"WOW" is the title of Ruslana's single released on April 17, 2011, in Ukraine. The track was produced in Los Angeles by producer Jack Spade.

The song was written by Ruslana with Alexander Ksenofontov (TFC band leader and the singer's husband) and Vlad DeBriansky (Jack Spade, TFC band lead guitar). The feature of the single was the part of the "March Chernomor" from Glinka's opera Ruslan and Ludmila - one of the most popular and recognizable Slavic motive in the world.

Music video

The shooting took place on the Kyiv Lenin Smithy ship building plant. The music video was directed by Semen Gorov (Ukraine). Director of photography was Brandon Cox, who has worked with Eminem, Jessica Alba, T-Pain, Chris Brown, Lil Mama, and Linkin Park.

Charts

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Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko (Ukrainian: Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, Ruslana Stepanivna Lyžyčko; born 24 May 1973), known mononymously as Ruslana, is a World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest winning artist, holding the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. She is also a former MP serving as deputy in the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) for the Our Ukraine Party. Ruslana was the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Ukraine in 2004-2005. She is recognized as the most successful Ukrainian female solo artist internationally and was included in the top 10 most influential women of 2013 by the Forbes magazine. The U.S. Secretary of State honored her with the International Women of Courage Award in March 2014. She has been named an honorary citizen of her hometown L'viv and was nominated to receive the title Hero of Ukraine.

She is a singer, songwriter, producer, musical conductor, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, voice actress and social activist. She writes, composes and produces her own songs and music videos. Since 28 December 1995 she has been married to Oleksandr Ksenofontov, a Ukrainian record producer. Together they have run the company Luxen Studio since 1993, producing radio and film trailers.

Ruslana (Ukrainian: Руслана) is a Ukrainian female given name. Ruslana is a feminine form of the name Ruslan. Notable people with the name include: