Million Roses

"Million Roses" (Latvian: "Dāvāja Māriņa") is a Latvian song composed by Raimonds Pauls with lyrics by Leons Briedis. It was performed at the 1981 Mikrofona aptauja by Aija Kukule and Līga Kreicberga.

It is one of Pauls's most popular songs and has also been released in Korea and Japan^[1] and has been covered by several artists and in several languages:

• Russian singer Alla Pugacheva (with Russian lyrics by Andrej Voznesenskij as "Миллион алых роз", "Million alykh roz")^[when?]
• Latvian singer Larisa Mondrus ("Dāvāja Māriņa") (original version)^[when?]
• Finnish singer Vera Telenius (with Finnish lyrics by Telenius as "Miljoona ruusua")^[when?]
• Finnish singer Katri Helena ("Miljoona ruusua")^[when?]
• 1986: Hungarian singer Kata Csongrádi ("Millió rózsaszál")
• 1987: Finnish/Swedish singer Arja Saijonmaa (with Swedish lyrics by Lars Huldén as "Miljoner rosor")^[2]
• 2003: Russian/Swedish singer Elena Ermanova ("Million alykh roz")^[3]
• Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak ("Million alykh roz")^[when?]
• Сергей Дикий ("Million alykh roz")^[when?]
• Latvian a cappella band Cosmos ("Million alykh roz")^[when?]

Reference

1. ^ "Raimonds Pauls", culture.lv. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
2. ^ "Högt över havet, eurovisionsschlagern 1987: Sverige: uttagningen /2:a plats/ / Saijonmaa, Arja, Svensk mediedatabas. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
3. ^ "Milljon alyh roz = Miljoner rosor / Elena Ermanova", Svensk mediedatabas. Retrieved 3 April 2011.