# Song from Russian Gremlins
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-russian-gremlins/111318
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 29, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-russian-gremlins/111318 "2002-05-29T07:55:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-russian-gremlins/111318/1 "2002-05-29T07:55:03Z")
When the Russian Gremlins attack the plane in this cartoon they’re singing a catchy little dirge “We are Russian Gremlins …” I’ve also heard this song in _Shrek_. When they’re taking rewards for fairy creatures and loading up the truck some of them are singing it. I checked the credits for the song but none of them seemed right. “Meditation” by Jobim, Gimbel and Mendocca seemed closest but the examples I heard of it don’t sound like the same one.
What is that song?
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2002, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-russian-gremlins/111318/2 "2002-05-29T09:15:45Z")
The tune is the music from “Song of the Volga Boatmen” The original composer is anonymous but in 1917 it was orchestrated by Igor Stravinsky and became familiar to a wider audience. I knew the title so I did a google search and that is what I came up with. Also available were several other arangements of the music.
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### Author:  [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2002, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-russian-gremlins/111318/3 "2002-05-29T12:16:06Z")
Thank you very much Baker.
I love this place.