Ruki Vverh!

Ruki Vverh! (Russian: Руки Вверх,^[2] meaning "Hands Up!") is the name of Russian pop and dance musician Sergey Zhukov. They were originally a duo which consisted of Zhukov and Aleksey Potekhin. The duo came to prominence in the 1990s.^[3]

Hands Up! Руки Вверх!
Zhukov and Potekhin in 2005
Background information
Origin	Russia
Genres	Pop, Eurodance, dance-pop
Years active	1996–2006, 2008–present
Members	Sergey Zhukov[1]
Past members	Aleksey Potekhin
Website	RukiVverh.ru

Discography

Russian name	Translation	Year	Notes
Дышите равномерно (Dyshite Ravnomerno)	Breathe Evenly	1997
Руки вверх, Доктор Шлягер! (Ruki Vverh, Doktor Schlager!)	Hands Up, Dr. Schlager!	1998	Album with covers and remixes of songs by Vyacheslav Dobrynin
Сделай погромче! (Sdelay Pogromche)	Make It Louder!	1998
Сделай ещё громче! (Sdelay Yescho Gromche)	Make It Even Louder!	1998
Без тормозов (Bez Tormozov)	No Вrakes	1999
Совсем без тормозов (Sovsem Bez Tormozov)	No Brakes at All	1999
Crazy		1999	Unofficial album (the songs are in English)
Здравствуй, это я… (Zdravstvui, Eto Ya)	Hello, It's Me...	2000
Не бойся, я с тобой! (Ne Boisya, Ya S Toboi)	Do Not Worry, I'm with You	2001
Маленькие девочки (Malen'kie Devochki)	Little Girls	2001
Огонь (Ogon')	Fire	2001	Unofficial album
Конец попсе, танцуют все! (Konets Popse, Tantsuyut Vse!)	Pop Is Dead, Everybody Dance!	2002
Мне с тобою хорошо (Mne S Toboyu Horosho)	You Make Me Feel Good	2003
А девочкам так холодно… (A Devochkam Tak Holodno...)	And The Girls Are So Cold	2004
Fuc*in' Rock'n'Roll		2005
Natasha		2005	Made for Germany
Открой мне дверь! (Otkroy Mne Dver!)	Open The Door For Me!	2012

Covers and sampling

• "Pesenka" has been covered or heavily sampled by other acts that went on to have international hits with them, including A Touch of Class's "Around the World (La La La La La)" in 2000, beFour's "Magic Melody" in 2007, Beat Ink's "Around the World" in 2008, Chris Webby's "La La La" in 2009, Auburn featuring Iyaz's "La La La" in 2010 and Ava Max's "My Head & My Heart" in 2020.^[4]
• "18 Mne Uzhe" has been covered by Estonian pop group Hellad Velled as "18", which became a hit. Also Russian pop group Reflex made another cover of the song.^[3]
• "Kroshka Moya" has been parodied by the Ukrainian Russophone comedy group Lyudi v Belom in a German language version titled "Meine Kleine" under the fake name Hände Hoch (Хенде Хох, meaning "Hands Up" in German).^[5]
• "Mne S Toboyu Horosho" has been covered by Haiducii in 2004.

References

1. Кто стал богаче на 500 000 рублей?
2. The conventional transliteration would be "Ruki Vverkh", rather than "Ruki Vverh".
3. Сергей Жуков. Перегонка на выживание - журнал Rolling Stone Archived 2016-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
4. Shaffer, Claire (November 19, 2020). "Ava Max Interpolates ATC in New Song 'My Head and My Heart'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
5. "Хенде Хох - Майне Кляйне / Hände Hoch - Meine Kleine - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2020-07-24.

External links

• Official site (in Russian)
• Official site of band member Sergey Zhukov (in Russian)
• Unofficial site of "Ruki Vverh!" and Sergey Zhukov (in Russian)