Pyanoye solntse
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{{Infobox song
| name = Pyanoye solntse
| cover = Pyanoe.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Alekseev
| album = Drunken Sun
| released = September 13, 2015
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| label = Zion Music
| composer = Ruslan Kvint
| lyricist = Vitaly Kurovsky
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| prev_title = А я плыву
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Снов осколки
| next_year = 2016
}}
"Pyanoye solntse" ({{langx|ru|link=no|Пьяное солнце}} – Drunken Sun) is a Russian-language song by Ukrainian singer Alekseev. It was released on September 13, 2015 and stayed number one{{Cite news|url=http://www.intermedia.ru/news/289359|title=Чарты, рейтинги, хит-парады|date=December 31, 2015|access-date=August 20, 2017}} on the Russian ITunes chart for 6 weeks after release, it also ranked second for radio airplay in Ukraine the week of its release. The song hit 52nd place on Shazam's Top-100 world chart, making it the first Russian-language song to place on Shazam's World Chart.
Song
Composer Ruslan Kvint and poet Vitaly Kurovsky are behind the creation of the song. According to Ruslan himself, he had dreamt of the melody in his sleep and woke up at 5 am to record it on a dictaphone. The next day, Ruslan called his usual co-author Vitaly, who wrote the lyrics for the song in only a few hours. The single was then released on September 13, 2015.
Music Video
At the end of October a music video{{Citation|last=ALEKSEEV|title=ALEKSEEV – Пьяное солнце (official video)|date=November 22, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zki6xPc7hK0|accessdate=August 20, 2017}} for the song was released on YouTube. It was directed by Alan Badoev, who offered to make the video for free{{Cite news|url=https://www.obozrevatel.com/show/news/18654-badoev-otkazalsya-ot-gonorara-snimaya-klip-dlya-alekseeva.htm|title=Бадоев отказался от гонорара, снимая клип для Алексеева|work=Шоу|access-date=August 20, 2017|language=ru}} in an effort to spread Ukrainian music. It is also noteworthy that Alekseev almost died on set after having to jump into freezing water. The video has 43 million views as of December 2019.
Awards and nominations
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!Year !Award Program !Award Title !Result |
| rowspan="7" |2016
|MUZ-TV Awards{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} | rowspan="2" |Song of the Year For "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) |{{Nom|Nominated}} |
| RU.TV Awards{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
|{{Won|Won}} |
| Golden Gramophone Award{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
|For "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) |{{Won|Won}} |
| Top League Awards
|Song of the Year For "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) |{{Won|Won}} |
| rowspan="2" | TopHit Music Awards
|Most Frequently Played Track on the Radio |{{Won|Won}} |
| Song of the Year For "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun)
|{{Won|Won}} |
| OOPS! Video Awards
|Best Music Video for "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) |{{Won|Won}} |
| rowspan="1" |2017
|Russian national music awards |Best Male Music Video for "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) |{{Nominated}} |
Charts
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| Chart (2015){{Cite web|url=https://www.tophit.ru/ru/tracks/71744/view|title=Alekseev – Пьяное солнце(послушать музыку, посмотреть видео клип)|website=tophit.ru|access-date=August 20, 2017}}
! Peak |
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| scope="row"| Audience Choice Top 100
| 2 |
| scope="row"| CIS (Tophit Annual General)
| 9 |
| scope="row"| CIS (Tophit General Top 100)
| 1 |
| scope="row"| Russia (Tophit Russian Top 100)
| 1 |
| scope="row"| Russia (Tophit Moscow Top 100)
| 7 |
| scope="row"| Russia (Tophit Saint-Petersburg Top 100)
| 4 |
| scope="row"| Ukraine (Tophit Ukrainian Top 100)
| 2 |
| scope="row"| Ukraine (Tophit Kiev Top 100)
| 3 |