2001 - 84th Segment: “Long Night”

In this series we present 100 songs which have gone down in the history of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. On Czech Radio’s web pages you can find a poll, in which you can vote for the best hit from the past century. We continue with the year 2001.

A census took place in March. According to the results 10,292,933 people lived in the Czech Republic. There were 254,171 more women than men.

On May 13th, the Czech Republic won the world championship in ice hockey.

Václav Havel was president.

The winners of the 2001 poll for the Hit of the Year were announced by Musica Bohemica and Czech Radio at the Prague Congress Center. It was there that everyone was informed of the best-selling Czech albums of the year. The most successful album was the soundtrack from the musical film Rebels, which revived many half-forgotten songs on the radio.

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The most votes were won by the song “Long Night” from Helena Vondráčková’s album Waterfall. She also reigned in the female singer category, where she won first place with her album Helena 2002. The song’s melody was written by Michal David, and it was accompanied by Hana Sorrosová’s lyrics. The hit is successful even in other languages.

You can vote for the song by texting HR 2001 to number 87 651.

Vote for the best song of the century!