'Wild Strawberries') is a hard rock and heavy metal band, originally formed in 1977 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, and since their 1994 reunion based in Croatia.

Led by guitarist Sead "Zele" Lipovača, Divlje Jagode are considered one of the most popular and most influential acts of the Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal scenes.

In 1986, the group moved to London, England, where they started working on their international career under the name Wild Strawberries, adopting a more glam metal image and recording an English language album.

[4] In 1977, Zenit former members Lipovača, vocalist Anto "Toni" Janković and bass guitarist Nihad Jusufhodžić formed the band Divlje Jagode in Sarajevo.

[4] The first lineup of the group also featured keyboardist Mustafa "Muc" Ismailovski (formerly of the band Grešnici) and drummer Adonis Dokuzović (formerly of Novi Akordi and Renesansa).

[4] The band achieved large popularity with their first singles – hard rock ballads "Jedina moja" ("My Only One") and "Patkica" ("Duckling"), and a cover of Bosnian traditional song "Moj dilbere" ("My Sweetheart").

[4] The album featured Led Zeppelin-, Deep Purple- and Black Sabbath-influenced hard rock sound,[4] with "Želim da te imam" ("I Want to Have You"), the balad "Krivo je more" ("The Sea Is to Blame"), and a new version of "Jedina moja" receiving large airplay.

[5] Ismailovski moved to pop rock band Srebrna Krila,[5] and Lipovača, together with lyricist Marina Tucaković, became the spiritus movens for the disco group Mirzino Jato.

[5] The songs were composed by Lipovača, and the lyrics were written by Islamović, Marina Tucaković, Goran Petranović (vocalist for the band Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors) and Šefket Nakić.

[5] The album brought several hit songs – hippie-inspired "Autostop" ("Hitchhiking") and the ballads "Dodirni me, skloni bol" ("Touch Me, Remove the Pain") and "Potraži put" ("Look for the Road").

[5] Other well-received songs included "Šejla", "Zagrizi rokenrol" ("Bite On Rock 'n' Roll") and the ballads "Nasmiješi se" ("Smile") and "Ne želiš kraj" ("You Don't Want the End"),[5] the latter featuring lyrics written by Janković before he left the band.

[5] During the album's supporting tour, Islamović received an invitation from Bijelo Dugme leader Goran Bregović to join his band as the replacement for the vocalist Željko Bebek.

[5] Following the contract signing, the group moved to London, where they changed their name to Wild Strawberries, adopting a more glam metal image,[1][2] and started working on their first album for the international market.

[5] The keyboards on the album recording were played by British musician Don Airey, who was previously a member of Colosseum II, Rainbow and Ozzy Osbourne's backing band.

Alen Islamović, who was at the time spending ten hours a day practicing his English,[10] was unsure of prospects of their success in Great Britain and believed that Divlje Jagode are neglecting the Yugoslav market.

[5] Islamović's departure delayed the release of Wild Strawberries album and put an end to the band's efforts of breaking into international market.

[5] Following Islamović's departure, Budimlić also left, soon after retiring from rock scene and starting to perform in kafanas with the folk group Jarani (Friends).

[5] The album, entitled Wild Strawberries, was eventually released in Britain in May 1987, almost a year and a half since its recording, and subsequently in Germany, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands.

[5] The lineup was complete with the arrival of drummer Edin Šehović, who had previously performed abroad in the bands Country Carma, Bandoleros, and Tusk, and keyboardist Vladimir Podany, a graduate from the Sarajevo Music Academy and a former member of Armija B (Army B).

[5] The album featured English language lyrics, written by Tataj and former Divlje Jagode member Zlatan Stipišić, and was produced by Nikša Bratoš, who also recorded keyboard sections, and provided backing vocals.

In Germany, the band recorded their eight studio album, entitled Labude, kad rata ne bude (Swan, When There's No More War), presenting themselves with a softer sound than on their previous releases.

[5] The new lineup performed in 1995 on the Finale Top 1000 festival at Stuttgart Hippodrome and recorded the band's ninth studio album Sto vjekova (Hundred Centuries).

It consisted of Lipovača, drummer Nasko Budimlić, bass guitarist Dejan Oreškovič, and vocalist Pero Galić, who had previously performed as the frontman of the Croatian hard rock band Opća Opasnost.

The album included a new version of "Motori", entitled "Motori 2003", the song "Kap po kap" ("Drop by Drop"), written by Lipovača and originally recorded by Mladen Vojičić "Tifa" in 1995 under the title "Duge kiše јеsenje" ("Long Autumn Rains"), a live version of the band's old ballad "Ne želiš kraj", and a cover of Uriah Heep song "Lady in Black" entitled "Marija".

Within this time, the band did not hold a permanent lineup, with many former members joining on various occasions at live performances, while work on the next studio album was still in progress.

[13] Alongside well-received "Samo da znaš" ("You Should Know") and "Kad te netko spomene" ("When Someone Mentions You"), the album featured a new version of "Đavolji grad" ("Devil's City"), originally released on Čarobnjaci.

Many musicians who were members of the band at some point during their career joined them on stage, including former vocalists Anto Janković, Mladen Vojičić, Žanil Tataj, Pero Galiić and Marko Osmanović.

[13] During the same year, the band's biography was published, authored by Stjepan Juras and entitled U malom vrtu raste divlji plod (A Wild Fruit Is Growing in a Small Garden), after a verse from the song "Divlje jagode".

[13] The limited edition of 200 copies of the book contained a DVD with photographs, press archive and a recording of the band's 1988 concert, originally made as a bootleg.

[13] In 2019, Swedish heavy metal band Enforcer recorded a cover of Divlje Jagode song "Let na drugi svijet", entitled "To Another World".