valeriy Polienko
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3rd
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| Final points |
164
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| ◄ "Northern Girl" (2002) | |
| "Believe Me" (2004) ► | |
"Ne Ver', Ne Bojsia" (Cyrillic: "Не верь, не бойся"; Translated: "Don't believe, don't fear") also known as "Ne Ver', Ne Boisia, i Ne Prosi" ("Don't Believe, Don't Fear and Don't Ask") is a song by t.A.T.u. that they performed at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest while representing Russia. Although the girls placed a close third, the song got much attention.
The title of the song is based on a Russian prison saying, which entered Russian mainstream culture thanks to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's book The Gulag Archipelago.
According to Australian-born Mars Lasar, the song was produced by him and Shapovalov by sending MP3s over the internet to each other, with Mars in the U.S. and Shapovalov in Russia.
There are several versions of the song, including the promotional version that was used for Eurovision promotions.
The song was first released on the UK Maxi single for "Not Gonna Get Us" on May 19, 2003. It was then released on the UK Deluxe Edition of 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane on May 26, 2003. It was then released on November 25, 2003 in t.A.T.u. Remixes. The song reappeared in 2006 on The Best.
The only physical single for "Ne Ver', Ne Bojsia" was a 'not for sale' promo release distributed for Eurovision.
The song has a music video that contains videos of wars, accidents, and other pictures of the real world, as well as videos of Lena and Yulia. The video is on both t.A.T.u.'s official MySpace and YouTube pages.
t.A.T.u represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest with this song. It performed eleventh on the night (following Germany's Lou with "Let's Get Happy" and preceding Spain's Beth with "Dime"). At the close of the voting had received 164 points, placing 3rd in a field of 26. Five countries awarded Russia with maximum 12 points. These countries are: Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
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