Ola Nordmann (song)

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"Ola Nordmann"
Ola-nordmann-by-plumbo.jpg
Single by Plumbo
from the album Rådebank
ReleasedFebruary 2012
Recorded2012
Genre Pop
Songwriter(s) Lars Erik Blokkhus (music)
Glenn Hauger (lyrics)
Plumbo singles chronology
"Møkkamann"
(2010)
"Ola Nordmann"
(2012)
Music video
"Ola Nordmann" on YouTube

"Ola Nordmann" is a Norwegian language song by the Norwegian band Plumbo. The music was written by band member Lars Erik Blokkhus and the lyrics is by another band member Glenn Hauger. It is about the traditional Norwegian character Ola Nordmann. The song was a follow-up to Plumbo's successful single "Møkkamann" that topped VG lista, the official Norwegian Singles Chart.

Contents

Plumbo took part in the 2012 Melodi Grand Prix in a bid to represent Norway in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 January 2012, at the semi-final 2 stage held in Arena Larvik in Larvik, the song came first in 10 participating songs, winning the right to be featured in the Final 10 section. [1] On 11 February, it took part in the Final 10, reaching the Top 4 stage but was voted out in favour of Tooji and his song "Stay".

SongJuriesTelevoting Regions
Ørland Larvik Florø Total Northern Norway Western Norway Southern Norway Central Norway Eastern Norway Total
"Ola Nordmann"2,0004,0004,00010,0001,0897,03712,71211,63319,39751,868
"Somewhere Beautiful"8,0008,0008,00024,0001,3819,77612,61514,58127,69366,046
"Things Change"4,0002,0002,0008,0002,45211,55214,90719,96322,81171,685
" Stay "6,0006,0006,00018,0003,42521,14626,47432,11454,321137,480

Music video

Plumbo released a music video that shows Norwegian pride and is based on the effect of the traditional Ola Nordmann character in his traditional cloths on the Norwegian psyche. The video was produced by Royal Picture and directed by Christer Aase.

The video starts with quick snapshots of friends sitting gloomily in a room near an empty table, some youth skateboarding in an indoor skateboarding venue, a band playing in a small club and a man jogging on an empty road near a forest.

Suddenly the character Ola Nordmann appears on the empty road where the man is passing and starts planting small Norwegian flags Ola takes from his back sack on some trees. Then Ola Nordmann is shown going to the indoor skateboarding center where, to the surprise of the youth there, he takes out a skateboard from his back sack and starts skateboarding. Then Ola Nordmann visits the home of the three individuals and cheers them up by producing spirit drinks and sharing it with them creating a cheerful atmosphere and putting a flag on their table they are happy and start waving their own Norwegian flags.

Finally Ola Nordmann visits the club where the band is performing (actually Plumbo) and starts dancing on the stage. The band is shown displaying small Norwegian flags on their microphones and on their playing instruments. While the band plays on the refrain of "Ola Nordmann", there are also flashbacks of the youth skating carrying flags on their hand, the three friends jubilant singing the song waving their flags. The last scene, shows the Norwegian man that had briefly appeared at the beginning of the music video now jogging carrying a huge Norwegian flag in his hand while Ola Nordmann exits the scene disappearing in the woods. [2]

Chart performance

Despite not qualifying for Eurovision Song Contest, the song "Ola Nordmann" proved very popular and charted in the VG lista Norwegian Singles Chart, peaking at #4 the week following the Melodi Grand Prix final.

Chart (2012)Peak
position
[3]
Norway (VG-lista)4

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References

  1. Plumbo's performance of "Ola Nordmann" on 28 January 2012 in Larvik
  2. Music video for Plumbo's "Ola Nordmann"
  3. Steffen Hung. ""Ola Nordmann" song page". NorwegianCharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-15.