The track is a direct cover of the 1996 hit "Tic, Tic Tac" by the Brazilian Amazonian pop group Carrapicho .
Sergey Kharin brought his Russian adaptation of the Brazilian song to the studio. Murat Nasyrov Malchik Hochet V Tambov
The geography of the song remains one of Russian pop culture's funniest mysteries. The track is a direct cover of the
There was no logical reason for a boy at a tropical sea to want to go to Tambov. Kharin simply chose the city because the rhythm of the word "Tam-bov" perfectly fit the staccato delivery of the original Brazilian chorus. There was no logical reason for a boy
Seeing the track's massive potential, Russian poet and producer Sergey Kharin wrote localized Russian lyrics to match the fast-paced "tic tic tac" phonetics. He transformed the chorus into "Mal'chik khochet v Tambov" (The boy wants to go to Tambov). 🎤 Murat Nasyrov's Reluctant Breakthrough