That gig brought Mandić his first eccentric episode in public, something he would become known for later on, as he smashed his synthesizer on stage and walked out in the middle of the performance unhappy with the level of commitment his fellow musicians were putting forth.
The material was released the same year as a two-side single "Ljuljaj me nežno" / "Šuma" by PGP-RTB, garnering positive reactions both commercially and critically.
A year later, Mandić recorded another successful single, featuring the songs "Sutra imam prazan stan" ("Tomorrow I'll Have an Empty Flat") and the ballad "Osloni se na mene" ("Lean on Me").
[1] The album brought hits "Nije za nju" ("Not for Her"), "Samo nebo zna (Poludeću)" ("Sky Only Knows (I'll Go Crazy)") and rerecorded "Osloni se na mene".
[3] The album brought hits "Smejem se, a plakao bih" ("I'm Laughing, but I Feel Like Crying"), "Neverne Bebe" ("Unfaithful Babies") and "Sve su seke jebene" ("All the fucking girls", with lyrics written after the motifs from Serbian erotic folk poetry collected by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić).
After playing a show with Laza Ristovski at Sava Centar in 1985, Mandić began keeping a noticeably lower profile on the pop scene.
He got an executive job at the PGP-RTB record label, where he stayed for most of 1986 and 1987, before releasing a greatest hits compilation Sve najbolje (All the Best) that marked the 10th anniversary of his solo career.
The song, along with some other material that Mandić used in the movie, all came from the recordings he made with different musicians such as Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Pat Metheny while staying in the United States during the late 1980s.
The idea was to include Mandić in the creative process of the band's planned farewell album Labudova pesma by having him write and compose half of the songs, and later, upon its release, tour as their keyboards player.
The material was recorded in Vienna, but as it was being prepared for wide release a huge row erupted between Mandić and band leader Bora Đorđević.
[6] At the end of 2007, Mandić made another partial comeback with a song "Vreme za ljubav ističe" ("Time for Love Is Running Out"), which featured folk singer Svetlana "Ceca" Ražnatović on vocals.
[8] In 2010, Mandić wrote the song "Probudi se na čas" ("Wake Up for a Moment"), dedicated to deceased Macedonian pop singer Toše Proeski.
He performed the song, with guest appearances by Bebi Dol on vocals and Željko Mitrović on guitar, on a concert held in Skopje and dedicated to Proeski.
[10] Serbian pop rock band covered Mandić's song "Nije za nju" on their 1993 album Šta bih dao da sam na tvom mjestu (What Would I Give to Be in Your Shoes).
[11] Croatian funk band Fali V covered Mandić's song "Sve je propalo" on their 1999 album Visočije od kolena (Up the Knees).
[12] The song "Odlazim, a volim te" was sampled by the Serbian hip hop band Sha-Ila in their track of the same title, released on their 2000 album Totalito Pervertito.