USSR to the world — Soviet songs covered

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I've heard it quite a few times, "Soviet/Russian music/songs is/are stolen from the west". Here's a couple of examples of Soviet songs borrowed and adopted by the artists from other countries.
Пусть всегда будет солнце (Let there always be the sun), USSR. An anti-war song, the refrain goes, "let there always be the sun, let there always be the sky, let there always be Mommy, let there always be me".

Gabrielle — Hootenanny singers, Sweden. Hear anything familiar?

Now on to more rocking stuff. Звезда по имени Солнце (A star named sun) — Kino.

Surprisingly enough, A star called sun — Brazzaville. The lyrics are much different from the original, though.

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Very interesting Sheena!

BTW, does anybody recognize the singer second from the right in Hootenanny Singers?
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lars wrote:BTW, does anybody recognize the singer second from the right in Hootenanny Singers?
I do. :)
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