You Carved Your Name

"You Carved Your Name"
Single by Swingfly featuring Helena Gutarra
Released	20 February 2016
Format	Digital download
Genre	Electropop ;
Length	2:58
Label	Warner Music Sweden
Songwriter(s)	Joakim Åhlund ; Andreas Kleerup ;
Swingfly singles chronology
Helena Gutarrasingles chronology

Last updated February 28, 2019

"You Carved Your Name" is a song by American-Swedish rapper Swingfly featuring vocals by Swedish singer Helena Gutarra. The song was released in Sweden as a digital download on 20 February 2016, and was written by Joakim Åhlund and Andreas Kleerup.^[1] It took part in Melodifestivalen 2016, and placed sixth in the third semi-final.^[2]

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Ricardo DaSilva II better known by his stage name Swingfly is an American-born and Swedish naturalized rapper and singer. He is also known by other aliases like Swing-Fly, Richie Pasta and Swing. He started lending his vocal talents to other artists' records, but has also developed also a solo career. He also appeared in Melodifestivalen 2011 with "Me and My Drum" finishing fifth. It became his most successful single reaching the No.2 position on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Carved Your Name"	2:58

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[3]	75

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Sweden	20 February 2016^[1]	Digital download	Warner Music Sweden

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↑ Petersson, Emma (20 February 2016). "Oscar Zia och Lisa Ajax är i final i Melodifestivalen 2016". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television . Retrieved 20 February 2016.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Swingfly feat. Helena Gutarra – You Carved Your Name". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

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[2] Petersson, Emma (20 February 2016). "Oscar Zia och Lisa Ajax är i final i Melodifestivalen 2016". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television . Retrieved 20 February 2016.

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