Burnin' (Cue song)

"Burnin'"
"Burnin'"
Single by Cue
A-side	"Burnin'"
Released	1997
Genre	pop
Songwriter(s)	Anders Melander
Cue singles chronology

"Burnin'" is a 1997 song by Anders Melander first released by Swedish music group Cue. The song was awarded a Grammis for "Song of the year 1997" (Swedish: Årets låt 1997), which was the first time a song performed in another language than Swedish won this award. The song was featured on the band's self-titled album which was released in 2000.

French Canadian singer Garou covered the song for his 2008 album Piece of My Soul.

History

Anders Melander was a composer working for the Swedish TV and a theatre director at Angeredsteatern. He was also much earlier a member in the progg band Nationalteatern. Niklas Hjulström on the other hand was an actor. The two had cooperated before working on a song and Anders knew Hjulström was a skilled singer. So when Anders needed a singer to sing "Burnin'", a song composed by him for the Swedish TV series Glappet, he asked Hjulström and they formed together a band called Cue.

Although not strictly intended for release as a hit, just usage for the TV series, the song gained popularity and upon release as the first single for Cue, it hit the Swedish charts at #1 for 4 weeks (14 November to 12 December 1997. It eventually sold 90,000 copies making it one of the most successful singles in the 1990s in Sweden.^[1] It also reached #4 in Norway and #9 in Finland.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1997-1998)	Peak position
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)^[2]	9
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)^[3]	19
Norway (VG-lista)^[4]	4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[5]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Rank
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	3

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[7]	Gold
Sweden (GLF)^[8]	3× Platinum	90,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Rate Your Music page on Cue
^ Finnishcharts - Burnin'
^ "Íslenski Listinn NR. 257 vikuna 29.1. - 5.2. 1998". Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ Norwegiancharts - Burnin'
^ Swedishcharts - Burnin' Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Årslista Singlar – År 1997" (in Swedish). Hitlistan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

[1] Rate Your Music page on Cue

[2] Finnishcharts - Burnin'

[3] "Íslenski Listinn NR. 257 vikuna 29.1. - 5.2. 1998". Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[4] Norwegiancharts - Burnin'

[5] Swedishcharts - Burnin' Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[6] "Årslista Singlar – År 1997" (in Swedish). Hitlistan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[NorwaysingleCertRef-7] "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

[SwedensingleCertRef-8] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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