Cover Versions of Russian Pop Classics

A cover is a song played again by other hands. In this collection the source is always a Russian-language original: the melody and the lyrics stay with their authors, the arrangement is written from scratch.

Selection goes by the language of the original. The catalogue has no separate field for it, so the marker is the script of the title: a Cyrillic heading means a Russian-language song. Genres vary widely - stage pop and dance electronics end up side by side.

The order is by play count, so what people reach for most often comes first. If the era matters more than the language, the neighbouring sections are split by decade, and the general classic-songs collection covers all of them at once.

Covers of Russian songs from the 90s

The nineties are the densest part of this collection: stage pop and dance tracks that played at every school disco and got copied onto tape. "Devchonki" by Senator (1997), "Vozdushny Shar" by Mr Credo (1998), "Sokol Yasny" by Irina Saltykova (1995). The melody and the lyrics stay with the original, while the arrangement is written again, at the tempo these songs are listened to today.

Covers of Russian songs from the 80s

Eighties covers are recognised within the first bars: "Sedaya Noch" by Yuri Shatunov (1988), "Yagoda Malina" by Valentina Legkostupova (1987), "Lyusi" by Rodion Gazmanov from the same year. There is less of the eighties in the catalogue than of the nineties, because selection runs strictly by the year the song first appeared. Nothing here is a sped-up old master: the parts are replayed.

Covers of popular songs in Russian

The most played covers come first: the order follows play counts, not release dates. That puts three decades side by side - "Devchonka" by Ratmir Alexandrov (2005) next to "Modnitsa" by Kombinatsiya. The genres differ too: Russian stage pop lives in Russian Pop, in Eurodance and in Electro House at once, and what these tracks share is the language of the original.

Downloading the covers

Covers can be downloaded one by one: every track has a download button, and MP3 opens after a free sign-up with email confirmation. There is no subscription, no paid tier and no advertising. Regular listeners also get the whole set as a single archive - the block for it appears on this page once the archive has been built. Listening itself needs no account.