Due to the massive success of Nikita and her subsequent popularity for her role in the music video, Major later recorded and released a spin-off song in 1986, which was titled “Moscow Nights”.
The woman who played the role of Nikita (Elton John’s love interest) in the music video is English actress, model and former athlete Anya Major. Who plays the role of Nikita in the Music Video? The red automobile used in the video was actually owned by Elton John in real life. According to Elton (who came out as gay years after the release of the song), he was aware that Nikita is a male name when he wrote the song. In Russia and some other places in Eastern Europe, it is given to males. The case was subsequently dismissed that same year.Ĭontrary to popular belief, the name Nikita isn’t actually a female name. The court ruled in favor of Elton and Bernie. According to Hobbs, the pair stole the lyrics from a song he wrote in 1982 titled “Natasha”. In 2012, Nikita songwriters Elton and Bernie were sued by a South African songwriter named Guy Hobbs. On the US Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at number 7. On the UK Singles chart, it peaked at the 3rd position. The song topped the charts in many countries across the world, including Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
Elton and his team released it as the first single from his nineteenth album titled Ice on Fire. It was subsequently released on October 29th, 1985 and in February 1986 in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively. The song’s recording was done in January 1985. It is worth noting that Dudgeon, along with his wife, died tragically in 2002 in a car accident. The production of the song was done by English music producer Gus Dudgeon, who gained worldwide fame for producing numerous Elton John songs. This Elton John classic was written by Elton and his longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin.
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