It was produced and recorded in late 1999 and released on May 9, 2000 by German Eurodance group A Touch of Class which is a cover of the Russian hit.
1 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Romania, and Scotland.
On January 1, 2007, the song was covered by beFour, a German pop group founded in Cologne, under the title "Magic Melody".
This version produced by E-Partment features Flo Rida and Dale Saunders and includes additional amended lyrics and a rap verse.
The song has been subject of many samplings including: ATC's "Around the World" was also used in a television commercial for General Electric in the United States in February 2002 during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
[14] Since its release in 1998, Pesenka saw tens of covers, remixes and/or other versions performed by various artists from many parts of the world from 2000 and onwards.