It was written by the Croatian pop singer, songwriter and politician Tomislav Ivčić.

For several weeks in 1991, the song was listed among Billboard's 100 most popular records.

Hundreds of news reports and cover pages followed.

[4] "Stop the War in Croatia" received global air-time.

[5][6][7] "Stop the War in Croatia" caught the eye of many celebrities including Phil Collins, who asked people "to give as much as they could to help the children in Croatia".