Dag Efter Dag

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Dag efter dag (English: Day after Day) is a song in Swedish, with melody by Lasse Holm and text by Monica Forsberg. The pop and country group Chips won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1982 with "Dag efter dag", and the song was sung by Kikki Danielsson and Elisabeth Andreasson. Chips finished eighth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song. On April 18, 1982, the song reached the first place at the music hitlist Svensktoppen; where it stayed for nine rounds. In 1982, "Dag efter dag" was also released as a single. Chips also recorded the song with a text in English, Day after Day.

[edit] Chart performance

Sweden Top 20
Week 6 April 1982 20 April 1982 4 May 1982 18 May 1982 1 June 1982 15 June 1982
Position
7
4
6
6
10
8
Noray Top 10
Week 14 1982 15 1982 16 1982 17 1982 18 1982
Position
9
9
9
5
5


[edit] Trivia

  • Monica Forsberg wrote the text. It is said that she did it one day when she was sick, but wanted to stay happy.
  • On June 13, 1982, the song was the last song to be number one at Svensktoppen, before the program was removed the first time.
Preceded by
Fångad i en dröm by Björn Skifs
Melodifestivalen winners
1982
Succeeded by
Främling by Carola Häggkvist
In other languages