Oleg Gazmanov – Squadron (1989, English Subtitles) | Олег Газманов, Эксадрон @automachination
Oleg Gazmanov – Squadron (1989, English Subtitles) | Олег Газманов, Эксадрон  @automachination
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Oleg Gazmanov (Олег Газманов) is a Russian singer-songwriter who has recently found himself in trouble for being a regime propagandist after the Russia/Ukraine War. Long before he was a Russian nationalist, he was a proud Soviet Communist, changing his ideology according to his personal needs. This typically doesn't make for good art, yet he managed to write one of the greatest pop songs ever -- "Squadron" (Эксадрон), which captured the ironic listlessness (and hopelessness) of Russia's 1980s and 1990s.

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Russian lyrics:

[Куплет 1]
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных
Ни решёток ему, ни преград
Удержать не могу я лихих скакунов
Пусть летят, пусть летят
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Вас пришпоривать нету нужды
Вы аллюром несётесь
И не признаёте узды

[Припев]
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Словно искры зажгут эту ночь
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных

[Куплет 2]
Никому меня не удержать
Мои мысли умчат меня вдаль
Может быть, я обратно уже не вернусь
Как ни жаль, как ни жаль
Эх, залётные мысли мои
Вы, как годы уноситесь прочь
От рассвета к закату
От заката сквозь ночь
Мчитесь прочь

[Припев]
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Словно искры зажгут эту ночь
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных

[Инструментал]

[Припев]
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Словно искры зажгут эту ночь
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных
Мои мысли — мои скакуны
Словно искры зажгут эту ночь
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных
Обгоняет безумие ветров хмельных
Эскадрон моих мыслей шальных

English Translation:

SQUADRON

Squadron of my wild thoughts
No bars for it, no obstacles
I can't restrain the dashing horses
Let them fly, let them fly!

My thoughts, my galloping horses
There is no need to spur you
You rush, carried by your own gait
And don't recognize the reins

My thoughts, my galloping horses
Like sparks will ignite this night
Outrunning the madness of drunken winds
Squadron of my wild thoughts

And no one can restrain me
And my thoughts will whisk me
Into the distance
Maybe I won't ever return
How unfortunate...

Oh, my stray, fleeting thoughts
You are carried away like the years
From sunrise to sunset, from sunset and across

My thoughts, my galloping horses
There is no need to spur you
You rush, carried by your own gait
And don't recognize the reins

My thoughts, my galloping horses
Like sparks will ignite this night
Outrunning the madness of drunken winds
Squadron of my wild thoughts
Outrunning the madness of drunken winds
Squadron of my wild thoughts
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Oleg Gazmanov – "Squadron" (1989, English Subtitles) | Олег Газманов, Эксадрон

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