Influence and Legacy
Bijelo Dugme is generally considered to have been the most popular act ever to exist in former Yugoslavia, inspiring many artists from different musical genres. The acts that covered Bijelo Dugme songs include Aska, Regina, Revolveri, Viktorija, Sokoli, Gibonni, Massimo Savić, Vasko Serafimov, Teška Industrija and others.
There were several books written about the band: Istina o Bijelom dugmetu (The Truth about Bijelo Dugme) by Danilo Štrbac, Bijelo Dugme by Duško Pavlović, Ništa mudro by Darko Glavan and Dražen Vrdoljak, Lopuže koje nisu uhvatili (Rascals That Weren't Caught) by Dušan Vesić, Kad sam bio bijelo dugme by Ljubiša Stavrić and Vladimir Sudar.
The chorus of their ska song "Ha, Ha, Ha" was used as the title of a compilation album by various artists Svi marš na ples! which was released by Jugoton in 1981.
The book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music) features eight Bijelo Dugme albums: Bitanga i princeza (polled No. 10), Kad bi bio bijelo dugme (polled No. 14), Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu (polled No. 17), Bijelo Dugme (polled No. 28), Eto! Baš hoću! (polled No. 31), Doživjeti stotu (polled No. 35), Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo (polled No. 53), and Koncert kod Hajdučke česme (polled No. 74).
The B92 Top 100 Yugoslav songs list fetaures three songs by Bijelo dugme: "Sve će to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš" (polled No. 14), "Loše vino" (polled No. 32) and "Ako možeš zaboravi (polled No. 51).
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