Solsken

"Solsken"
Single by Gyllene Tider
from the album Finn 5 Fel!
Released September 29, 2004
Format CD single
Recorded Sweden
Genre Pop
Label Capitol Records
Writer(s) Per Gessle
Gyllene Tider singles chronology
"En sten vid en sjö i en skog" / "Tuffa tider"
(2004)		 "Solsken"
(2004)		 "Jag borde förstås vetat bättre"
(2005)

"Solsken" ("Sunshine") is a single by Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider. Written by the band's lead singer Per Gessle, it was released on September 29, 2004, as the second single from Finn 5 fel!, which was the best selling album in Sweden during 2004.[1] The single peaked at No. 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 No. 5 on the Svensktoppen (Sveriges Radio chart)[3] before peaking at No. 3 a week later.[4]

Critical reception

Björn Solfors of Aftonbladet called it "A song with natural summer joy."[5]

Composition

The 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 list

  1. "Solsken"
  2. "Ordinärt mirakel" (T&A demo)
  3. "Nere på gatan" (T&A demo)

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Swedish Singles Chart 20[2]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Swedish charts archive". Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  3. ↑ "Svensktoppen chart archive. Wk 2004-11-14". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2012-01-11. (direct link to chart)
  4. ↑ "Svensktoppen chart archive. Wk 2004-11-21". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2012-01-22. (direct link to chart)
  5. ↑ Solfors, Björn (2004-15-19). "Vi är tillbaka där vi började" [We are back where we started]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2012-02-17. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Åkesson, Sara (2004-06-04). "Gyllene Tider's personliga återträff" [Gyllene Tider's personal reunion]. Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). TT Spektra. Retrieved 2012-02-17.