I Love Europe
| "I Love Europe" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| A-side | "I Love Europe" (radio edit) |
| B-side | "I Love Europe" (singback version) |
I Love Europe is a song written by Torgny Söderberg and Magnus Johansson, with lyrics by Ingela "Pling" Forsman. The song was performed by Christer Sjögren at Melodifestivalen 2008. On 9 February 2008 the song headed directly from the semifinal inside Scandinavium in Gothenburg to the final in the Stockholm Globe Arena on 15 March that year. Once there, the song ended up 9th. Magnus Johansson also appeared as a trumpeter. The song lyrics describes the dream of friendship and peace all across Europe,[1] and compares the nations with one big family.
The single was released on 12 March 2008, peaking at 15th position at the Swedish singles chart. During the period of 6 April-3 August 2008, the song charted at Svensktoppen for 18 weeks, peaking at 5h. The song also acted as a bonus track for the 2008 Christer Sjögren album Mitt sköna sextiotal.
The song was also broguth attention by radio station RIX FM where program host Gert Fylking started a Rix Morronzoo campaign called Christer till Belgrad, to get people voting for the song.
Swedish radio program Framåt fredag did a parody called I Europa.
At Dansbandskampen 2008 the song was performed by Larz-Kristerz, turning the song into accordion-based. The band also recorded the song for the 2009 album Hem till dig.[2]
Single track listing
- I Love Europe (radio edit)
- I Love Europe (singback version)
Chart trajectory
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Sweden | 15[3] |
Contributing musicians
- Christer Sjögren – lead vocals
- Torgny Söderberg- keyboards, songwriters, producer
- Magnus Johansson - trumpet, keyboards, songwriter, producer
- Per Lindvall - drums
- Lasse Wellander - guitar
- Mats Johansson - guitar
- Ingela "Pling" Forsman - song lyrics
References
- ^ "Christer Sjögren". Poplight. 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ www.newsdesk.se om Carina.
- ^ Chart trajectory