Wild Dances (album)

Wild Dances is a 2004 studio album by the Ukrainian singer Ruslana, winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest. The album has been certified 7x platinum in Ukraine, selling 700,000+ copies. It has been also certified platinum in Slovakia while in the Czech Republic and Romania it has been certified gold.[3]

Wild Dances
Studio album by Ruslana
Released	6 July 2004
Recorded	2003/2004
Genre	Folk, Pop, Ethnic
Length	52:07 (basic album) 55:12 (Welcome to My Wild World) 48:43 (Christmas edition) 52:02 (New Year edition)
Label	EMI
Producer	Goatboy, Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov
Ruslana chronology
Дикі Танці (2003) Wild Dances (2004) Club'in (2005)
Alternative cover
Romanian release artwork
Singles from Wild Dances
"Wild Dances" Released: 2004 "Dance with the Wolves" Released: January 2005 "The Same Star" Released: May 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	?[1]
Amazon.com	?[2]

Track listing

Basic album

#	Title	Writers	Time
1.	"Wild Dances"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov	3:00
2.	"Dance with the Wolves"	Ruslana, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky	3:57
3.	"Accordion Intro"	Ruslana	1:00
4.	"The Same Star"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky, Steve Balsamo	4:19
5.	"Play, Musician"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofonotv	3:53
6.	"Like a Hurricane"	Ruslana, Jamie Maher, Sherena Dugani, Fayney	2:36
7.	"The Tango We Used To Dance"	Ruslana, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Misensky	3:45
8.	"Wild Dances [Harem's club mix]"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov	3:16
9.	"Wild Dances [part II]"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky	3:59
10.	"Wild Passion"	Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Misensky	4:00
11.	"Arkan"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov	3:40
12.	"Kolomyjka"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov	4:02
13.	"Hutsul Girl"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov	3:55
14.	"Play, Musician [deep mix]"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov	4:00
15.	"Wild Dances [Harem's percussion mix]"	Ruslana, Oleksandr Ksenofontov	2:52

Wild Dances (New Year/Christmas Edition) (21 February 2005)

The album is the 2005 English version of Wild Dances. The Christmas Edition has festive design, bonus tracks and includes a poster with a calendar for the year 2006.

1. Wild Dances (Victory Dance) – 3:00
2. Dance with the Wolves (Extreme Dance) – 3:57
3. Accordion Intro (Ethno Dance) – 1:00
4. The Same Star (Night Dance) – 4:19
5. Play, Musician (Joy Dance) – 3:53
6. Like a Hurricane (Drive Dance) – 2:36
7. Tango We Used to Dance (Love Dance) – 3:45
8. Wild Dances [Part 2] (Sympho Dance) – 3:59
9. Wild Passion (Molfar Dance) – 4:00
10. Wild Dances [Harem's Percussion Mix] (Thanks to Turkey) – 2:52
11. Ring Dance with the Wolves [Bonus track] – 3:51
12. Wild Dances [C.Y.T. vs DJ Nick 2005 (Club Edit)] [Bonus track] – 4:10
13. The Same Star [DJ Small & LV Club Mix] [Bonus track] – 6:45

Personnel

• Vadim Chislov – Assistant Engineer
• Goatboy – Producer
• Harem – Percussion
• Marco Migliari – Mixing
• Andrei Petrov – Photography
• Ruslana — Arranger, Vocals (background), producer, engineer, Mixing
• Ryan Smith – Mastering

Charts

Country	Peak
Ukraine (UMKA)[4]	1
Czech Republic (IFPI)[5]	9
Belgium Flanders (Ultratop)[6]	59

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Czech Republic (IFPI Czech Republic)[7]	Gold	5,000^*
Romania (UFPR)[8]	Gold	5,000^*
Slovakia (IFPI Slovakia)[9]	Platinum	5,000^*
Ukraine (IFPI Ukraine)	7x Platinum	700,000^x
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. Amazon.com review
3. Ruslana
4. "Ua Umka Charts". Ua Umka Charts.
5. "IFPI Charts". IFPI.
6. "swisscharts". swisscharts.
7. "Ruslana receives Gold certification in Czech Republic for 'Wild Dances'". Ruslana.com.ua.
8. "Ruslana receives Gold certification in Romania for 'Wild Dances'" (in Romanian). clujeanul.ro.
9. "Ruslana receives platinum certification in Slovakia for 'Wild Dances'". Ruslana.com.ua.