Sing for Me (Andreas Johnson song)

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"Sing for Me"
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Single by Andreas Johnson
from the album Mr. Johnson, Your Room is on Fire
Released2006
Recorded2006
Genre Pop
Andreas Johnson singles chronology
"Show Me Love"
(2005)
"Sing for Me"
(2006)
"Fools Like Us"
(2006)
Music video
"Sing for Me" on YouTube

"Sing for Me" is an English language song by Swedish singer Andreas Johnson that he presented in Melodifestivalen 2006 in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

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It was released in 2006, becoming the most successful of all his singles reaching #2 on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart and was certified gold. [1] The song also appears on his album Mr. Johnson, Your Room Is On Fire. The album itself reached #4 on the Swedish Albums Chart.

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Sing For Me (Original Version)" - 3:04
  2. "Sing For Me (Acoustic Demo Version)" - 3:05
CD maxi
  1. "Sing For Me (Original Version)" - 3:04
  2. "Sing For Me (Soundfactory Radio Edit)" - 3:59
  3. "Sing For Me (Soundfactory Futureretro Mix)" - 8:31
  4. "Sing For Me (Soundfactory Futureretro Dub)" - 8:40
  5. "Sing For Me (Acoustic Version)" - 3:05

Chart performance

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References

  1. "Guld & Platina – År 2006" (PDF) (in Swedish). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  2. "Andreas Johnson – Sing for Me". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. "Årslista Singlar – År 2006" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 14 June 2020.