In Poland, 3 May is celebrated as Constitution Day . This is the 231st anniversary of the promulgation of the country’s first constitution. On this occasion, we decided to make a selection of Polish songs about Ukraine as a token of gratitude to the Polish people for their support from the first day of the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine.

Putin

Most recently, a track called Putin by Polish artist Cypis blew up the Net. In just a few days, the obscene rap song became a trend on TikTok and hit the Spotify and Apple Music charts.

The video on the rapper’s Youtube channel has reached more than 12 million views.

The musician dedicated the song to Ukraine and its struggle against the Russian occupiers. He condemns Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine and expressed his negative attitude towards Putin.

Cypis supports Ukraine, collects humanitarian aid and helps Ukrainian refugees.

“Today, each of us can be useful to Ukraine. As part of the Protest wyspiewany campaign, you can help with a gift, word or creativity,” Cypis addressed the Poles.

Mamy siebie / “Mi maєmo one of one”

The Polish composer, music producer and conductor Adam Shtaba, together with the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, recently presented the song “Mi Mone Alone”, which has become a symbol of Polish artists’ support for the Ukrainian people. The composition was performed in Polish and Ukrainian.

“We help in many ways, but the main thing is to do our best. I sent text messages to all the artists that I respected the most and they all agreed. No matter what musical worlds we come from, we came together to be heard better to show unity with the Ukrainians and encourage them in the injustice and suffering they have experienced,” Shtaba said on Radio Two.

Popular Polish artists, the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, the TGD and Polish Radio Choir and the rhythm section of the Adam Shtaba Orchestra took part in the recording of the composition.

Podaj Rękę Ukrainie/”Give a hand to Ukraine”

The Polish group Taraka created the song Podaj Rękę Ukrainie / “Give a hand to Ukraine”, which they dedicated to the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. By the way, the musicians performed with this track on the stage of “Euromaidan” in Kyiv.

The clip shows stunning footage of the confrontation on Hrushevsky Street and millions of rallies on Euromaidan.

At that time, the largest Polish channels and radio stations simultaneously broadcast this composition on their airwaves.

The Taraka group even released a charity album “Give a Hand to Ukraine”, which was sold all over the world. The proceeds from the sale of the discs went to support the families of the affected Euromaidan activists.

O tobie myślę w zimną noc / “I think about you in the cold night”

The legendary Polish rock band “Prompter’s Booth” released a video for the song O tobie myślę w zimną noc (“I think about you in the cold night”), dedicated to Ukraine. It is about love against the backdrop of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

“War is an incredibly cruel thing. It changes everything and everyone. It is only powerless against love. It also changed our musical plans,” said the Polish rockers.

The clip was shot by Ukrainian Irina Frolova, in which refugees from Ukraine starred.

Hej, Sokoły!/”Hey, falcons!”

In 1999, the soundtrack to the Polish film “Fire and Sword” directed by Jerzy Hoffman was the song Hej Sokoły / “Hey, falcons!”

It tells about a Cossack who left for a foreign land and yearns for his homeland and a girl. The song gained great popularity during the Soviet-Polish war, when hostilities were also taking place in the west of Ukraine.

There are different versions of who is actually the author of the composition. Some say that this is the Polish-Ukrainian poet Tomasz Padura, who lived in the 19th century in Ukraine. Although the Polish-Ukrainian duet of scientists Olga Kharchishina and Bohdan Galchak refute this version.

They also question the version that the author of the song is the Polish composer of Slovak origin Maciej Kaminsky.

According to the researchers, the song “Gay, falcons!” arose among the Poles-migrants from Ukraine to Poland in the middle of the twentieth century. It uses the textual outline of a Polish song from the 19th century – Żal za Ukrainą, which is supplemented with a new opening and chorus.

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