Kletva

"Kletva"
Song by Kiril Marichkov from the album Zodija Shturec
Released	1988 (film version) 1997 (album version)
Recorded	1987 (film version) 1996 (album version)
Genre	Rock
Length	1:50 (film version) 3:00 (album version)
Label	Balkanton
Writer	Kiril Marichkov
Producer	Kiril Marichkov

Kletva (Bulgarian: Клетва, [ˈklɛtvə], oath) is a song by the Bulgarian musician Kiril Marichkov. The song is one of his most well known.

Recorded versions

The first version of the song appeared in the 1988 movie Vchera. It appears in the scene where the students take a blood oath and in the end credits, where Ivan leads the boy to a destiny unknown. That version ran approximately 1:50.

The next version to appear was the Zodia Shturec version, which was recorded in 1996 and appeared on the Shturcite compilations 1968-1980 and Best Ballads in that year. In 1997, it was released on Zodia Shturec, Kiril Marichkov's debut solo album. This version runs 3:00 and features an extra solo from Petur Gyuzelev that didn't appear in the original. In 2004, it was released on disc 4 of the 4 CD compilation Antologia.

A third version was released in 2008, but this time it was not by Shturcite, but by British indie pop band Ladytron. It appears on their album Velocifero and introduced many hipsters to Bulgarian rock for the first time. It was sung in Bulgarian by Mira Aroyo (whose parents are Bulgarian Jews).

Music video

A music video was filmed for the 1996 version, featuring the band playing the song mixed with live and archival footage.