Colours song for preschool

Sing to tune of “Oh, Christmas Tree”
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Oh rainbow, oh rainbow
How lovely are your colors
Oh rainbow, oh rainbow
How lovely are your colors
Purple, red, and orange too
Yellow, green, and blue so true
Oh rainbow, oh rainbow
How lovely are your colors.

All the above songs are easy, fun, and engaging for your preschoolers. These are the best songs about colors for toddlers. So if you are in the process of teaching your toddler with some fun, then these are needed songs for you. Let us know if you have something interesting to share with us!

Rhymes and Finger Play Songs about colors for toddlers

The below rhymes and finger plays are not songs but are like small poems you can learn and play using the hand-motions to go along.

Part of developing language is using mimic to communicate. These poems are great for encouraging mimic and repetition.

One day the sun was shining bright. (Hold up right hand for sun)
But clouds came along, it was dark as night. (Hold up left hand for clouds)
The rain began to sprinkle down. (Wiggle both hands for rain coming down)
Soon it was raining all over town.
But when the clouds had passed on by, (Move both hands to the right)
A beautiful rainbow stretched across the sky. (Left hand makes arc over head from right to left)

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30 Preschool Color Action Songs, Finger Plays & Rhymes

A fabulous collection of preschool action songs, finger plays and rhymes all about color or colour – depending upon where in the world you are! However you spell it, these songs and rhymes are so much fun to sing! Great for singing with toddlers, and at preschool and kindergarten.

This post is part of a whole series of collections of super fun, themed children’s rhymes, songs and finger plays. Be sure to click through to see them all!

The Colour I See
Sing together as a group. Children stand up and complete the actions when their clothing matches the colour chosen.

Red*, red is the colour I see,
If you’re wearing red then show it to me,
Stand up, turn around, touch the ground,
Show me your red then sit back down.

* Repeat, naming a different colour each time.

Twinkle, Twinkle Rainbow Star
Fun to play with a set of coloured felt/flannel stars on a felt/flannel board. Choose one child at a time to come and find a star in the colour you are singing about.

Twinkle, twinkle yellow* star,
How I wonder where you are?
Let’s go looking here and there,
Let’s go looking everywhere.
Twinkle, twinkle, yellow star,
How I wonder where you are?

* Repeat, naming a different colour each time.

If You’re Wearing Red Today
If you’re wearing red* today,
Red today, red today,
If you’re wearing red today,
Stand up and shout, “Hooray!”

* Repeat, naming a different colour each time.

Many Fish Rhyme
Fun to play with a set of coloured felt/flannel fish on a felt/flannel board. Choose one child at a time to come and find a fish in the colour you are singing about.

There are so many fish,
In the deep blue sea.
What colour fish does (child’s name) see?
(Child chooses a fish and says the colour name).

Can You Find?
(Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)
Place a variety of coloured blocks, craft sticks, ribbons or other tokens in the centre of the circle before you begin. Each child finds an object to match the colour being sung about. Alternatively, one child is chosen to find the object for each verse.

Can you find the colour red*,
The colour red, the colour red?
Can you find the colour red,
And hold it in the air?

* Repeat, naming a different colour each time.

Find the Purple
(Tune: Do You Know the Muffin Man?)

Play with a set of coloured crayons. Choose one child at a time to come and find the crayon that matches the song you are singing.

Can you find the pur-ple*,
The pur-ple, the pur-ple?
Can you find the pur-ple
The pur-ple crayon.

* Repeat, naming a different colour each time.

If You’re Wearing Something Blue
(Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)

If you’re wearing something blue*, clap your hands.
If you’re wearing something blue, clap your hands.
If you’re wearing something blue, then stomp your feet, too.
If you’re wearing something blue, cap your hands.

* Repeat, naming a different colour each time.

Five Red Ladybugs
Five red ladybugs climbing up a door,
One flew away then there were four.

Four red ladybugs sitting on a tree,
One flew away then there were three.

Three red ladybugs landed on a shoe,
One flew away then there were two.

Two red ladybugs looking for some fun,
One flew away and then there was one.

One red ladybug sitting in the sun,
She flew away and then there were none.

Red Rhyme
Red is a stop sign,
Red is a rose,
Red is an apple,
And a funny clown’s nose.

Orange Garden Song
(Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)

The pumpkins in my garden are orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
The pumpkins in my garden are orange, orange, orange,
O-R-A-N-G-E.

The carrots in my garden are orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
The carrots in my garden are orange, orange, orange,
O-R-A-N-G-E.

The oranges on my tree are orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
The oranges on my tree are orange, orange, orange,
O-R-A-N-G-E.

The peaches on my tree are orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
Orange, orange, orange,
The peaches on my tree are orange, orange, orange,
O-R-A-N-G-E.

Five Yellow Polka Dots
Place five large yellow paper dots on the floor. Select one child at a time to choose a dot and perform the action.Five yellow polka dots lay on the floor,
One sat up and then there were four.Four yellow polka dots smiling up at me,
One tipped over and then there were three.Three yellow polka dots wondering what to do,
One fell down and then there were two.Two yellow polka dots went out for a run,
One was soon out of breath and then there was one.One yellow polka dot rolled out the door,
When it was gone, there were no more.Yellow Rhyme
Yellow is a star,
Yellow is the sun,
Yellow is the moon,
When the day is done.

Green Song
(Tune: Skip to My Lou)

Green, green, the grass is green,
A jumping frog and a long string bean,
The juiciest apple you’ve ever seen,
Green, green, green my darling.

I’ll sing this song, that’s what I’ll do,
I love green more than red or blue,
Won’t you try to sing it too?
Green, green, green my darling.

Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five green and speckled frogs,
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating some most delicious bugs.
Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool,
Then there were four green, speckled frogs! Glub! Glub!

Blue Song
(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

B-l-u-e spells blue,
B-l-u-e spells blue,
Hi-ho did you know,
B-l-u-e spells blue?

The big sky is blue
The sea is too.
Hi-ho did you know,
B-l-u-e spells blue?

Blue Rhyme
Blue is the ocean,
Blue is the sky,
Blue are the blueberries,
I put into the pie.

Purple Rhyme
Purple are grapes,
Purple are plums,
Purple is a violet,
And the bruise on my thumb.

I’m a Little Snowman
(Tune: I’m a Little Teapot)

I’m a little snowman, round and white,
I’m made from snow, so shiny and bright.
When the sun is shining, hear me shout,
I melt away, there’s no doubt!

Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa baa black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.

One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

If You’re Wearing Red
(Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)

If you are wearing red, shake your head,
If you are wearing red, shake your head,
If you are wearing red,
Then please shake your head,
If you are wearing, red shake your head.

Repeat, naming a different colour for each verse;
Blue, touch your shoe
Green, bow like a queen
Yellow, shake like Jello
Brown, turn around
Pink, give us a wink

Hokey Pokey Rainbow
Offer children ribbons or paper streamers in a variety of colours. Invite them to hold one streamer in each hand (their choice of colours from those offered). Stand in a circle to sing. Those who have a matching streamer, do the actions for the verse being sung.

You put blue* in,
You take blue out.
You put blue in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around,
And that’s what it’s all about.

* Repeat, naming a different colour each time.

Colours Rhyme
Orange as a carrot,
Yellow as a pear,
Purple as a plum,
Brown as a bear.
Green as the grass,
Blue as the sky,
Black as a cat,
Red as cherry pie.

All The Colours Rhyme
Red is an apple,
Yellow is the sun,
Blue is the sky,
And purple is a plum.
Orange is an orange,
Green is a tree,
Black is the sky,
I know all the colours you can see.

The Color Song
(Tune: This Old Man)

Red, red, red, touch your head,
Blue, blue, blue, tie your shoe,
Brown, brown, brown, touch the ground,
White, white, white, take a bite,
Black, black, black, touch your back,
Purple, purple, purple, draw a circle,
Pink, pink, pink, give a wink,
Grey, grey, grey, shout hurray!

Oh, Rainbow. ..
(Tune: Oh, Christmas Tree)

Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow,
How lovely are your colours.
Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow
How lovely are your colours.

Purple, red and orange, too,
Yellow, green and blue so true.
Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow,
How lovely are your colours.

Red, Yellow, Green and Blue
(Tune: Head, Shoulder, Knees, and Toes)

Red, yellow, green and blue, green and blue,
Red, yellow, green and blue, green and blue,
Purple, orange, brown and black too,
Red, yellow, green and blue green and blue

I Can Sing a Rainbow

Red and yellow and pink and green,
Purple and orange and blue,
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow,
Sing a rainbow too.Listen with your eyes, listen with your eyes,
And sing everything you see,
You can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow,
Sing along with me.Red and yellow and pink and green,
Purple and orange and blue,
We can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow,
Sing a rainbow too.

Rainbow Colours
(Tune: Hush, Little Baby)Rainbow purple, rainbow blue,
Rainbow green and yellow, too,
Rainbow orange, rainbow red,
Rainbow smiling overhead.The Colours of the Rainbow
(Tune: Do You Know the Muffin Man?)

Red and orange, yellow, green
Yellow, green, yellow, green,
Red and orange, yellow, green
The colours of the rainbow

Blue and indigo, violet
Vi-o-let, vi-o-let
Blue and indigo, violet
The colours of the rainbow

Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.

Summary of the musical lesson "Romances about flowers" for children of the preparatory group.

Purpose: formation of knowledge about colors.
Tasks:
Educational: reinforce the concept of "romance"; continue to open to children the amazing and colorful world of flowers; to expand children's ideas about the diversity of the world of flowers, to expand the horizons of children about the language of flowers, to fix the names of flowers.
Educational: to cultivate an interest in flowers, a desire to take care of nature.
Developing: to consolidate children's knowledge about colors; develop creative activity; develop aesthetic feelings and understanding of beauty.

Attributes: flowers for the game "Get in a circle" and the game "Flower arrangements", artificial flowers for dancing.

Class progress:

The hall is smartly decorated.
Children run into the hall to the music.

1 slide
Presenter: Hello guys!
The children answer.
Presenter: Today we will devote our musical lesson to romances about flowers. Who can tell me what romance is?
Children: Song.
Presenter: Correct. This is a small musical composition for voice accompanied by an instrument, written on lyrical verses. Tell me, guys, what flowers do you know?
Children call.
Presenter: Many flowers were named, which we know the song about. Let's sing it. (Children sing song "Flowers" music by N. Bakhutova, folk lyrics .)
Presenter: There are many flowers in nature. They all look different, but one thing is the same - they are all beautiful! A person admires flowers, they delight and surprise him. Then they become an inspiration for many composers who dedicated their works to them.
3 slide
Presenter: There is one beautiful flower that inspires people to be creative. This flower is a lilac! It is known that the lilac inspired P.I. S. V. Rachmaninov wrote a magnificent romance "Lilac", which we will now listen to. (Listening to Romance "Lilac" S.V. Rachmaninov, lyrics by E. Beketova .)
Presenter: What was the mood in the music?
Children answer.
Presenter: Yes. You understood correctly.
4 slide
Presenter: Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninov's romance is tender and heartfelt. The composer was very fond of this flower. Once, after a concert, SV Rachmaninoff received a large bouquet of white lilacs. No signature, no postcard, nothing about the giver, just fragrant fresh flowers. Since that time, wherever he performed, in whatever country he was, someone still gave him lilacs. She invariably decorated his concerts and hotel rooms. Every birthday he was brought home the same snow-white bouquet.
Presenter: Quite recently we were remembering the names of flowers, but now let's remember that they are all multi-colored. I have prepared multi-colored flowers for you: blue cornflowers, red roses, yellow dandelions, white daisies for the game "Get in a circle". Let's play.
5 slide
(Children play the game "Get in a circle" . After the game, the children take their places on the chairs.)
6 slide
Presenter: Look at the lush chrysanthemum flower. What is he?
The children answer.
Presenter: The name "chrysanthemum" literally translates as "Golden Flower". The famous sage Confucius described the chrysanthemum in his work Li-Ku, calling it "yellow glory".
7 slide
Presenter: Composer Nikolai Ivanovich Kharito wrote the romance "The chrysanthemums in the garden have faded long ago." He put his whole soul into it, because having been born in the autumn, he was very fond of chrysanthemums. The work became popular during his lifetime, and the author himself was its first performer. Let's listen to this song. (Listening to Romance "The chrysanthemums in the garden have faded a long time ago" N. Harito .)
8 slide
Presenter: This flower is a native of China, where its name is Chinese Callistefus, and the meaning of the name from Greek is translated as "star". And not in vain, because the appearance of the inflorescence with its rays, quite logically, resembles a radiant star.
Presenter: Nikolai Ivanovich Kharito wrote it in 1914. It happened in Kyiv, where he rented one of the apartments in the house of Matvey Stroev on Pushkinskaya Street and worked in the family of the landlord at the same time as a tutor and music teacher. Stroev had a daughter, Tatyana, and it was to her that the composer dedicated a romance intended for a high female voice. (Listening to Romance N. Kharito to lyrics by S. Gray "Autumn Asters" .)
Presenter: And now we will divide into 2 teams. I suggest you guys learn how to create flower arrangements. Each team member chooses a flower and puts it in a hoop, when everyone puts flowers, we will admire your composition.
9 slide
(Children play the game "Flower arrangements" to the music . After the game, the children take their places on the chairs.)
10 slide
Presenter: In nature, there is a flower that will attract the attention of everyone. These are forget-me-nots, similar to droplets of the sky with the sun inside, with a delicate and delicate aroma. The name of this flower consists of two Greek words that mean "mouse" and "ear". In some species, the leaves have dense pubescence in the form of short hairs, which makes them similar to the ears of mice.
11 slide
Presenter: The wonderful Russian poet Igor Severyanin wrote romantic lines about this delicate flower, and the composer Anton Stepanovich Arensky, our contemporary, wrote wonderful music:
Ah, who is brightly blue among the flowers in my garden.
It wafts with a subtle aroma and brings beauty everywhere.
Nature's wonderful creation has long been sung by poets.
Oh, forget-me-not, you are excitement, the most beautiful flower in summer! Let's listen to him.
(Listening to the romance by A.S. Arensky "Forget-me-not" words by I. Severyanin )
12 slide
Presenter: Lily is a royal flower with a rich history. The lily acquired its fans many centuries ago. It is believed that the flower got its name from the ancient Galic word "li-li", which means white-white in translation. In many nations, the lily flower is associated with a symbol of purity, lightness and sophistication.
13 slide
Presenter: Romance "In the flowers of white lilies" was written by the German composer Robert Schumann. This is one of the songs of the cycle "Poet's Love" for voice and piano. You can hear trembling, tenderness, excitement in it. Let's listen to him. (Listening to the romance "In the flowers of snow-white lilies" by R. Schumann from the vocal cycle "The Poet's Love" from the "Book of Songs" by G. Heine .) and now let's dance. (Children perform "Dance with Flowers" by T. Kireeva, vocals by M. Melnik .)
Presenter: This concludes our lesson. It's time to go to the group.
Children run out of the hall to the music.

Presentation on the theme: "Romances about flowers."

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Lavender, Yellow tulips, Forget-me-not, Daisies, Pink roses and 15 more hits

Alla Pugacheva. Photo: globallookpress

Our ranking of the top 20 best songs about flowers presents a bunch of compositions arranged in chronological order by Alla Pugacheva, Natasha Koroleva, Zemfira, Ivanushki International, Night Snipers and other performers. Enjoy the aroma of memories and listen to time-tested hits!

1.

• Released: 1950
• First performers: Klara Luchko, Ekaterina Savinova
• Authors: Isaak Dunayevsky (music), Mikhail Isakovsky (lyrics)

“Oh, the viburnum is blooming in the field by the stream. I fell in love with a young guy" - for the first time these lines were heard in the film "Kuban Cossacks" directed by Ivan Pyryev. The film was conceived as a beautiful story about love and happiness - about what people lacked so much in the post-war years.

To write the music for the film, Pyryev turned to composer Isaac Dunayevsky and poet Mikhail Isakovsky. The latter never considered himself a songwriter, although earlier many of his poems, set to music, went to the people. Moreover, he never wrote "to order" for the cinema. However, he nevertheless gave his consent, and the work began to boil. As a result, all five songs involved in the film were written by Isakovsky (although some, but not about viburnum, in collaboration with the poet Mikhail Volpin). And the composition “Oh, the viburnum is blooming” rightfully won popular love.

2. Song "Lilies of the Valley"

• First performer: Gelena Velikanova
• Year of release: 1958
• Authors: Oskar Feltsman (music), Olga Kleiner (lyrics)

According to the composer's memoirs, he wrote a song based on Feltsman's memoirs poems by the poetess Olga Kleiner (Fadeeva) literally in 15 minutes, gave it to the performer Gelena Velikanova and went to rest in the south, two weeks later received a letter from Velikanova stating that "Lilies of the valley" is now being sung by all of Moscow.

However, despite the huge popularity, the song soon fell under the rink of the Soviet worldview. On the “order” of the Central Committee of the CPSU, creative unions were looking for works that promote vulgarity, and the most “successful” example turned out to be “guilty” of their ingenuity “Lilies of the Valley” with their “small volume”. Even the term “lily of the valley literature” appeared, which supposedly conveyed an unjustifiably light attitude to life, an unwillingness to look deep into. It got to the point that in the composition they even saw attempts to morally corrupt the youth and anti-Soviet sentiments.

The persecution of the song by the authorities lasted for more than 20 years - while ordinary people adored these lines: “Today you brought me not a bouquet of lush roses, not tulips and lilies . ..”

Over the years “Lilies of the Valley "performed by Nina Dorda, Lyudmila Senchina, Elena Ionova, Yulia Ziganshina, Ekaterina Guseva and others.

3. Anna German "When the Gardens Bloomed"

• Released: 1977
• Authors: Vladimir Shainsky (music), Mikhail Ryabinin (lyrics)

“The gardens bloom once a year. Spring of love is expected once" - for the first time the song was performed at the final concert of the music festival "Song of the Year" in 1977. Anna Herman insisted that the composition must be performed live, and became the only one who worked on stage without a soundtrack. According to the memoirs of the composer Vladimir Shainsky, the audience greeted the song with a frantic ovation and asked to perform an encore. Usually, at concerts of a detailed kind, sharpened for television, the timing is calculated by the minute, and such liberties were not allowed. But in this case, an exception was made - the enthusiasm of the audience was so strong.

Interestingly, before Herman, no one wanted to take the song "When the Gardens Bloom" into their repertoire - probably because of the naive and overly "pop" (although there was no such word then) text. However, the performer managed to present the story of the abandoned lyrical heroine in such a way that she became a real hit. Shainsky himself, having heard the song performed by Herman for the first time, exclaimed: “I didn’t even imagine that it could be sung like that!”

In the 90s "When the Gardens Bloomed" Lada Dance took to her repertoire. Her concerts are still not complete without this imperishable.

4. Mikhail Boyarsky "City Flowers"

• Released: 1981
• Authors: Maxim Dunaevsky (music), Leonid Derbenev (poetry)

The song "City Flowers" performed by Mikhail Boyarsky was first performed in the Soviet musical comedy "Where will he go" directed by Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich. Subsequently, in 1983, Boyarsky released an album of the same name.

According to the memoirs of the composer Mikhail Dunaevsky, the poet Derbenev came to him with a single line ("city flowers, city flowers") and in full confidence that this was a future hit. Dunayevsky wrote the music, keeping only this phrase in his head, and only then Derbenev composed poems that fit the resulting melody.

However, the composer was not completely satisfied with the result - he thought that the song turned out to be too "tavern". In part, he was right - they really liked to perform this composition in restaurants: “City flowers, city flowers, you have captured my heart forever!”

• Released: 1982
• Authors: Raymond Pauls (music), Andrey Voznesensky (lyrics)

83 years on the air of the New Year's TV show "Attraction", which was filmed at the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard in Moscow. According to the plan, the prima donna was supposed to perform most of the composition on a swing swinging in the arena, the role of which was played by a circus trapeze. And at one fine (actually terrible) moment for the singer, the trapeze, contrary to plans, soared to a 20-meter height - and despite the fact that Pugacheva, of course, did not use any insurance. Not a single muscle trembled on the face of the star - she played her role to the end, only later confessing to her partner in the number - the illusionist Igor Kio, that the only thing she is afraid of in life is heights.

It should be noted that the plot of the song is based on the legend of the Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani, who was in love with the French actress Margarita de Sevres, and the Primadonna herself, to put it mildly, did not consider this composition among her favorites. “I rested my horn on the Million Roses. How I didn't love her! The more I didn’t love her, the more popular she became, ”recalled Alla Borisovna.

6. Lyudmila Senchina "Wildflowers"

• Release year: 1983
• Authors: Raymond Pauls (music), Andrey Kovalev

"Don't give me purchased flowers - gather me a bouquet of the field, so that I believe, so that you feel - these are our flowers, only our flowers" , - this song became one of the visiting cards of the "Cinderella of the Soviet stage" Lyudmila Senchina. She first performed it with her "crystal voice" at Blue Light in 1983.

The second wave of popularity overtook the song in 2018 - however, on a very tragic occasion: the performer died of cancer. Those whose youth fell at the peak of Senchina's creativity returned to their favorite compositions, including "Field Flowers", and the recording of this song on the net was again full of enthusiastic comments.

7. Sofia Rotaru and Jaak Yoala "Lavender"

• Released: 1985
• Authors: Vladimir Matetsky (music), Mikhail Shabrov (lyrics)

The song was commissioned by the Central Television of the USSR. Composer Vladimir Matetsky composed a measured, lyrical melody and offered to write a text about lavender to the poet Mikhail Shabrov. All that the latter knew about lavender was that there is such a remedy for moths, and he got into the encyclopedia, finding out that "mountain lavender" is such a medicinal flower. So the phrase “mountain lavender” began to spin in his head, but things did not go beyond this for a long time.

The situation was saved by Valentin Kataev's Youthful Romance, which once fell under the arm of Shabrov. The book contains the words: "Blue lavender flowers run from the mountains to the sea." They inspired the poet to the line "Our meetings with you are blue flowers." And then everything around her spun.

By the way, the idea that this composition should be performed by the duet of Sofia Rotaru and Jaak Yoala belongs to Alla Dmitrieva, the editor of the Song of the Year festival, to whom the authors showed the newly written song. It was first performed on the air of the New Year's "Spark" 1985-1986 years. Subsequently, Philip Kirkorov and Nikolai Baskov became Rotaru's partners in composition.

8. Tender May "White Roses"

• Released: 1987
• Author: Sergey Kuznetsov

The song "White Roses" was written in December 1986 by Sergei Kuznetsov immediately after the first performance of the group "Tender May". “White roses, white roses are defenseless thorns. What did the snow and frost do to you, the ice of the blue shop windows? - these and other lines were born literally in a matter of minutes.

Recall that the musical group "Tender May", whose soloist was 13-year-old Yura Shatunov, was created in the Orenburg boarding school from among the students, and Kuznetsov himself was the leader of the circle. The guys recorded the song "White Roses" on a regular audio cassette, duplicated it and gave it to the judgment of the inhabitants of Orenburg. In this form, in 1988, she accidentally got through third parties to producer-manager Andrei Razin, who a few weeks later moved Tender May from Orenburg to the capital and began to “sculpt” stars out of boys.

The video for the song was filmed at the end of 1988 and premiered on television in January 1989 in the Morning Post program. Both the composition and the video were a resounding success, and Yura Shatunov became a truly youth idol. On June 23, 2022, Yuri Shatunov passed away. He was 48 years old.

9. Merry Fellows "Pink Roses"

• Released: 1989
• Authors: Pavel Slobodkin (music), Natalya Plyatskovskaya (lyrics)

89" and still has not sunk into the river of oblivion: it is no-no - and even included on retro radio stations. According to some sources, the heroine of the composition had a real prototype, familiar to the poetess Plyatskovskaya, but what kind of girl she was and how her fate turned out - history is silent.

“Svetka Sokolova has a birthday – she is 30 today. I bring congratulations and a beautiful pink bouquet as a gift ", - the first to sing these lines was Alexei Glyzin, a former soloist of the VIA "Merry Fellows". However, he soon went on a solo voyage, and the song beloved by the audience was “inherited” by Alexander Dobrynin, who replaced him in the group.

10. Natasha Koroleva "Yellow Tulips"

• Released: 1990
• Authors: Igor Nikolaev (music, lyrics) and Sergey Sigarev (lyrics)

rather experienced performer Natasha Koroleva. Returning in 1989 from the United States, where the 16-year-old singer toured as the lead soloist of the children's rock opera "Child of the World", Natasha preferred the opportunity to audition for the then-famous composer Igor Nikolaev to the offer to get an education in the States. The singer refutes the popular belief that the composition was written specifically for her: “I understand that it was already written by Igor, since several girls were eyeing him, including me. And he somehow distributed it to everyone at once by the song. So I got a song about yellow tulips,” she recalls.

Of all the contenders for cooperation with him, Nikolaev chose Koroleva, and this was a turning point in her fate - both creative and personal. Thanks to the Yellow Tulips, the performer became famous throughout the country and made it to the final of the Song of the Year festival.

11. Song "Wedding Flowers"

• Released: 1991
• First performers: Rose sisters
• Authors: Igor Krutoy (music), Igor Nikolaev (lyrics)

The premiere of the song "Wedding Flowers" took place on the "Song of the Year-1991" - the composition was performed by the bright and charismatic Rose sisters. The twins Dina and Ella were already famous among Russian emigrants in the United States, where they came from, and they still had to gain popularity among the Russian public. The sisters-performers began to work together with the creative tandem of Igor Krutoy and Igor Nikolaev, and the song in question was one of the fruits of this cooperation.

However, some time later, Igor Krutoy gave the composition to Irina Allegrova, who in the 90s was just starting her solo career. In the characteristic manner of the singer's performance - with a "signature" hoarseness in her voice - and in a new arrangement, the song acquired fresh shades of mood, was included in the album "I'll part the clouds with my hands" (1996) and was remembered by the listeners: "Wedding flowers were whiter than snow. You smiled at me - it was like in a dream.

12. Zemfira "Daisies"

• Released: 1999
• Author: Zemfira Ramazanova

The somewhat frivolous song "Daisies" was included in Zemfira's debut album "Zemfira". The phrase “Hello, daisies!” that sounds like a refrain in it! - in fact, a playful remark that Zemfira Ramazanova, who at that time worked at the Europa Plus radio station in Ufa, greeted her colleagues. And the image of a “girl with a player” was quite suitable for the performer herself.

Interestingly, the demo version of the song used the keyboard part, which was performed by Zemfira herself. And the drum parts, which also remained in the final version of the composition, echo one of the songs of the famous British band The Chemical Brothers.

13. Dances minus "Flowers"

• Released: 2000
• Author: Vyacheslav Petkun

The song "Flowers" was included in the second album of the group "Dances minus" "Flora / Fauna". Then some music critics said that the album does not have a central composition that holds the rest of the songs around it, and there are no potential hits either. However, they were mistaken - the disc became quite successful, and the radio stations willingly took many tracks into rotation, including "Flowers". "Flowers are blooming - neither I nor you can pick them anymore" , the satisfied fans sang along. And the group itself was awarded the Golden Gramophone award for this song.

By the way, fans of "Flowers" also remember an unusual clip directed by Lina Ovdienko - it is full of graphic effects, and in general, within the framework of that time, it was quite fresh and unbanal.

14. Night snipers "You gave me roses"

• Release year: 2002
• Authors: Diana Arbenina

“You gave me roses – the roses smelled of wormwood. She knew all my songs, moved her lips ... " - a composition with these lines was included in the fourth studio album "Tsunami" by the Night Snipers group. It is this disc that the leader of the band, Diana Arbenina, calls "cult" and associated with "the strongest emotions" that will surely "overwhelm you." And the song "about roses" was overwhelmed by a wave of popularity.

Arbenina to this day considers it one of the most beloved by the public and says that the composition has a fictional plot, and was created in one breath. “You know what is the most amazing thing? I still haven't gotten tired of it. There are songs that quickly tire. But “You gave me roses,” written so many years ago, every time sounds like a cool good joke to me, and I perform it with a buzz,” Diana noted on her social media page.

15. Ivanushki International “Lilac Bouquet”

• Released: 2003
• Authors: Igor Matvienko (music), Alexander Shaganov (lyrics)

"10 Years in the Universe", and in 2004 she was awarded the "Stop Hit" music award. The director of the video for this composition was Dmitry Zakharov, who spoke about his offspring like this: “I wanted romance, but instead of it, they ended up shooting banter.” Sparrow Hills with the facade of Moscow State University, attractions in the park of culture, a story about a typical love triangle, a dance tune - the video has everything to make fans sing: “Don't you feel sorry for this bouquet of lilacs? For your sake, all the parks bloom in summer, believe me.

16. Philip Kirkorov and Masha Rasputina "Tea Rose"

• Released: 2003
• Authors: Kai Metov (music), Vladimir Stepanov (lyrics)

Music for the song "Tea Rose" was for one The night was written at the request of Masha Rasputina by her family friend Kai Metov to the verses of the children's writer Vladimir Stepanov, who sometimes peed on an adult audience. Rasputina and Metov recorded a duet, but they did not take it into rotation. For some time the composition was gathering dust on the shelf, after which it was decided to give it a second chance. That's just Masha's partner this time was Philip Kirkorov. In a duet with the king of the stage, which Rasputina called "an explosive mixture", things went uphill. “Masha immediately said that it was a hit. And when the song was first heard on the radio, a flurry of calls followed, ”Kirkorov recalled.

The music video added to the popularity of the song, in which the performers appeared in the form of the French King Louis XIV and his mistress Angelique de Fontange. Kai Metov performs "Tea Rose" at his solo concerts.

17. Chile "Chamomile Field"

• Released: 2011
• Authors: Egor Solodovnikov

Chile" (CHI-LLI) as a separate single. And almost immediately a video was filmed for it. As you might guess, the main action in it takes place in a field overgrown with "fortune-telling" flowers.