Dance with Me (Friends album)

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Dance with Me
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Studio album by
Released30 September 2002 (2002-09-30)
Genre modern dansband music, dansband pop
Length48 minutes
Label Mariann
Friends chronology
Blickar som tänder
(2000)
Dance with Me
(2002)
Best of Friends
(2003)

Dance with Me is a 2002 studio album by Friends. [1] The album released was originally postponed from May to later during the year. [2]

Contents

The song "In the Heat of the Night" charted at Svensktoppen in February 2003. [3]

Track listing

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1."In the Heat of the Night" Carl-Henry Kindbom, Carl Lösnitz
2."The One That You Need" Henrik Sethsson, Pontus Assarsson
3."I Won't Let You Go" Agnetha Fältskog, Eric Stewart
4."Love Did It" Per-Olof Thyrén, Thoms G:son , Amy Powers
5."Dance With Me" Tommy Gunnarsson, Tommy Kaså, Elisabeth Lord
6."I Believe In Love" Henrik Sethsson, Pontus Assarsson
7."Just Like a Hurricane" Thomas Eriksson, Stefan Ohlsson
8."Om igen" Henrik Sethsson, Pontus Assarsson
9."Är det inte så (Ain't that Just the Way)" Bruce Belland, Glen Larson, Stu Phillips, Ingela Forsman
10."Färger" Patric Jonsson, Ulf Georgsson
11."Say You Will" Henrik Sethsson, Thoms G:son
12."Sent plan hem" ("Next Plane Out") Diane Warren, Kim Kärnefalk
13."Öppna dina ögon" Dan Attlerud, Jörgen Ringqvist, Martin Klaman
14."Calling Out Your Name" Patrik Linman, Joakim Kulju, Ola Larsson, Fredrik Hult

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [4] 15

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References

  1. "Dance with Me" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  2. Michael Nystås (1 October 2002). "Friends borde sjunga fler låtar på svenska" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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