Waiting for the Morning

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Waiting for the Morning
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Studio album by
Bobbysocks
Released14 April 1986
RecordedPark Studio and Sonet Studio 3 - Sweden
Genre Pop, AOR
Length47:43 (CD) / 44:14 (LP and Cassette)
Label Sonet
Producer Svein Dag Hauge / Lars Kilevold / Eivind Rølles
Bobbysocks chronology
Bobbysocks
(1984)		Waiting for the Morning
(1986)		 Walkin' on Air
(1987)

Waiting for the Morning is a 1986 pop album by Norwegian pop duo Bobbysocks. [1] One week before the release date the album had sold over 60,000 copies to record stores in Norway. Because of this, Elisabeth Andreasson and Hanne Krogh were awarded a Gold disc on the release date. By the end of 1987, the album was certified Platinum for its 100,000 copies sold in Norway. The album also charted in Sweden, receiving positive reviews and getting a Gold disc for its 25.000 copies sold in that country.

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Track listing

  1. Johnny and the Dancing Girls
  2. Mr Moon - Hanne
  3. Heroes Never Die
  4. Is It Me Tonight
  5. Slow Emotion
  6. Count Me Down (CD version only)
  7. Night After Night
  8. Waiting for the Morning
  9. Where Did Our Love Go
  10. Basic Love - Elisabeth
  11. Hot in the City
  12. Working Heart

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
1986Norway's album chart1 [2]
Swedish album chart50 [3]

Single

YearSongChartPosition
1986"Waiting for the Morning"Norway's single chart1
"Waiting for the Morning"Icelandic's single chart2

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References

  1. ↑ Bobbysocks - Waiting for the Morning (1986) album credits & releases at AllMusic . Retrieved 13:24, 31 March 2015 (UTC).
  2. ↑ "Waiting for the Morning". Norwegiancharts. 1986. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
  3. ↑ "Waiting for the Morning". Swedishcharts. 1986. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
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