 Most of the music was composed by Bregović for the band Bijelo Dugme (White Button), which he had been a part of, and for movie soundtracks that he had worked on.The lyrics were both translations of and inspired by the original texts.The first two singles released from the album, "Śpij kochanie, śpij" (Sleep, my love, sleep) and "Prawy do lewego" (From right to left), became massive hits in Poland for many months and the record went on to sell in excess of 700,000 copies.