Mamo " ( Ukrainian Cyrillic : Мамо ; English translation : " Mum " ; Russian translation : Мама ( Mama ) ) is a song by Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko . It is best known as Russia 's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 , held in the Russian capital of Moscow . The song is performed in both Russian and Ukrainian , and was composed by Konstantin Meladze and Diana Golde . The song was first submitted ( in the original full Ukrainian variant ) for the Ukrainian preselection for that year , but failed to qualify , winning afterwards the Russian preselection
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Mamo (song)