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"'''Korobeiniki'''" (Коробе́йники, ''The Peddlers'') is a nineteenth-century Russian folk song and the third track and lead single off of ''[[The Doubble Donkey Disc]]'' by [[Ozma]].

*''[[The Doubble Donkey Disc]]'' ([[2001]])

*''[[Korobeiniki (Traditional Russian Folk Song) / The Business of Getting Down]]'' ‎(7" single) ([[2001]])

"Korobeiniki" is a nineteenth-century Russian folk song that tells the story of a meeting between a peddler and a girl, describing their haggling over goods in a metaphor for courtship. The song is most well-known outside of Russia for its inclusion in various versions of the video game ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris Tetris]'', most notably the arrangement by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Tanaka Hirokazu Tanaka] for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_(Game_Boy_video_game) Game Boy version] of ''Tetris''. Both the ''Tetris'' and Ozma arrangements of the song are instrumentals.

 

Ozma's rendition of the song was used as introductory music for the character Mother Russia in the movie ''[[Kick-Ass 2 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|Kick-Ass 2]]''.

A music video for "Korobeiniki" was released in 2001 and was included in the ''[[Rock and Roll Part Three]]'' Enhanced Edition CD. Artwork from this video can also be seen on the picture disc LP release of ''[[Rock and Roll Part Three]]''[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:RRP3_picture_disc_side_2.jpg]. A snippet from the video can be seen at the beginning of the 20th-anniversary interview for ''[[The Doubble Donkey Disc]]''<ref>Ozma, "Ozma - Doubble Donkey Disc 20th Anniversary Fan Interview," ''YouTube'', Uploaded by OZMA, 1 January 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr9QaGKiihI</ref>. Because the band no longer owns the rights to the recording{{Citation needed}}, the music video is not available on YouTube.<br>