Gyöngyhajú lány

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"Gyöngyhajú lány"
Single by Omega
from the album 10 000 lépés
A-side"Petróleumlámpa"
Released1970
Recorded1969
Genre
Length5:49
LabelQualiton
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Anna Adamis

"Gyöngyhajú lány" ("The girl with pearly hair") is a song by Hungarian rock band Omega. It was written in 1968, composed in 1969, and released on their album 10 000 lépés. "Gyöngyhajú lány" was very popular in many countries, including West Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.

The lyrics were written by , the music was composed by Gábor Presser and the song was sung by .

In 1970, the single "Petróleumlámpa / Gyöngyhajú lány" was released and the song gained popularity.

Omega also recorded other versions of this song in foreign languages: English ("Pearls in Her Hair") and German ("Perlen im Haar").

Other versions[]

"Gyöngyhajú lány" was covered in Poland (as "Dziewczyna o perłowych włosach"), Czech Republic (as "Dívka s perlami ve vlasech" by Aleš Brichta), Yugoslavia (as "Devojka biserne kose" by Griva), Bulgaria (as "Батальонът се строява / Batalyonat se stroyava" by Дует "Южен Вятър" / duet "Juzhen Vyatar") and Lithuania (as "Meilės Nėra" by Keistuolių Teatras). It was also covered by Frank Schöbel (as "Schreib es mir in den Sand"). The song was also remixed (e.g. by ).

Scorpions version[]

"White Dove"
Single by Scorpions
from the album Live Bites
B-side"Ave Maria No Morro"
Released1994
GenreRock
Length4:19
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Scorpions singles chronology
"No Pain No Gain"
(1994) 		"White Dove"
(1994) 		"Edge of Time"
(1995)

German rock band Scorpions covered the song titled as "White Dove", from the album Live Bites. Released as a single in 1994, it was a top 20 hit in Germany and Switzerland, peaking at numbers 18[1] and 20,[2] respectively.

"Pearls in Her Hair"
Single by Omega
B-side
  • "The Lying Girl" (Germany)
  • "The Bird" (France)
Released1973 (1973)
Recorded1973
Genre
Length4:22
Label
  • Bacillus
  • Bellaphon
Composer(s)Gábor Presser, Laslo Novak
Lyricist(s)Anna Adamis
"Perlen im Haar"
Single by Omega
from the album Das Deutsche Album
Released1973
Recorded1973
Genre
Length4:21
LabelEdition BARBArossa
Composer(s)Gábor Presser, Laslo Novak
Lyricist(s)Anna Adamis
"Devojka biserne kose"
Song by Griva
from the album Griva
Released1987
Recorded1987 (1987)
Genre
Length5:00
LabelJugodisk
Songwriter(s)
  • Gábor Presser
  • Laslo Novak
Producer(s)
  • Karolj Kovač
  • Ivica Vlatković

Sampling[]

In 2013, hip-hop artist Kanye West sampled the song in the outro of "New Slaves", having Frank Ocean sing over it,[3][4][5] without personally asking the band for permission, although the sample was cleared for use in the album by their label, Hungaroton Records. However, in May 2016 songwriter Gábor Presser filed a lawsuit seeking $2.5 million in damages for copyright infringement for the use of the sample.[6]

Other uses[]

In March 2014, the song was used for the reveal trailer of the video game This War of Mine.

In August 2012, the song was used in the official trailer of the film This Ain't California.

In July 2018, the song was used in the official trailer and in a scene of the film Mid90s.

References[]

  1. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ Diep, Eric. "Here's What Kanye West Sampled For "New Slaves" - XXL". XXL Mag.
  5. ^ "A Gyöngyhajú lányra áriázik Kanye West, az Omega tudta nélkül". Recorder.blog.hu. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány". The Samples of Kanye - Blogspot. July 16, 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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