"WOW" is the title of Ruslana's single released on 17 April 2011 in Ukraine. The track was produced in Los Angeles by producer Jack Spade.[1]

"Wow"
Single by Ruslana
from the album Euphoria
Released17 April 2011 (Ukraine)
Recorded2011
Genrepop, funk, rap
Length3:19
LabelLuxen Studios/Comp Music/EMI
Songwriter(s)Ruslana, Alexander Ksenofontov, Vlad DeBriansky
Producer(s)Ruslana, Jack Spade
Ruslana singles chronology
"Ja jdu za toboju"
(2011)
"Wow"
(2011)

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 1842 opera Ruslan and Ludmila - one of the most popular and recognizable Slavic motive in the world.[2]

Music video

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The shooting took place on the Kyiv Lenin Smithy ship building plant. The music video was directed by Semen Gorov (Ukraine). Director of photography was Brandon Cox, who has worked with Eminem, Jessica Alba, T-Pain, Chris Brown, Lil Mama, and Linkin Park.[1]

Charts

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Chart Peak
Position
Ukraine Top 40 7
Europe Official Top 100[3] 79

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ruslana Blog » Now it's WOW! instead of HEY!". Blog.ruslana.ua. 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ^ Busa, Alexandru (2011-05-05). "Ruslana's "Wow" hits the Ukrainian charts". ESCtoday.com. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  3. ^ "Ruslana - Vau @ Top40-Charts.com - Songs & Videos from 49 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 30 Countries". Top40-charts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-15.