Bato, Bato

Bato, Bato
Studio album by Lepa Brena
Released	5 January 1984 (1984-01-05)
Genre	Pop folk
Length	34:46
Label	PGP-RTB
Producer	Kornelije Kovač Mića Đorđević
Lepa Brena chronology
Sitnije, Cile, sitnije (1983) Bato, Bato (1984) Pile moje (1984)

Bato, Bato is the third studio album by Yugoslav pop-folk singer Lepa Brena and her band Slatki Greh. It was released 5 January 1984 through the record label PGP-RTB and with over a million copies sold it is one of the best-selling albums in the history of Yugoslavia and made Lepa Brena a superstar outside of her home-country, especially in Bulgaria and Romania.

This was her fourth of twelve albums with Slatki Greh.

Background

This album marked the end of cooperation with their former manager, Milutin Popović Zachar, and the beginning of the golden career period of Lepa Brena, with new manager Raka Đokić. Lepa Brena, for the promotion of the new album, was once again trained in acting, along with Nikola Simić, in the film Nema problema. The film and the new album Bato, Bato have been incredible success. The film, like a most watched, won the Oscars of Popularity that year. The album was sold in 1,100,000 copies, and thus became the best-selling album ever in the history of Yugoslavia. At the signing of the album in Belgrade, over 5,000 people came, and this caused huge crowds and traffic jam. Thanks to this album, Brena came to the top of the most popular singers in Yugoslavia, becoming a mega star in Romania and Bulgaria. In Timișoara, Romania, on August 10, 1985, 65,000 people performed at the Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu.

Title

The album name comes from a male nickname, Bato, very common in former Yugoslavia. Although there is also an English version of this name (also Bato), which means 'son of the farmer'. It is a form of the name Bartholomew.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Bato, Bato"	Slavica Vuković Predrag Vuković	Kornelije Kovač	2:09
2.	"Bosanac" (Bosnian man)	Miša Marković	Mića Đorđević	3:15
3.	"Šta ti je" (What's Wrong with You)	Ruždija Krupa Predrag Negovanović	Mića Đorđević	3:03
4.	"Čik priđi ako smeš" (Come Closer If You Dare)	Miša Marković	Mića Đorđević	2:35
5.	"Brani me, brani" (Protect Me)	Ruždija Krupa Predrag Negovanović	Mića Đorđević	2:35
6.	"Volim te sve luđe" (I Love You More and More)	Srđan Jovanović Miša Mijatović	Mića Đorđević	2:45
7.	"Nemoj reći da me voliš" (Don't Say You Love Me)	Srđan Jovanović	Mića Đorđević	2:16
8.	"Moj je lola zvezda roken rola" (My Baby Is a Rock Star)	Dejan Pataković	Mića Đorđević	3:30
9.	"Boc, boc..." (Poke, Poke)	S. Stojanović Kornelije Kovač	Kornelije Kovač	2:28
10.	"Igraj Boro, moje oro" (Boro, Dance My Oro)	Radmila Todorović	Mića Đorđević	2:49
11.	"Epidemija ljubavi" (Epidemic of Love)	Tomislavka Todorović	Mića Đorđević	3:14
12.	"Recite mu da ga volim" (Tell Him I Love Him)	Miša Marković	Mića Đorđević	3:19
13.	"Dečko mi je školarac" (My Boyfriend Is a Schoolboy)	Tomislavka Todorović	Mića Đorđević	2:48

Release history

List of regions, release dates, showing formats, label and reference

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
SFR Yugoslavia	January 5, 1984	vinyl Cassette	PGP-RTB