Muž Nula

"Muž Nula"
A screenshot of the official music video
Song by Marika Gombitová
from the album Mince na dne fontán
Language	Slovak
Released	1983 (1983)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:48
Label	OPUS
Songwriter(s)	Marika Gombitová Kamil Peteraj
Producer(s)	Ján Lauko
Audio sample
"Muž Nula" file help

Muž Nula (in English transcribed as "Clockwork Men") is a song by Marika Gombitová released on OPUS in 1983.

The title composed by the artist herself, and accompanied with lyrics by Kamil Peteraj, was released as the pilot track to promote the singer's fourth solo studio album Mince na dne fontán. In 1984, its official music video won an Audience Choice award in the Slovak television video chart called 5xP.

Official versions

1. "Muž Nula" - Original version, 1983
2. "Clockwork Men" - International version, 1983

Credits and personnel

• Marika Gombitová - lead vocal, writer
• Kamil Peteraj - lyrics
• Ladislav Lučenič - bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ, piano, ARP Oddysey, Minimoog, vocoder, citare, drums, strings
• Dušan Hájek - drums
• Jozef Hanák - harmonique, sound director
• Ján Lauko - producer
• Ján Filo - sound director
• Michal Ivanický - technical coordination
• Igor Adamec - technical coordination

Awards

5xP

5xP, respectively Päť pekných pesničiek pre potešenie (English: Five Nice Songs For Pleasure) was one of the Slovak TV music programs, in which either artists, or upcomers themselves competed by presenting their songs. The show ran from 1983 to 1987, and the others popular (however, with no live audience) were Chose a Song (1967–76), The Ours 9 (1975–79), A Chance for the Talented (1976–83) and 6+1 (1979-83). Gombitová won an Audience Choice award (1984).

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1984	"Muž Nula"	Audience Choice	Won

References

General

• Graclík, Miroslav; Nekvapil, Václav (2008). Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music [Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music] (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: XYZ. p. 446. ISBN 978-80-7388-115-3. OCLC 294939865. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
• Lehotský, Oskar (April 23, 2008a). Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Marika Gombitová (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2011-04-07. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Lehotský, Oskar (April 23, 2008b). Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. Retrieved 2011-04-07. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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