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Marcin Świetlicki
Person · male · Poland · Piaski · born 1961 · recording since 1999
Polish poet, writer, and musician (born 1961)
Timeline
1960s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Cierpienie i Wypoczynek
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2000s
2010s
Biography
Biography
Marcin Świetlicki (born 24 December 1961) is a Polish poet, writer, and musician. He lives and works in Kraków, Poland.
Świetlicki was born in Piaski, near Lublin, Poland. He studied Polish Literature at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, where he has been living since 1980. He worked as an editor at the Tygodnik Powszechny weekly from 1991 until 2004. Besides his publications and readings as a poet, he also performs as an actor and heads the band Świetliki. Świetlicki has won various prizes and awards for his poetry, including the 1996 Kościelski Award and November 2006 Kraków Book of the Month Award.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 42:00
1Hm0:402Łabądzie3:003Przeproś3:024Tresura4:055Odciski6:356Wilgoć3:297Rodzaj1:548Pięć Pieśni Religijnych6:199Jak2:2210M - W Podróży4:4511Dlaczegóż1:3212Maużowina4:172004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks
1Los kapitan2Ja latam3Kobiety4Ojczyzna5Grudzień6Ziomal7Misio82 poduszki9Miasto, mięso, maszynka10Czołgaj się11Oszum12Inaczej13Zabudź mnie
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Zło, Te PrzebojeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:11:391Zło, te przeboje4:24 2Złodziej ognia5:34 3Małe psy2:20 4Dlatego że mnie nie chcesz3:45 5Skrzyżowanie1:55 6M- w podróży4:47 7Jakże ściana ta cienka3:09 8Pan Bóg3:14 9Krótko ale intensywnie2:50 10Małe psy (Jarex Remix)3:03 11[Szedł Glinka]5:40 12Szopen to Żyd5:18 13Rybecki5:17 14794:26 15Nie idź do pracy11:56 16Mam dość4:01 | Compilation | 14 October 2015 |
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Waterduction (radio edition)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:141Waterduction (radio edition)4:14 | 23 November 2020 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Marcin Świetlicki head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 13 | 67.6th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Kościelski Award | won | |
| 1996 | Kościelski Award | won | |
| 2012 | Silesius Poetry Award for Lifetime Achievement | lifetime | |
| 2012 | Silesius Poetry Award for Lifetime Achievement | lifetime | |
| — | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | won | |
| — | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | won | |
| — | Paszport Polityki | won | |
| — | Paszport Polityki | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Users(band) | — | present | |
| Świetliki(band) | 1992 | present | lead vocals |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marcin_%C5%9Awietlicki.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/deb4f38a-cc09-4a2c-be9d-d921df73401adiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/deb4f38a-cc09-4a2c-be9d-d921df73401acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724610seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcin_%C5%9Awietlickibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcin_%C5%9Awietlicki
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Polish musicians and musical groups
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Maciej Matysiak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q724610 · MusicBrainz: deb4f38a-cc09-4a2c-be9d-d921df73401a
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