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Just a quick request from my dear readers. I’m trying to put together a mix of pop songs that are well-known and well loved in the CIS. Songs like “Ma-ma-ma-maria” or “Novii Povorot” by Mashina Vremeni. Songs that make everyone in a restaurant start dancing when they start playing it. I would really appreciate song title and artist so I can track it down more effectively. Like who does that maria song? And what is the actual title?

EDIT: Thanks for the huge reaction and quick reaction. That has to be a record for number of comments on a post in one day. I was thinking of any well-known and loved songs.

This is what I have so far from this post and from quizzing friends.

1. “Novii Povorot”, Mashina Vremeni
2. “Lady of the Night”, Modern Talking
3. “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul”, Modern Talking
4. “Stumbling In”, Smokie
5. “Winds of Change”, Scorpions
6. “Rasputin”, Boney M
7. “Ma-ma-ma-ma Maria”, Gaylords (Ricchi i Poveri, original Italian)
8. Alumnivii Ogurtsi”, Kino
9. “Happy New Year”, ABBA
10. “Moi Adres Sovetskii Soyuz”, No idea who did it.

Also, those last two links in Jen’s comments are hysterical. Not sure they are incredibly popular around here but so awesome. In terms of where to get these in the US, besides trying compilations of 70s-80s pop music, there are ways to download videos or even audio from YouTube and apparently various ways to download MP3s. But as those may not be legal, I really wouldn’t want to post about them here.