Vittring | ||||
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Released | September 1978 | |||
Genre | Pop, rock, punk | |||
Length | 32:39 | |||
Label | CBS | |||
Producer | Anders Henriksson, Lasse Gustavsson & Magnus Uggla | |||
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Vittring is a 1978 studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. [1] Released in September 1978, it was his fourth studio album. The album was recorded with the English punk rock band Stadium Dogs. [2]
"Stjärn...r" is a Swedish version of "Star Star" by The Rolling Stones. "Å, han kysste mej" is a cover of "Then He Kissed Me" by The Crystals.
"Vittring", on the other hand was covered by Belgian artist Plastic Bertrand as "Rock'n'roll, je te hais" with completely unrelated lyrics in French.
Chart (1978) | Peak position |
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Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [3] | 7 |
Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host. He is known for his satirical lyrics.
Hans Thomas Eriksson, known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like "Jag blir hellre jagad av vargar", "Regn hos mej", "M.B.", "Då står pojkarna på rad", "Magaluf", and "Stockholm". Orup has also written several songs for other performers. He wrote the winning song of Melodifestivalen 2004, "Det gör ont" performed by Lena Philipsson. He was one of the judges on X Factor in 2012. Orup also took part in season 5 of the Swedish TV-show Så mycket bättre, broadcast on TV4.
"Star Star" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. In a few select countries, the song was released as a single from the band's album Goats Head Soup (1973), with "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" as its B-side. The song's title was changed to "Star Star" from "Starfucker" after Ahmet Ertegün of Atlantic Records insisted on the change.
Helena Marianne Josefsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist in the band Sandy Mouche and has collaborated with Per Gessle, Roxette, Arash Labaf, The Ark and various other Swedish musical projects as a backing vocalist. Josefsson toured with Roxette during 2011 on their Neverending World Tour and also toured with Gessle, most notably during his 2018 Per Gessle's Roxette tour around Europe, where she was lead singer in a number of songs. In 2015 she recorded a jazz-covers album Happiness with Swedish trio Kontur, as well as cooperating with Roxette's bass guitarist Magnus Börjesson in a "jazz electronique" project. In addition to Happiness she has released three other solo albums, Dynamo (2007), Kyss Mej and Beauty Love Anything (2019).
Där jag är e’re alltid bäst is the twelfth studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 2000. Musically, the album was a return to Uggla's early punk and hard rock roots. The album cover art is a spoof on the cover of the classic album Slayed? by Slade. The album became successful in Sweden, charting on the Swedish Albums Chart for 23 weeks, peaking at number one. It was subsequently certified 2 x platinum in the country.
Den ljusnande framtid är vår is a 1980 studio album by Swedish pop rock musician Magnus Uggla. It was released in July 1980, and is his filth studio album. The music and lyrics on the album departures from Uggla's earlier punk and hard rock style and instead tend towards new wave and electronic rock.
Den döende dandyn is the seventh studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1986. The album was awarded a Rockbjörnen award in the category "Swedish record of the year". "Herr servitör" is a cover of Nick Gilder's "Worlds Collide", with new unrelated lyrics in Swedish. The song "Joey Killer" mocks the glam metal subculture, which gained much popularity during the middle to late 1980s. Den döende dandyn peaked at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart.
Klassiska mästerverk is the fourth compilation album from Swedish pop rock musician Magnus Uggla. It was released in 2002.
Välkommen till folkhemmet is the sixth studio album by the Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1983 and is his first album to focus on what later became his signature sound, pop rock with satirical lyrics. The album was awarded a Rockbjörnen award in the category "Swedish record of the year". The song "IQ" is a cover of Bruce Woolley's "Blue Blue (Victoria)", with new unrelated lyrics in Swedish.
35-åringen is the ninth studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1989. The album was awarded a Rockbjörnen award in the category "Swedish record of the year".
Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre is the eighth studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1987. The album consists only of cover songs. The title is a reference to both the fact that the entire album is cover songs, "you" being the original artists, and also a call-back to the musical Annie Get Your Gun. Most of the songs are famous recordings from the progg era.
Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt? is a 1977 studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was made available as his third studio album in September 1977. The song "Jag skiter" became a smash hit. The song "Balladen om 70-talets största rockband" is about a Mott the Hoople concert Magnus Uggla attended in 1971. The song "Varning på stan" became Uggla's first hit single and was later recorded in English with the name "Hit the Girls on the Run". Uggla has stated that he was inspired by Mott the Hoople's song "All the Way from Memphis" when he wrote "Varning på stan". "Jazzgossen" is a Karl Gerhard cover. The album was produced by the artist himself and his longtime partner Anders Henriksson.
Godkänd pirat is the first live album and sixth overall album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1981 as a double album on 45 RPM. The album was recorded and released to stop distribution of bootleg recordings from Uggla's concerts. This is also the reason why the album's title is Godkänd pirat, which translates to English as Approved Pirate.
Om Bobbo Viking is the debut studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1975. The musicians that perform on the album were originally from Harpo's band.
Livets teater is a studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in October 1976, and was his second studio album. The album peaked at number 28 on the Swedish Albums Chart. In the documentary movie Rockdokumentären, Magnus Uggla stated that he was heavily inspired by the progressive rock bands Yes and Genesis during the writing and recording of this album. Uggla claimed in October 2000 that Livets teater was, in his opinion, the worst album he had made.
Retrospektivt collage is the first compilation album by Swedish pop rock musician Magnus Uggla. It was released in December 1985 and produced by Anders Henriksson and Uggla.
100% Uggla, subtitle: Absolut inget annat is a compilation album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. His third compilation album, it was released in October 1994.
Karaoke is the 11th studio album by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1997. All songs are composed by Uggla and Anders Henriksson. The album was recorded in mid-1997 in Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. The songs "Kompositören" and "Visa" were recorded live at Börsen in Stockholm, 1997.
Peter Månsson is a Swedish music producer and songwriter, who often writes his name as Peter Mansson when working with non-Swedish artists. He is based in MIR Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.
Varning på stan is a song written and recorded by Magnus Uggla for the album Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt in 1977. He also recorded the song with lyrics in English by Colin Griffin, as "Hit the Girls on the Run". The single peaked at number two on the Swedish singles chart. When played on radio, Sveriges Radio were reported to Radionämnden when some listeners considered the song lyrics being too vulgar and sexist. The English language-version was used in the 1978 film En vandring i solen, and the Swedish language original version was used in the 1997 film Adam & Eva.