 Vlada Divljan, the member of Idoli wanted to create a song which would be a parody on the Soviet Socialist realism.Prior to the release of Maljčiki, Idoli had written songs about freedom of love like "Retko te viđam sa devojkama" (re-released as the B-side on the single) but had not done anything explicitly political.The Soviet embassy condemned the release of the song.