Vill ha dej

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"Vill ha dej / I Want You"
Single by Freestyle
from the album Fantasi
LanguageSwedish (A-side)
B-side"I Want You" (in English)
Released1980 (1980)
Genre
Length14:33
LabelSound of Scandinavia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ulf Wahlberg
Freestyle singles chronology
"Running Away"
(1980) 		"Vill ha dej / I Want You"
(1980) 		"Fantasi"
(1981)

"Vill ha dej" (also spelled "Vill ha dig", English: "I Want You") is a 1980 single by Swedish synthpop group Freestyle. While being about love, the song also references school and school classes. Side B of the vinyl contains English-language versions of the songs on the A side. It reached number one in Svensktoppen for a five-week run.

Track listing[edit]

Side A
  1. "Vill ha dej" (3:40)
  2. "Kom till mej" (3:28)
Side B
  1. "I Want You" (3:30)
  2. "Isn't That Fine" (3:55)

Charts[edit]

Lista Position
Norway (VG-lista) 2
Sweden (Svensktoppen) 1

Drömhus version[edit]

"Vill ha dig"
Single by Drömhus
from the album Drömmar
B-side"Remix"
Released1998
StudioDr. Records Studio
Genre
Length3:42
Label
  • Dr. Records
  • CNR Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ari Lehtonen
Drömhus singles chronology
"Du och jag"
(1997) 		"Vill ha dig"
(1998) 		"Ge upp"
(1998)
Music video
"Vill ha dig" on YouTube

Swedish artist Drömhus (Therese Grankvist) released a cover version of the song as "Vill ha dig" in 1998.[1] It was released as the second single from her debut album, Drömmar (Dreams) (1998), and peaked at #1 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The song also reached #3 in Finland and #30 on the Eurochart Hot 100 in June 1998.

Track listing[edit]

  • CD single, Scandinavia (1998)
  1. "Vill ha dig" - 3:42
  2. "Vill ha dig" (Extended) - 4:42
  3. "Ja må hon leva" - 1:02

Charts[edit]

Other versions[edit]

The song was featured by Loreen in the 2004 Swedish Idol compilation Det bästa från Idol 2004.

In 2019, the song was covered by the Norwegian group Keiino.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Adolfsson, Niklas. "Drömhus / Therese Grankvist".
  2. ^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. 1 August 1998. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 20 June 1998. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Årslista Singlar – År 1998" (in Swedish). Hitlistan. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

External links[edit]

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