"WOW" is the title of
Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko ( uk, Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, ''Ruslana Lyzhychko''; born 24 May 1973), known mononymously as Ruslana, is a World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest winning recording artist, holdi ...
's single released on 17 April 2011 in
Ukraine
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. The track was produced in
Los Angeles
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by producer
Jack Spade
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Business hist ...
.
The song was written by Ruslana with Alexander Ksenofontov (TFC band leader and the singer's husband) and Vlad DeBriansky (Jack Spade, TFC band lead guitar). The feature of the single was the part of the "March Chernomor" from Glinka's opera ''
Ruslan and Ludmila Ruslan may refer to:
* ''Ruslan'' (film), a 2009 film starring Steven Segal
* Ruslan (given name), male name used mainly in Slavic countries, with list of people
* Antonov An-124 ''Ruslan'', large Soviet cargo aircraft, later built in Ukraine and ...
'' - one of the most popular and recognizable Slavic motive in the world.
Music video
The shooting took place on the Kyiv Lenin Smithy ship building plant. The
music video
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was directed by Semen Gorov (Ukraine). Director of photography was
Brandon Cox
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, who has worked with
Eminem
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,
Jessica Alba
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,
T-Pain,
Chris Brown
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,
Lil Mama, and
Linkin Park
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.
Charts
References
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Ruslana songs
2011 singles
2011 songs
Songs written by Ruslana