"Solsken" ("Sunshine") is a single by Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider. Written by the band's lead singer Per Gessle, it was released on 29 September 2004 as the second single from Finn 5 fel!, which was the best-selling album in Sweden during 2004.[1] The single peaked at number 20 on the Swedish singles chart, becoming the thirteenth single by the band to chart in their home country[2] and became a new entry at number five on the Svensktoppen (Sveriges Radio chart)[3] before peaking at number three a week later.[4]
| "Solsken" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single by Gyllene Tider | ||||
| from the album Finn 5 Fel! | ||||
| Released | 29 September 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Sweden | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Capitol Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Per Gessle | |||
| Gyllene Tider singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Critical reception
editBjörn Solfors of Aftonbladet called it "A song with natural summer joy."[5]
Composition
editThe writer of the song Per Gessle said, "I found one of those voice recorders with a lot of old song ideas on it. I played the song to our producers, Clarence Öfwerman and Christoffer Lundquist, who liked it, so the day after I wrote the lyrics.[6] Micke Andersson, Gyllene Tider's drummer, said "It is what you play when you're along the coast road down in Halmstad with a cute girl next to you."[6]
Track listing
edit- "Solsken"
- "Ordinärt mirakel" (T&A demo)
- "Nere på gatan" (T&A demo)
Charts
edit| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[2] | 20 |
References
edit- ^ "Gyllene Tider sålde mest album 2004" [Gyllene Tider sold the most albums during 2004]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 2005-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- ^ a b "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 42, 2004". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Svensktoppen chart archive. Wk 2004-11-14". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2012-01-11. (direct link to chart)
- ^ "Svensktoppen chart archive. Wk 2004-11-21". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2012-01-22. (direct link to chart)
- ^ Solfors, Björn (2004-05-19). "Vi är tillbaka där vi började" [We are back where we started]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ a b Åkesson, Sara (2004-06-04). "Gyllene Tider's personliga återträff" [Gyllene Tider's personal reunion]. Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). TT Spektra. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
 | This 2000s pop song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |