Wild Dances (album)

Wild Dances is the fifth studio album by Ukrainian singer-songwriter Ruslana. It was released on July 6, 2004. The album has been certified 7x platinum in Ukraine, selling 700,000 copies and Platinum in Slovakia.

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)[3]	1
Czech Republic (IFPI)[4]	9
Belgium Flanders (Ultratop)[5]	59

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Slovakia[6]	Platinum
Ukraine[6]	7× Platinum	700,000[6]
Summaries
Worldwide	—	1,000,000[6]

See also

• List of best-selling albums by country

Notes

1. Allmusic review
2. Amazon.com review
3. "Ua Umka Charts". Ua Umka Charts.
4. "IFPI Charts". IFPI.
5. "swisscharts". swisscharts.
6. Lombardini, Emanuele (17 May 2019). Good evening europe. ISBN 9788831619981.