"'Sveto Pismo" ( en, The Holy Book) is a song by Croatian

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singer Jelena Rozga. It was written by

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, arranged by Tonči Huljić and produced by Darko Dimitrov and Željko Joksimović. It was released as a single through Croatia Records 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 Tonči Huljić and produced by Darko Dimitrov and Željko Joksimović. 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 Instagram Live 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