Russian Ballet (song)

"Russian Ballet"
Single by Magic Eight Ball
Released	October 22, 2013
Genre	Rock, power pop
Length	6:02
Label	Magic Cat Records
Songwriter(s)	Baz Francis
Magic Eight Ball singles chronology
"Stripped" (2009) "Russian Ballet" (2013) "Monkey Bars" (2014)

"Russian Ballet" is a song by Magic Eight Ball released as a digital single in support of their debut album Sorry We're Late But We're Worth The Wait. It contains an acoustic version of the band's song "Big Star" on the B-side.

Music video

A music video directed by Emil Kunda & Baz Francis was released for the single.

The song is actually about my wonderful first trip to St. Petersburg in 2010, but I wanted the video to tell a dramatised version of what happened on my nightmare return the following year. I actually think the positivity of the song and negativity of the video combine really well and help create an overall picture of my Russian experiences. Emil's great work has a lot to do with that though.

— Baz Francis

Track listing

All tracks are written by Baz Francis

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Russian Ballet (Русский балет)"	3:31
2.	"Big Star (Acoustic Session)"	2:31

Personnel

Musicians

• Baz Francis: All vocals, guitars and bass
• Jason Bowld: Drums

Production

• Dave Draper - Mixing & Mastering, Production, Additional guitar arrangement on 'Russian Ballet (Русский балет)
• Baz Francis - Production
• Executive Producer - Donnie Vie

Art direction

• Emil Kunda - Music video Directing, Editing, Filming
• Baz Francis - Single Artwork, Music video directing.
• Karol Łakomiec - Filming
• Sandra Sventina - Shoot assistance
• Kay Dougan - Shoot Assistance
• Andrea Duarte - Single Artwork