The song is featured on Bijelo Dugme's 1988 album Ćiribiribela under the title "Đurđevdan". Goran Bregović, the leader of Bijelo Dugme, wrote lyrics in Serbo-Croatian. He later said that he deliberately added two verses from an Albanian folk song, objecting to the fact that "Đurđevdan" is sometimes perceived as a nationalistic song. Bregović also recorded a version with Greek lyrics, titled "Tou Ai Giorgi", with Greek singerAlkistis Protopsalti in 1991. The Greek lyrics are credited to Lina Nikolakopoulou. Finally, together with Polish singer Kayah he also recorded a version with Polish lyrics, titled "Nie ma, nie ma ciebie". Bulgarian group Ku-Ku Band, with lead singerSlavi Trifonov, released the song on several albums with Bulgarian lyrics, Serbo-Bulgarian lyrics, and Romani-Serbo-Bulgarian lyrics. The bandBeirut, Italian saxophonist Daniele Sepe, and the Boston-based band Bury Me Standing also do covers of "Ederlezi". The Gypsy Rebels of Toronto, Ontario also cover the song, featuring the vocals of Micheal T. Butch and his band. Kroke released a version of the song as well. Turkish singerSezen Aksu released the song on her album titled Düğün ve Cenaze with Turkish lyrics in 1997. The lyrics were adapted by Sezen Aksu and Pakize Barışta. A Bosnian version was released by the folk-punk musical groupNo Smoking Orchestra on their 2007 album Time of the Gypsies, Punk Opera. A beatbox/trip version was released by French band "" on their 2010 album Le Chainon Manquant.
's version titled "Ederlezi was used in Emir Kusturica's movie Time of the Gypsies, which made the song famous. It was performed by the Macedonian singer Vaska Jankovska, whose unique voice contributed to its success. "Ederlezi " also appeared in the movie Borat, although it has no connection to the authentic music of Kazakhstan. The text in brackets in Serbian means: "The scene of Đurđevdan on the river", a description of a Đurđevdan celebration on a river in the movie Time of the Gypsies where that song was used. Sacha Baron Cohen's movie doesn't have a Đurđevdan river scene. In both soundtrack albums – Time of the Gypsies and Stereophonic Musical Listenings That Have Been Origin in Moving Film "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" – it was credited to Goran Bregović, although he is not the author nor the singer of the song on these albums. However, he arranged the song. "A.I. Rising", a Serbian science fiction film, was originally entitled "Ederlezi Rising". A portion of "Ederlezi " was also featured in Lazy Square's unofficial "Russian art film" reimagining of The Simpsons' popular opening sequence "couch gag".
