Work Your Magic
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| Single by Dmitry Koldun from the album Work Your Magic (Promotional Eurovision album) |
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| Released | 2007 | |
| Format | Digital Download, CD (compilation, single, rare version) | |
| Recorded | 2007 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:08 | |
| Writer(s) | Philip Kirkorov (composer) and Karen Kavaleryan (lyricist) | |
| Dmitry Koldun singles chronology | ||
| "Work Your Magic" (2007) |
"Я Для Tебя" (2007) |
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 Work Your Magic |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry | ||
| Country | Belarus | |
| Artist(s) | Dmitry Koldun | |
| Language | English | |
| Composer(s) | Philip Kirkorov | |
| Lyricist(s) | Karen Kavaleryan | |
| Place | 6th | |
| Points | 145 | |
| Place in Semifinal | 4th | |
| Points in Semifinal | 176 | |
| Lyrics | Lyrics | |
Work Your Magic is the most successful single released from Dmitry Koldun to date. The song was chosen to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Note that the word Koldun in Russian means magician or sorcerer.
The song is an up-tempo number, with Koldun describing the power that his lover has over him, likening it to "magic". He tells her that, as a result of her power, she can "keep my heart forever bound". He also promises that "you'll get the best of what I've got".
It is unknown if Work Your Magic will feature on Koldun's upcoming album though it currently appears unlikely this song will be featured.
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[edit] Eurovision
The performance in Helsinki featured two backing dancers climbing on moveable walls. BBC commentary focused on Koldun's perceived similarities to Princess Diana.
Prior to the contest Koldun led the biggest Euro tour ever made by any Eurovision participant appearing (and performing) all over Europe - Russia in the far east and Ireland, far west.
As Belarus had not finished in the top 10 in th Eurovision Song Contest 2006, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed fourth (following Cyprus' Evridiki with Comme Ci, Comme Ça and preceding Iceland's Eiríkur Hauksson with Valentine Lost). The song received 176 points in the semi-final, placing 4th in a field of 28 and qualifying Belarus for the final.
In the final, the song was performed third (following Spain's D'NASH with I Love You Mi Vida and preceding Ireland's Dervish with They Can't Stop The Spring). At the close of voting, it had received 145 points, placing 6th in a field of 24.
[edit] Music Video
Koldun made his promotional music video for the song while on tour in Greece. As both the artist's name and song may suggest, the video has a very strong 'magical influence' as the video features magicians, witches, fire breathers, etc. The main plot appears to be a jealous queen's attempt to destroy a young woman whom Koldun may be singing about. The young woman is teleported through the fire into a grand castle-like setting as magical acts and occurances around her. She runs through halls and corridors attempting to escape though in the end she runs into the queen (who is much larger than her) and is obliterated as the queen raises her hand and laughs in triumph. Throughout the video there are clips of Koldun performing the song, accompanied by two guitarists and a drummer.
The video bears a close resemblance to the video for the song "Jaded" by Aerosmith, in which many elements and characters, including the young female central to the story, are quite similar.
[edit] Variations
There is a Russian version of the song titled "Дай Мне Силу" (Dai Mnye Siloo (or "Give Me Power" in English)) as well as several remixes (e.g. Zoloto, Deep Zone Project and a Russian/English lyric mix). The song "Дай Мне Силу" was released in Russia/Belarus several weeks after "Work Your Magic" and though it was successful it failed to achieve the popularity or rating of "Work Your Magic".
[edit] Charts
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[edit] External links
- Koldun's official website
- Music video
- Дай мне силу video
- "Work your magic" at Eurovision 2007
- Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
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