Tomislav Ivčić

Tomislav Ivčić
Tomislav Ivčić
Background information
Born	6 January 1953; Zadar, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	4 March 1993 (aged 40); Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1970s–1993

Tomislav Ivčić (6 January 1953 – 4 March 1993) was a Croatian pop singer, songwriter and politician. He died in a car accident and is buried in Zagreb at the Mirogoj Cemetery.

Life and career

A native of Zadar, Tomislav Ivčić became one of the most popular singers and songwriters during his appearances on 1970s pop music festivals. His specialty was pop music inspired by Dalmatian folklore. One of his early hits included the country-rock influenced single "Nemam za kavu" from 1979. Ivčić also wrote and performed "Večeras je naša fešta", a song that would become a semi-official anthem of Dalmatia, often sung and performed whenever a Dalmatian athlete or sports team won a title or important game. He has written over two hundred songs and released twenty three albums during his career.

During the war in Croatia, Ivčić wrote the song "Stop the War in Croatia" which charted in the Top 10 in Australia in 1991.^[1]^[2]^[3] In February 1993 he ran as HDZ candidate for House of Chambers of Croatian Parliament, and won a seat. A few weeks before he was supposed to take office, and shortly after a Globus interview in which he was described as the "first Croatian senator," his automobile was involved in a traffic accident that would claim the lives of him and three other people.

His older half-brother Đani Maršan is also an accomplished singer and songwriter, as well as his other older brother Vedran Ivčić, albeit to a lesser degree.

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions
Title	Year	AUS ^[4]
"Stop the War in Croatia"	1991	7

Acknowledgements

Honorary citizen of Zadar (2021)^[5]

References

^ Hung, Steffen. "Tomislav Ivčić - Stop the War in Croatia (song)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ "Croatian Singer's Anti-War Song a Hit in Australia". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. December 15, 1991. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ "12. kolovoza 1991. - Pjesmom predstavili zbilju - "Stop the war in Croatia"" [August 12, 1991 – Reality presented with a song – "Stop the war in Croatia"]. daniponosa.hrt.hr. Croatian Radiotelevision. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 138.
^ "Dobitnici javnih priznanja Grada Zadra u 2021. godini". grad-zadar.hr (in Croatian). City of Zadar. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.