Boogaloo (song)

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Sweden "Boogaloo"
Lotta Engberg-Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola.jpg
Eurovision Song Contest 1987 entry
Country
Sweden
Artist(s)
Lotta Engberg
Language
Swedish
Composer(s)
Mikael Wendt
Lyricist(s)
Christer Lundh
Conductor
Curt-Eric Holmquist
Finals performance
Final result
12th
Final points
50
Entry chronology
◄ "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" (1986)
"Stad i ljus" (1988) ►

"Boogaloo", also known by its original title "Fyra Bugg och en Coca Cola" ("Four chewing gums and a Coca-Cola"), is a Swedish-language song, written by  [sv] and  [sv], with which Swedish dansband and pop singer Lotta Engberg won the Melodifestivalen 1987.

The song, which is about summer, was renamed "Boogaloo" for the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, where it represented Sweden. It is the title track of Engberg's 1987 album, Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola.

The single was released in May 1987, with the song "En helt ny dag" as the B-side. It peaked at number 19 on the Swedish Singles Chart. Additionally, the song charted at Svensktoppen for six weeks between 19 April and 24 May 1987, topping the chart all six times.[1]

Charts[]

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 19
Sweden (Svensktoppen) 1

In popular culture[]

  • A Swedish television clip from 1987 featured future prime minister Carl Bildt doing sing-along to "Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola" when he visited a music studio. Bildt, who was wearing headphones, was distinctly off-key in his singing performance, and this clip has been used several times by comedy shows on Swedish television.[2]
  • In the Melodifestivalen 2010, Timo Räisänen performed the song.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Svensktoppen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1987. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  2. ^ "Carl Bildts kavajkupp". Expressen. 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  3. ^ SVT Play 2010 – Timo tolkar Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Preceded by Melodifestivalen winners
1987 		Succeeded by
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