[1] The duo decided to record the album as a side project during 1978 while the band was on hiatus because of its leader, guitarist Goran Bregović, serving out his mandatory Yugoslav People's Army stint.

[1] Ristovski and Ivandić were not the only Bijelo Dugme members who had decided to make use of the hiatus in order to pursue a side project as the band's vocalist Željko Bebek was also off on his own recording a solo album, Skoro da smo isti, which would be released by Jugoton.

During early 1978, ahead of going into the studio to record the material, Ristovski and Ivandić, as well as the rest of the musicians they gathered for the project, got together in a motel in Kruščica outside of Vitez for practice sessions.

[3] Ristovski and Ivandić reportedly ran out of funds while in London and had to borrow money from Bijelo Dugme bandmate Zoran Redžić in order to cover the recording costs.

[2] In parallel to making Stižemo and negotiating financial terms of its release, Ristovski and Ivandić also fought a continual battle with Bregović for more creative input within Bijelo Dugme.

Stižemo thus also became leverage of sorts as the duo would meet with Bregović during his army leaves to play him the recordings, believing they could persuade him to let them compose for Bijelo Dugme.

[7]The musicians were indicted for "possession of hashish and enabling the use of narcotics" and put on trial where the Office of the Public Prosecutor was represented by Ahmet Fazlić.

The process concluded with the Sarajevo District Court's three-person judicial council—presided over by the judge Husein Hubijer—sentencing Ivandić to three and a half years in jail.