"Jugoslavijo" (), commonly known by its opening line "Od Vardara pa do Triglava" (), is a folk song by Danilo Živković. It was composed by the singer himself, with lyrics written by the Belgrade composer , and released as a single in 1974 through Jugoton. The song celebrates the homeland of Yugoslavia, proudly referring to its greatest extents, its rivers, mountains, forests, and the sea, its proud people, as well as the struggle, blood and workforce that created it.
"Jugoslavijo" (), commonly known by its opening line "Od Vardara pa do Triglava" (), is a folk song by Danilo Živković. It was composed by the singer himself, with lyrics written by the Belgrade composer , and released as a single in 1974 through Jugoton. The song celebrates the homeland of Yugoslavia, proudly referring to its greatest extents, its rivers, mountains, forests, and the sea, its proud people, as well as the struggle, blood and workforce that created it.
== Background == It was conceived by Zahar for a contest led by the NIN magazine in the early 1970s in a search for a new song that would replace "Hej, Sloveni" () as the national anthem of the country. Zahar was soon after approached by Živković with a request to write lyrics for a song tentatively named "Makedonijo" (), set in the traditional Macedonian rhythm, initially intended for Aleksandar Sarievski. Zahar and Živković would soon realize Zahar's lyrics fit the metric time of Živković's composition, and the two agreed on merging them together. The song, however, did not end up being sent to the anthem contest because Zahar was not confident enough in his skills as a lyricist, as he was first and foremost a composer, and thought there were more gifted, smarter and more professional people than him when it came to songwriting, and that the responsibility was too great.
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