Whenever I stumble across a song I like on youtube I download it into my personal music folder, I started this practice more than 4 years ago and I accumulated a large amount of socialist music from very niche spaces, spanning across a wide variety of languages. Because I see that nobody else is doing this specific thing on this site, I feel compelled to share this collection track by track, maybe it will lead to someone else also feeling the same inspiration that I felt when first listening to it.
During the late 60s up until Glasnost in the 80s the Soviet government allowed more western styles of music to slowly reach the soviet people through curated vocal and instrumental ensembles, where many musicians would band together under a single group, had an official manager appointed to them, and were allowed to have their music broadcast through official media channels.
A product of this initiative was the Samotsvety group, which became one of the most popular ensembles. One of their hits was the track called My Address is the Soviet Union, a pop song featuring lyrics describing an idealized vision of life in the Soviet Union, the place where people are honest, hardworking, sensible and proud to live the world's premier worker's state.
After the collapse of the union, however, this song became popular due to another reason, as it now has become a symbol of post-soviet nostalgia and rejection of the new status quo. This version was released in 2008, years after the USSR ceased to be, and now includes a really catchy rock arrangement.