Fotbollsfest

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"Fotbollsfest"
Futbollsfest-elias-frans.jpg
Single by Frans featuring Elias
ReleasedApril 2008
Recorded2008
Genre
Label Cardiac
Songwriter(s)
  • Fredrik Andersson
  • Ingvar Irhagen
  • Christoffer Olssoon
  • Jens Magnusson
Frans singles chronology
"Kul med Jul"
(2006)
"Fotbollsfest"
(2008)
"If I Were Sorry"
(2016)
Elias singles chronology
"Who's da Man"
(2006)
"Fotbollsfest"
(2008)
Music video
"Fotbollsfest" on YouTube

"Fotbollsfest" is Swedish soccer/football song written by Fredrik Andersson, Ingvar Irhagen, Christoffer Olssoon and Jens Magnusson, and recorded by Frans featuring Elias in support of the Team Sweden for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland. [1] The song is a follow-up hit to "Who's da Man" by Elias featuring Frans that was the biggest summer hit of 2006 in Sweden and was a tribute to the soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimović.

Contents

Track listing

Digital download - EP [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Fotbollsfest"3:36
2."Maybe"3:42
3."Fotbollsfest" (Lederhosen Remix)3:17
4."Fotbollsfest" (Club Remix)3:40

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [4] 43

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [5] Gold10,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Sweden April 2008 Digital download Cardiac

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References

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