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"Varning på stan"
Single by Magnus Uggla
from the album Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt
A-side"Varning på stan"
Released1977
Genrepunk, rock
Songwriter(s)Magnus Uggla
Magnus Uggla singles chronology
"Sommartid"
(1977)
"Varning på stan"
(1977)
"Jag skiter"
(1977)

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.[1] 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.

In 1990, Asta Kask covered the song on the live album Sista dansen. Other covers have been made by Attack[2] and Pugh Rogefeldt,[3] the latter in the third season of Så mycket bättre.

Magnus Uggla has later reused lyrical references to the song in others of his songs, like "Stockholms heta nätter" from Där jag är e're alltid bäst in the year 2000 and "Varning på stan enligt Bellman" from Den tatuerade generationen (2004). Magnus Uggla stated that the song was an honest description of the lives of many young guys, but many parents became upset and during evenings, the topic was taken to TV debates.[4]

Charts

Chart (1977-1978) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[1] 1

References

  1. ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Magnus Uggla - Varning på stan". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  2. ^ "Attack- 30 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll (Ooa Hela Natten!)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Nykänen, Joni; Ström, Christian (18 November 2012). "Artisterna nobbade nya Uggla-låtar". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Album lines of Klassiska mästerverk, Magnus Uggla, 2002