"The Star Called Sun" (Russian: Звезда по имени Солнце, tr. Zvezda po imeni Solntse) is a song by the Soviet rock band «Kino» from the album with the same title released in 1988.

He doesn’t remember the words "yes" or "no",

He doesn’t remember any ranks or names.

And he can reach for the stars,

Aside from it's a dream,

And he falls, burned by the star

Viktor Tsoi wrote the lyrics and music. He also sang all the songs in the album. The duration of the song in the album 3:45. In the playlist of the album, this song is the second.

The artists performing in the song are:

The song was included in the album "The history of this world". The song is used in the movie "Igla", directed by Rashid Nugmanov and was written by Viktor Tsoi during the filming:

The song was written on my guitar in my apartment Alma-Ata.

The song is very popular (one of the most popular songs on "Kino"). Many novice guitarists learn to play it, and there have been a lot of cover versions. The song is heard on the air of Russian radio stations daily.

The band Brazzaville has recorded a cover version of "The Star Called Sun" in English called «Star Called Sun» for the album East L.A. Breeze (2006). The lyrics are different to the original: it is about the death of the singer's mother David Brown.

Near a star, called sun,

It was there that my mom came undone

Sounds of a summer parade

The song was sung in Udmurt language by the folklore band "Buranovskiye Babushki" (Udmurt: Брангуртысь песянайёс, Russian: Бурановские бабушки) Praskovia Fyodorova Translated the song into Udmurt.

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