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GreenJolly (Ukrainian: Ґринджоли, Grindžoli) is a Ukrainian rap band most widely known for their song, Razom Nas Bahato, Nas Ne Podolaty, which became the unofficial anthem of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution in 2004. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and Razom Nas Bahato Nas Ne Podolaty is a hip-hop Song by GreenJolly, which became the unofficial anthem of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution (Помаранчева революція Pomarancheva revolyutsiya) was a series of Protests and political events that took place in Ukraine The literal translation of the song title is "Together there are many of us! We cannot be defeated!". It deliberately resembles a title of a famous Chilean anti-Pinochet resistance song, "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" (The people united will never be defeated), composed by Sergio Ortega and first recorded by Quilapayun. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November El pueblo unido jamás será vencido ("The people united will never be defeated" is a quote originally given by the Colombian politician Jorge Gaitán, The People United Will Never Be Defeated! ( 1975) is a piano composition by American composer Frederic Rzewski. Sergio Ortega (February 2 1938 - September 15 2003 was a Chilean Composer and Pianist. Quilapayún ( Pronounced: kee-lah-pah-YOON) are an Instrumental and vocal Folk music group from Chile and among the longest

The band originates from the Ivano-Frankivsk region in Western Ukraine, named after the Hutsul Ukrainian word for "sleigh". Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Івано-Франківська область translit Hutsuls (Гуцули singular Гуцул Romanian: Huţuli, singular Huţul, Hutsul dialect Hutsule, singular Hutsul; alternatively In conjunction with various radio stations in the country, the band wrote a rap song to support the masses in their protest against the electoral fraud that took place during the Ukrainian presidential election. The presidential election held in November and December 2004 in Ukraine was mostly a political battle between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych

The song became widely known in Ukraine, and was frequently played on many radio and TV stations. The song has been downloaded millions of times on the Internet and has become an instant international hit. GreenJolly won the nomination to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by the interactive vote held among TV viewers, after Razom Nas Bahato was controversially put in contention as a last minute 'wild-card' addition to the final of the national pre-selection competition, which had already gone through fifteen grueling semi-finals, dating back to before the Orange Revolution. The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine This success came as a surprise even for the band performers who in the immediate aftermath vowed to represent Ukraine competitively in the prestigious contest. However, the lyrics of the song have had to be substantially reworked in order to be consistent with the rules laid down by the European Broadcasting Union. The European Broadcasting Union ( EBU; L'Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision ("UER" and unrelated to the European Union) is a confederation

In the finals, which by coincidence were held in Ukraine after Ruslana Lyzhichko's win in the 2004 contest, GreenJolly finished 20th despite picking up full points from the Polish televote, thanks to media exposure to a Polish reworking of the song made by the country's biggest hiphop stars in support of Ukraine's struggle for freedom. The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, the 49th in the series was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, with the final on 15 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland

Contents

Albums

Razom nas bahato (International Eurovision version)

Haj bude tak (Let it Be)

External links

Preceded by
Ruslana		 Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
2005		 Succeeded by
Tina Karol
Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest six times debuting in 2003 (see ESC 2003) with a 14th place finish for the popular singer Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tina Karol (Тіна Кароль born on January 25, 1985) is a Ukrainian Singer.
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