"'Ne Pijem, Ne Pušim" (English: I Don't Drink, I Don't Smoke) is a song by Croatian pop singer Jelena Rozga from her third studio album Moderna žena (2016). It was written by Croatian lyricist and songwriter Vjekoslava Huljić and produced by Tonči Huljić and Dušan Vasić. It was released as the album's fourth single through Croatia Records on 11 April 2017 along with an accompanying music video directed by Dario Radusin. Commercially, the song achieved success in Croatia, peaking at number ten on the HR Top 40 singles chart. A music video for the song was directed by Dario Radusin as a tribute to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" (1986); it is watched almost 18 million times as of May 2022.
| "Ne Pijem, Ne Pušim" | ||||
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| Single by Jelena Rozga | ||||
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| Released | 11 April 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
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| Length | 3:37 | |||
| Label | Croatia Records | |||
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| "Ne Pijem, Ne Pušim" on YouTube | ||||
"Ne Pijem, Ne Pušim" was written by Croatian lyricist Vjekoslava Huljić and produced by Tonči Huljić and Dušan Vasić. The song was included on Jelena Rozga's third studio album Moderna žena (2016) and was released as a single on 11 April 2017. During its release, Rozga briefly spoke of the song, calling it "one of those songs which colour gray into the most beautiful colours, it has an infectious, positive melody and lyrics and I am sure that you will have it on repeat like me".[1] Musically, the song was compared to the works of Madre Badessa.[2] It is a joyous and uptempo song which describes that despite the protagonist not drinking, not smoking and not cursing, she still has one sin which is love.[3]
A music video for the song was released simultaneously with the single release on 11 April 2017. It was directed by Dario Radusin and intended as a tribute to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" (1986). "The music video is dedicated to one of my dearest clips by Robert Palmer, which left a big mark in my childhood. There is something magical, attractive in that video and I wanted to unite the emotion with the positive energy of the song".[1] It features Rozga dressed in black pants and a white revealing shirt singing the song on stage accompanied by an all-female band. The music video became widely popular and is watched almost 18 million times as of May 2022.[4] Writing for Serbian Telegraf, a journalist described the singer as "radiating with sex appeal".[5]
Rozga performed "Ne Pijem, Ne Pušim" during several televised appearances. On 10 August 2018, the singer released a video snippet on Instagram where she was singing the song together with Petar Graso on piano and accompanied by friends.[6] On 31 January 2018, Rozga appeared on narodni's Dan Najbolje Domaće Glazbe 2018 where she performed the song.[7] On 21 May 2022, she performed an acoustic cover at the narodni Living Room Acoustic.[8] In February 2020, Rozga appeared on the Macedonian Golden Ladybug of Popularity awards show, where she performed a medley of "Cirkus", "Ne Pijem, Ne Pušim" and "Dani Su Bez Broja" during the show.[9] In addition to the televised appearances, "Ne Pijem, Ne Pušim" is part of the singer's set list during her concerts in Croatia and the wider post-Yugoslav region. Additionally, she performed it on 25 December, on Christmas, during an online live concert on Instagram accompanied by Milan Terze and Karlo Dotur on guitar.[10]
A polka cover of the song together with Nina Badrić's "Dani i godine" and Mladen Grdović's "Dalmatinac Sam" was performed by the Slovenian trio Polkaholiki and released on YouTube on 10 December 2019.[11]
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| Croatia (HR Top 40)[12] | 10 |
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