Put (band)

{{Short description|Croatian pop band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

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| name = Putokazi

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| origin = Rijeka, Croatia

| genre = Pop

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| years_active = 1983-2022{{cite web |last1=Milinković |first1=Sanda |title=Putokazi, završni meandar: Dugo, nevjerojatno, neponovljivo putovanje je završeno |url=https://www.novilist.hr/mozaik/putokazi-zavrsni-meandar-dugo-nevjerojatno-neponovljivo-putovanje-je-zavrseno/ |publisher=Novi list |access-date=22 April 2024 |language=en |date=22 February 2022}}

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| past_members = *Vivien Galletta

• Angela Jeličić
• Melita Sedić
• Naim Ajra
• Petar Cucak Migliaccio
• Olja Desic

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Put (in Croatian: Putokazi) is a Croatian pop group from Rijeka.

It was selected from members of Putokazi, in order to appear at 1993 Eurovision Song Contest as the first representative of independent Croatia, singing "Don't Ever Cry". The members of the group were Vivien Galletta, Angela Jeličić, Melita Sedić, Naim Ajra, Petar Cucak Migliaccio and Olja Desic.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Prior to Eurovision, they participated in the Croatian Eurovision Song Contest in Opatija, where they won after a decision by the Varaždin jury.{{cite web |title=1993 – Opatija (HTF) |url=https://eurosong.hr/povijest/povijest-dore/1993-dora-htf/ |website=eurosong.hr |access-date=22 April 2024}} In the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, they placed 15th with 31 points.{{cite web |title=Final of Millstreet 1993 - Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/millstreet-1993/final |website=eurovision.tv |access-date=22 April 2024}} Their song, Don't Ever Cry, has 2 different versions in Croatian and English. The lyrics were sometimes swapped a bit between the versions. They released the CD/single of the song in 1993.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The song "Don't Ever Cry" was about The Croatian War of Independence, with the time being from 31st of March, 1991 to the 8th of August, 1995. During the war, this song was published and sent to the Eurovision Song Contest.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Putokazi had other songs that were popular in Croatia after Eurovision, like "Naranča" and

"Tararajčica". Putokazi created a total of 5 albums, which are: Good Morning, Musicals, The End Collection - 10 Classics of Film Music, Zemlja (Earth), Druga Zemlja (Second Earth), Treća Zemlja (Third Earth).{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}