"Zvezda po imeni Solntse" (Russian: «Звезда по имени Солнце», lit.
'A star called the Sun') is a song by the Soviet rock band Kino from the album of the same name released in 1988.
The science fiction writer Vladimir Vasilyev wrote a fourth verse for the song in his book Black Palmira's Face (Russian: Лик Черной Пальмиры), which takes place in the same universe as Sergei Lukyanenko's Watch series.
[6] The song was also included in the album The History of this World (Russian: История этого мира, romanized: Istorija ètogo mira).
The song is used in the 1988 movie The Needle, directed by Rashid Nugmanov, and was written by Viktor Tsoi during filming.