| "City of Mary" | ||||
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| Single byOkean Elzy | ||||
| Released | 22 April 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 21 April 2022 | |||
| Length | 4:20 | |||
| Label | TOB | |||
| Songwriter | Sviatoslav Vakarchuk | |||
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| "Місто Марії" onYouTube | ||||
"City of Mary", also known as "Misto Marii" (Ukrainian:Місто Марії,pronounced[ˈmistomɐˈr⁽ʲ⁾iji]), is a 2022 single by Ukrainian bandOkean Elzy. The song was released on 22 April 2022 as a music video, and released on 10 May 2022 on streaming platforms.[1]
According to band frontman Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, a military friend of Vakarchuk, who was fighting in theSiege of Mariupol, requested that the band should make a song that paid tribute to the Ukrainian fighters defending the city. Vakarchuk accepted, saying "it tears me from the inside every day when I read the news aboutMariupol."[2]
The song is dedicated to the Ukrainian fighters of theSiege of Mariupol. The band sings about how Mariupol will stand against Russian attacks, no matter how fierce they are.[3] The song also features excerpts from Ukrainian patriotic song "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna".[4]
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