Mitar Mirić

Dimitrije Mitar Mirić
Birth name	Dimitrije Mirić
Also known as	Mitar
Born	16 January 1957 Ugljevik, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres	pop-folk, folk
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1975–present
Labels	Diskoton, PGP RTB, Diskos, JV, PGP RTS, ZaM, Grand Production, Vujin Records

Dimitrije "Mitar" Mirić (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије "Митар" Мирић; born 16 January 1957) is a Bosnian and former Yugoslav pop-folk singer.^[1] Some of his most popular songs include: "Ciganče", "Nisam lopov", "Voli me danas više nego juče", "Doberman", "Pomirenje", and superhit "Ne može nam niko ništa". He was a long-time collaborator and friend of late Novica Urošević.

Early life

Dimitrije Mirić was born in January 1957, into a family of ethnic Serbs (Bosnian Serbs) in the village of Bogutovo Selo near the town of Ugljevik in the northeastern part of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). He finished secondary school in Ugljevik. He began his professional musical career in 1975 and moved to Serbia in 1976, where he lives since.

Musical career

He began his professional career in 1975 with the release of his first single, Od mene je ljubav jaca, on newly established Diskoton, based in Sarajevo, followed by another single, Kad se spusti tiho vece, on national record label PGP-RTB, based in capital Belgrade, in Serbia. In 1976 he moved to Serbia, and joined recording house Diskos based in Aleksandrovac. Diskos was among the major record labels of former Yugoslavia. He began singing in a Sremska Mitrovica restaurant. An important part in his success and career was Novica Urošević, who had written for Mitar from 1979 until 1997. Another important part was Branimir Đokić's orchestra which accompanied Mirić from 1979 to 1984, with whom he recorded four singles, and five albums.

For a concert in Croatia, Mirić has a fee of 3,000 €.^[2]

Reception and popular culture

His single "Ne može nam niko ništa" became a huge hit. When the Serbia national under-19 football team won the 2013 European Championship, Ne može nam niko ništa was sung by the players during celebration,^[3][4] and later a video was released in which some players were guests at Mitar Mirić's house where they together sung it to the accordion.^[5][6]

He is the favourite singer of Serbian footballer Duško Tošić,^[7] and his hit song has been sung by Bosnian Serb politician Milorad Dodik on cultural festivals,^[8] Croatian football coach Zdravko Mamić during a TV show^[9] and a wedding.^[10]

Personal life

Mirić standing, and sitting from left: Ljuba Aličić, Novica Urošević and Šerif Konjević.

He lives in central Belgrade, with his wife Suzana and daughter Sanja. He was involved in a car crash on 6 May 2005, in Orašje, in which his car stopped a few metres from a mine field.^[11] His kum was Novica Urošević, who died from alcoholism in 2009.^[12] He does not speak any English.^[12] His popular nickname "Tarmi Rićmi",^[13] derived from šatrovački slang used by Serbian youth, is widespread, and he has been spoofed by Straight Jackin' in their song "Tarmi Rićmi", as well as in Beovizija entry "Ring, ring, ring" by The Breeze.^[14] He is nicknamed "Djuro" by his friends.^[15]

He appeared on the Serbian reality show Dvor, in which he was one of the most popular contestants. He scuffled with Nemanja Nikolić during the show.^[16]

Awards

• Festival Ilidža, in 1978
• Zlatni mikrofron ("Golden microphone"), in 2002^[17]
• Zlatni melos ("Golden melody"), several times

Discography

Singles Od mene je ljubav jača – Diskoton (1975) Kad se spusti tiho veče – PGP RTB (1976) Na rastanku nisam suze krio – Diskos (1976) Dodjoh srećan da me vidi majka – Diskos (1977) Pevajte mi pesme tužne – Diskos (1977) Nizamski rastanak – Diskos (1978) Okreni se ne okrenula se – Diskos (1978) Ne pitaj me kad ću sutra doći – Diskos (1979) Poslednja stranica – Diskos (1979) Festival Ilidza, composed by Novica Urošević Voli me danas više nego juče – Diskos (1980) Umreću bez tebe nevero moja – Diskos (1980) Festival Ilidza Hoću mesto u tvom srcu – Diskos (1981) Grešnik – (2010) Devica – (2011) (feat. In Vivo)

Albums Nikoga svoga nemam – Diskos (1979) Voli me danas više nego juče – Diskos (1980), composed by Novica Urošević Hoću mesto u tvom srcu – Diskos (1981) Dobro jutro rekoh zori – Diskos (1982), composed by Novica Urošević U svanuće ne idem do kuće – Diskos (1982), composed by Novica Urošević Sve su iste osim tebe – Diskos (1984), composed by Novica Urošević Živela ljubav – Diskos (1984), composed by Novica Urošević Ne diraj čoveka za stolom – Diskos (1986), composed by Novica Urošević Ako umrem da mi žao nije – Diskos (1987), composed by Novica Urošević Dajte mi da živim – Diskos (1988), composed by (D.Aleksandric) Ne može nam niko ništa – Diskos (1989), composed by Novica Urošević Najjači smo, najjači – Diskos (1990), composed by Novica Urošević Nepopravljiv – Diskos (1992), composed by Novica Urošević Devojka preko puta – JV (1993), composed by Novica Urošević Dotakni me – PGP RTS (1995), composed by Novica Urošević Čudotvorac – Diskos (1996), composed by Novica Urošević Ja ne živim ovde – Diskos (1997), composed by Novica Urošević Haljine svilene – ZaM (1998) Samo kaži – Grand Production (2000) Nekad sam i ja voleo – Grand Production (2002) Pomirenje – Grand Production (2003) Neka puca – Grand Production (2006) Ličiš na sve moje bivše – Vujin Records (2009) Nemoj da mi brojiš bore – BN Music (2011)

References

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16. "Dvor Srbija - Mitar Mirić Prebio Nemanju Nikolića! (Video)". Dvor-srbija.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.