"No" is a song written by Konstantin Meladze and performed by Russian singer Polina Gagarina for her third studio album. The composition, produced by Meladze, was released as a single on August 13, 2012.
The song received positive reviews from music critics and won an award for Best Music Video at the RU.TV Awards 2013.
Background and release The composition was first performed publicly on August 4, 2012, at a concert in Ryazan as part of the environmental event "Clean City Day".
Critical reception Pavel Pshenov from MuseCube.org gave the song a positive review, rating it 4.5 out of 5. "If the song repeats the decent results of '[The Show is Over]', it will be expected; if it exceeds them — it will enter the 'golden fund' of domestic pop music as a non-banal and somewhat outstanding work," noted the author.
At the RU.TV Awards 2013, "No" received two nominations: Best Song and Best Music Video. The composition won in the latter category.
Music video The music video for the song was shot in July 2012. The director was Alan Badoev. The video was released on August 31, 2012, on the Ello channel (YouTube).
Track listing
Charts Country/Region (Chart) Peak positionCIS (Tophit General Top-100)3CIS (Tophit Top-100 by Requests)4Russia (Tophit Russian Top-100)10Russia (Tophit Moscow Top-100)16Russia (Tophit St. Petersburg Top-100)17Ukraine (Tophit Ukrainian Top-100)1Ukraine (Tophit Kyiv Top-100)2Latvia5
Awards and nominations Year Award Nominated work Category Result 2013 RU.TV Awards "No" Best Song RU.TV Awards "No" Best Music Video
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