Jokero

"Jokero"
Akcent's members in a room with a hanging disco ball. The edges are a color gradient of red and purple.
One of the various cover artworks used to commercialize "Jokero".
Single by Akcent
from the album French Kiss with Kylie
Released17 December 2005
StudioGala Records
GenreClub
Length
  • 4:02 (album version)
  • 3:40 (radio edit)
LabelRoton
Songwriter(s)
  • Marius Nedelcu
Producer(s)
Akcent singles chronology
"Kylie"
(2005) 		"Jokero"
(2005) 		"French Kiss"
(2006)

"Jokero" is a song by Romanian group Akcent for their fifth studio album French Kiss with Kylie (2006). Marius Nedelcu wrote the song, while Adi Colceru and Adrian Sînă produced it. The song was officially released on 17 December 2005, when it premiered on a Romanian radio station. In February 2006, "Jokero" was announced as one of the competing songs in Selecția Națională 2006, an event used to determine Romania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. Akcent asked Romanian singer Nico to perform the track with them for the competition. The song came second overall, losing to Mihai Trăistariu's "Tornerò" (2006), though it won the public vote.

"Jokero" was received positively by most music critics, who noted its potential to become a hit song. Commercially, the song became the group's first number one in Romania and it reached the top ten in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Sweden. Two music videos were shot for the track. The first, directed by Dragos Buliga which depicts the group's members wandering through a town individually holding a disco ball. The second was recorded to promote the song during Selecția Națională, it features the group and Nico performing in one of TVR's studios. At the MTV Romania Music Awards 2006, the song was nominated for Best Song and Best Dance.