Lili & Susie is a Swedish pop duo composed of the sisters Lili Päivärinta and Susie Päivärinta. They scored a number of hit singles in the late 1980s and early 1990s, their biggest hit being "Oh Mama" in 1987. Their 1987 song "Oh Mama" spent six weeks in the top five of the Swedish singles chart. They dissolved in 1993 and released a best-of compilation called The Collection 85-93 in 1994. The duo reunited in 2008 and competed in the Eurovision Song Contest with "Okey okey" in 1989.
Chips was a Swedish country and pop group, formed in 1979 by Kikki Danielsson and Lasse Holm, and split in 1983.
Svensktoppen is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 change, the programme was strongly dominated by dansband music.
Papaya Coconut is a 1986 studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. All the songs were written and composed by Lasse Holm and Ingela "Pling" Forsman. The song Nashville, Tennessee is from the 1986 TV show Kikki i Nashville. The album was on the Swedish album charts around new year 1986-1987, and peaked at #29.
Jan Christian Johansen is a Swedish singer, best known for representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995.
"God morgon" is a pop song in Swedish, performed by the pop and country group Chips, just then named "Sweets 'n Chips", at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1981, where it finished 2nd. Its lyrics are about morning. "God morgon" was written by Lasse Holm and Torgny Söderberg. With this song, Elisabeth Andreasson and Britta "Tanja" Johansson made their Melodifestivalen debuts. In 1981, "God morgon" was also released as a single. On April 5, 1981 the song entered the 1st place at the Swedish hitlist Svensktoppen. The song was also recorded with lyrics in English, as "Good Morning".
"I morgon är en annan dag" is a ballad with which Christer Björkman won the Swedish Melodifestivalen of 1992. The song was written by Niklas Strömstedt. In the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest, "I morgon är en annan dag" finished 22nd: second from last. For this reason, the song is sometimes humorously referred to as "Näst sist".
"Beatles", written by Sven Olov Bagge and Claes Bure, was the song that, performed by Swedish dansband Forbes, won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1977. The song's lyrics are about the popular 1960s British rock group the Beatles and include the phrase "Yeah, yeah, yeah" as an homage to the Beatles song "She Loves You". Forbes took the song to the United Kingdom for the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, with Anders Berglund as conductor. The audience cheered at the song, not unexpectedly since the contest took place in the United Kingdom, but the jury had another opinion. The song finished last, with only two points, from West Germany.
"With Every Bit of Me" is a Swedish English language single by Maltese singer Kevin Borg, winner of the Swedish version of Idol in its fifth season in 2008, and released as a single the same year. The single debuted at number one on the Swedish Single Charts on 18 December 2009 and remained there for four weeks, making it both the Swedish Christmas and the New Year number one. It was replaced at the top spot for one week by the Lady Gaga single, "Poker Face", but Borg regained the top spot for a fifth week one week later.
"Good Morning Starshine" is a pop song from the musical Hair (1967). It was a No. 3 hit in the United States in July 1969 and a No. 6 hit in the United Kingdom in October 1969, for the singer Oliver.
"(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in November 1972 as the second and final single from the album, The Storyteller. The song was Hall's third number one on the U.S. country singles chart. "(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine" spent one week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the chart. On June 1, 2014, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" #93 in their list of the 100 greatest country songs.
Empty Room, written by Bobby Ljunggren and Aleena Gibson, is a ballad song about loss, missing someone and unrequited love, performed by Sanna Nielsen at Melodifestivalen 2008. Performing Empty Room, Sanna Nielsen did her English language-debut at Melodifestivalen.
"You're My World" is a song written by Emilia Rydberg and Figge Boström, and performed by Emilia Rydberg at Melodifestivalen 2009. The song participated at the semifinal in Scandinavium in the town of Gothenburg on 7 February 2009, reaching the finals where the song ended up 9th.
I'm in Love is a song written by Bobby Ljunggren, Thomas G:son, Irini Michas and Peter Boström. The song was performed by Sanna Nielsen at Melodifestivalen 2011 in the semifinal in Gothenburg on 12 February 2011. The song received the most votes and reached the final in the Stockholm Globe Arena, where it ended up 4th with 114 points. The song also charted at Svensktoppen, entering on 17 April 2011. and stayed at the chart for four weeks before leaving the chart.
"Om du lämnade mig nu" is a single by Lars Winnerbäck & Miss Li, released on 20 August 2007. and topping the Swedish singles chart.
Oh, vilken härlig dag is a song written by Kenneth Gärdestad and Ted Gärdestad, and performed by Ted Gärdestad at Melodifestivalen 1973 where the song ended up 4th. The song was released as a single in February 1973, as well as the 1973 album Ted. The song entered Svensktoppen on 15 April 1973, reaching 10th position, before ending up knocked out of chart the upcoming week.
Allt som jag känner is a vocal duet written by songwriter trio Norell Oson Bard, and recorded by Tone Norum & Tommy Nilsson, who released it as a single in 1987 It peaked at the Swedish singles chart between 17 February-13 April 1988, and also charted at Svensktoppen between 31 January-4 December 1988, peaking at position.
E de fel på mig? is a song written by Pontus Assarsson, Thomas G:son, Jörgen Ringqvist and Daniel Barkman. Performed by Linda Bengtzing in the fourth semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2011 in Malmö, it received the highest number of votes, making it to the finals inside the Stockholm Globe Arena where it ended up fourth.
"7 Days and 7 Nights" is a song written by Brolle and performed by himself at the second semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2011 in Gothenburg. The song received the second highest vote in the semifinal, and made it to the final inside the Stockholm Globe Arena where it ended up 10th with 29 points.
Something in Your Eyes is a song written by Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethsson and Erik Bernholm. Performed by Jenny Silver in the first semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2011 in Luleå, the song made it to Andra chansen, where it was knocked out of contest.
