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| Single byNatalia Podolskaya | ||||
| Released | February 25, 2005 (2005-2-25) | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
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| "Nobody Hurt No One" onYouTube | ||||
| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 entry | ||||
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| Language | English | |||
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| Final result | 15th | |||
| Final points | 57 | |||
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| ◄ "Believe Me" (2004) | ||||
| "Never Let You Go" (2006) ► | ||||
"Nobody Hurt No One" was theRussian entry in the2005 Eurovision Song Contest, performed inEnglish byBelarusian singerNatalia Podolskaya. It was written byVictor Drobysh, Jussi-Pekka Järvinen,Mary Susan Applegate, and produced by Victor Drobysh and Iosif Prigozhin.
The song won Russia's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. As Russia had finished theEurovision Song Contest 2004 in the top 12, the song was pre-qualified for the final, held inKyiv, Ukraine. On the night, the song was performed 20th, followingGreece'sHelena Paparizou with "My Number One" and precedingBosnia and Herzegovina'sFeminnem with "Call Me". At the close of voting, it had received 57 points, placing 15th in a field of 24.
The song was succeeded as Russian representative byDima Bilan with "Never Let You Go".
On September 1, 2004, a group of armedIslamic militants, mostlyIngush andChechen, occupied School Number One (SNO) in the town ofBeslan,North Ossetia (anautonomous republic in theNorth Caucasus region of theRussian Federation). The siege lasted three days and involved the illegal imprisonment of over 1,100 people as hostages (including 777 children).[1][2] The hostage-takes demanded recognition of the independence of Chechnya at the UN and withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya. On the third day of the standoff, Russian security forces stormed the school building with the use oftanks,incendiary rockets and other heavy weapons.[3] As of December 2006, 334 people (excluding terrorists) were killed,[4] including 186 children.[5]
Few months later, "Nobody Hurt No One" was announced as one of the 30 participants of the Russian national selection. On February 25, 2005, this song was selected as a winner of Russia's national selection for Eurovision.
Igor Burloff directed the music video for the song. It was filmed in the late days of April 2005 inHelsinki insideTavastia Club. The shooting of the video involved more than 500 people.[6]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Nobody Hurt No One" (eurovision version) | 3:00 |
| 2. | "Nobody Hurt No One" (radio edit) | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Nobody Hurt No One" (Daleo remix) | 3:03 |
| 4. | "Nobody Hurt No One" (Krazy Legs Ruff mix) | 2:54 |
| 5. | "Pozdno (Russian:Поздно)" (bonus track) | 3:32 |
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| Russian Airplay Chart[7] | 60 |
[...]bringing the total death toll to 334, a Beslan activist said.[...]Two other former hostages died of their wounds last year and another died last August, which had brought the overall death toll to 333 -- a figure that does not include the hostage-takers.[verification needed]
Of those who died, 186 were children.[verification needed]
