LA Run

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"L.A. Run"
Song by Carvells
Language English
Genre popular music
Songwriters Alan Carvell, Brian O Shea

L.A. Run is a song written and composed by Alan Carvell and Brian O Shea, and recorded by the Carvells in 1977 which reached number 31 in the UK charts in November of the same year. The song is about the then-new craze of Skateboarding which had crossed-over from the US to the UK that same year.

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With new lyrics in Swedish by Björn Håkanson and Stefan Schröder as Skateboard, Magnum Bonum scored a 1978 success with the song. [1]

Charts

Carvell's version

Chart (1977)Peak position
UK Singles Chart [2] 31

Magnum Bonum version

Chart (1978–1979)Peak position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [3] 1

References

  1. ↑ Joakim Tegblom. "Låtar du trodde var svenska" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Carvells Songs (Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-06.
  3. ↑ Swedish singles chart
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