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Lavanda
"Lavanda" ( - lavender) is one of the major hits of Sofia Rotaru, a popular song for duet performance of 1985.
The lyrics were written by Mikhail Shabrov and the music was composed by Vladimir Matetsky. This song became the debut of collaboration of Rotaru and with the new author and composer. Rotaru was awarded platinum disc for selling more than million of copies of the song and the same named album.
Canadian Leonard Cohen released a similar tune in December 1984, "Dance Me to the End of Love".