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Hari Mata Hari is a popular music band from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Hari Mata Hari is the stage name for the singer Hajrudin "Harija" Varešanović. The group originated from the Sarajevo, the captial of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group has achieved over 1,000 concerts and 5,000,000 albums sold to date. Their songs are one of the most famous and popular love ballads in the former Yugoslav era. Hari Mata Hari was the official singer of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Eurovision held in Athens, Greece.
The music band, Hari Mata Hari, has constantly changed its group members. Today, the group is composed of Hajrudin Varešanović (vocal), Izudin Izo Kolečić (precussion), Karlo Martinović (solo guitar, background vocal), and Nihad Voloder (bass guitar, background vocal). Most of the songs of Hari Mata Hari are aranged by Hajrudin Varešanović, but the lyrics are written by Fahrudin Pecikoza - also known as Peco.
Hari grew up in the town of Vratnik, an area near the city of Sarajevo. His grandfather was one of the more famous singers of traditional Bosnian Music called Sevdalinke. At the age of six, Hajrudin began to sing and learn to play the guitar. At the local cultural organization, he was asked to sing, then at the age of ten he sang with the group sastavu "Omi", and later for the group "Sedam šuma". In Vratink, Hari recorded his first song "Zašto da ne uzmem nju." After finishing electrical school, Varešanović began to study Philosophy and attended classes on natrual politics, but never completed the courses. Music took much of his time, as did his love for photography.
In 1979, Hari joined the group "Zov" with whom he recorded the hit song "Poletjela golubica sa Baščaršije." The song is still sung today and respected by many Bosnians. Next, Varešanović sang with the group "Ambasadori", with whom, it is said, that he matured into a professional. After his mandatory military serving in the town of Niš, he appeared into the music stage by himself releasing the (1984) album "Zlatne Kočije." In September of 1985, Hari Varešanović together with the group members of "Baobab", Izo Kolečić, Edom Mulihalilović, Pjer Žalic, and Zoran Kesić, that won the festival Nove nade, nove snage', creates the musical group "Hari Mata Hari." The same year, the group Hari Mata Hari proclaimed their new album "U tvojoj kosi." In 1986, Hari Mata Hari leaves Pjer Žalica "Badžo" and Zoran Kesić, who are replaced by pianist Adi Mulihalilović and bass player Neno Jeleč, the same place will be replaced by Željko Zuber. Their album of 1986, Ne bi te odbranila ni cijela Jugoslavija, was voted as the best album of the year, and on Jugovision, the national competition for the Eurovision candidate of the former Yugoslavia, Hari Mata Hari, in ], received fifth place for the song "U tvojoj kosi," and the fourteenth place for the song "Nebeska kraljica" in 1987 in Belgrade.