Du Du A was formed in 1981 by the former Grupa I member Dejan Kostić and the former VIA Talas member Vuk Vujačić. The two started writing material which featured a combination of funk, reggae and dance music. During the late 1981, the band was joined by the former Ganeša member Zoran Zagorčić. A number of musicians collaborated with the group, including Nebojša Antonijević "Riki Rif", Goran Vejvoda, Bebi Dol, Saša Habić, Dejan Stanisavljević, Aleksandar Jaćimović, Igor Gorstuški and Vlada Funtek. Their debut single "Ja Tarzan, ti Džejn" was one of the first Yugoslav recordings to feature a form of rap music. The single appeared on the debut albumPrimitivni ples, produced by Dejan Kostić, presenting the band's interest in a diverse range of at the time popular genres. The album featured the prominent songs "Solar", "Ja ne bi, ne bi, ne bi" and "Strast", a cover version of the blues standard "Fever". The song "Znaš li devojku" featured the Kenyan vocalist Steve Haningtnon "Steva Šumadinac". After the album release, during 1983 and 1984, the band was on hiatus because Kostić had been in Egypt, performing in Cairo clubs. On his return, the band resumed their activities. However, with the exception of the single "Irie", released in 1985, the band had not released any material until the appearance of the acoustic version of the song "Era Vulgaris", recorded at the unplugged festival held on January 1994 in Sava Centar, on the various artistslive albumBez struje, released by MTS Records in 1994. The comeback album Ritual, released in 1996 on compact cassette only, beside the material entirely written by Kostić also featured a cover version of the Stevie Wonder song "I Wish" with lyrics in Serbian language entitled "San". Kostić recorded all the instruments on the album with the help of Miloš Pavlović, Nenad Jovanović, Srđan Marković "Đile" Aleksandar Jaćimović and Dejan Stanisavljević. The band's final lineup was Dejan Kostić and Vesna Zafirović. On July 7, 2013, Dejan Kostić died from injuries in a car accident.
Legacy
The song "Znaš li devojku" appeared on the 95th place of the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list polled by the listeners of Radio B92 in 2006. The Serbian alternative rock bandSvi na Pod! covered the song "Afrikanac u Beogradu" in 2008.
