Having a Party (Chips album)

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Having a Party
File:Having a Party (Chips album).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1982
Genre Country pop, schlager
Label Mariann
Chips chronology
Chips
(1980)
Having a Party
(1982)
20 bästa låtar
(1997)

Having a Party is a 1982 studio album from Swedish group Chips. [1] It was released in May 1982. The album sold more than 100 000 copies in Sweden, both gold and platinum. Back in those days, the demands for selling gold and platinum were higher than as of today (2006). Gold was at least 50 000 and platinum was at least 100 000.

Contents

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Having a Party" - 3.02
  2. "Get Him out of Your Mind" - 3.20 (Elisabeth)
  3. "Our Love is Over" - 4.18 - (Kikki)
  4. "Day after Day" (Dag efter dag) - 2.54
  5. "Someone Needs Somebodys Love" - 3.40 (Kikki)
  6. "I Believe in You" - 4.40 (Elisabeth)

Side B

  1. "Jealousy" - 3.52 (Elisabeth)
  2. "Good Morning" (God morgon) - 3.00
  3. "Bang Bang (He Shot 'em Down)" - 4.35 (Lasse Holm)
  4. "Tokyo" - 3.00 (Instrumental)
  5. "Nobodys Baby but Mine" - 3.10 (Kikki)
  6. "Dag efter dag" - 2.54

Contributing musicians

Lyrics and music

All text and lyrics by Lasse Holm and Torgny Söderberg expect:

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [2] 15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [3] 12

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