"'Sveto Pismo" () is a song by Croatian

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singer

Jelena Rozga Jelena Rozga (born 23 August 1977) is a Croatian pop, folk, and electropop singer. Born and raised in Split, Croatia, Rozga was a ballet dancer as a child. She rose to fame in 1996, when she became the lead singer of Magazin, a pop band famous i ...

. It was written by

Vjekoslava Huljić Vjekoslava Huljić (; born on 27 March 1963) is a Croatian lyricist, songwriter, novelist, and writer. Born in Duvno and raised in Split, Huljić emerged as a successful lyricist with several hits from the Croatian group Magazin. She is considere ...

, arranged by

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and produced by

Darko Dimitrov Darko Dimitrov ( ; born 21 January 1973) is a Macedonian songwriter, record producer, arranger and record executive. Highly acclaimed for revitalising the Yugoslav mainstream pop music scene, which also influenced the surrounding Balkan countries ...

and

Željko Joksimović Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar a ...

. It was released as a single through

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on 27 January 2020 along with an accompanying

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directed by Dario Radusin. Musically, "Sveto Pismo" is a pop ballad, sung from the perspective of a woman who is wondering whether love is enough for a relationship to be maintained. Commercially, the song achieved moderate success in

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, peaking at number five on the

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. The music video for the song is watched 4.3 million times as of May 2022.

Background and composition

"Sveto Pismo" was written by

, arranged by

and produced by

and

. It was released almost a year after the singer's last single since she did not want to rush through the process. Lyrically, the song poses the question of whether "love is enough" for a relationship to survive the "problems and temptations or is something more necessary". Musically, "Sveto Pismo" is similar to songs from the beginning of the singer's career.

Music video and live performances

for the song, directed by Dario Radusin was released on 27 January 2020 and was filmed in

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. A writer of ''

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'' praised the singer for her successful portrayal of emotions. Dubrovnik was chosen as the location to film the video due to its "romantic" atmosphere and attraction. Rozga performed the song on 28 January at the

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(MAC) show in

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. The following month, Rozga appeared on the Macedonian

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awards show, where she also performed "Sveto Pismo" along with a medley of "Cirkus", "Ne pijem, ne pušim" and "Dani su bez broja" during the show. On 19 April 2020, during a series of concerts held at home due to the

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, Rozga performed an acoustic rendition of "Sveto Pismo" on

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and later YouTube.

Charts

References

External links

* {{Jelena Rozga Croatian songs Songs written by Vjekoslava Huljić 2020 songs 2020 singles Song recordings produced by Darko Dimitrov