"Babylónia" (Babel) is a song by Marika Gombitová released on OPUS in 1990.[1]
| "Babylónia" | |
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 A screenshot of the official music video | |
| Song by Marika Gombitová | |
| from the album Kam idú ľudia? | |
| Language | Slovak |
| Released | 1990 |
| Genre | Pop rock |
| Length | 5:15 |
| Label | OPUS |
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| Producer(s) |
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| Music video | |
| "Babylónia" on YouTube | |
| Audio sample | |
The music composed Gombitová, while Kamil Peteraj contributed with lyrics as usually. Following the track being issued as the pilot song taken from the singer's ninth studio album Kam idú ľudia?, its music video presented the artist on the Austrian chart Die Großen Zehn by ORF, becoming the first such case for any Czechoslovak entertainer by June 20, 1990.[2]
Official versions edit
- "Babylónia" – Studio version, 1990
Credits and personnel edit
- Marika Gombitová – lead vocal, music
- Andrej Šeban – keyboards, guitars, drums programming, arranger
- Kamil Peteraj – lyrics
- Norbert Bóka – synthetizers programming
- Stanislav Beňačka – chorus
- Adriena Bartošová – chorus
- Elena Matúšová – chorus
- Jana Küthreibová – chorus
- Peter Smolinský – producer
- Ivan Jombík – soud director
- Michal Ivanický – technical collaboration
- Štefan Danko – responsible editor
References edit
- General
- Graclík, Miroslav; Nekvapil, Václav (2008). Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music [Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music] (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: XYZ. p. 446. ISBN 978-80-7388-115-3. OCLC 294939865. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- Lehotský, Oskar (April 23, 2008a). Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Marika Gombitová (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia: Comenius University, Faculty of Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- Lehotský, Oskar (April 23, 2008b). Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia: Comenius University, Faculty of Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- Specific
- ^ For Marika Gombitová's discography, see Lehotský 2008a, pp. 54–56..
- ^ Graclík & Nekvapil 2008, p. 200.