Dover–Calais

"Dover–Calais"
"Dover–Calais"
Single by Style
B-side	"Camera Action"
Released	1986
Genre	Pop; schlager;
Label	Alpha
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Ekman; Christer Sandelin;
Style singles chronology

White cliffs of Dover

"Dover–Calais" is a ballad song written by and Christer Sandelin, and originally performed by Style on 22 March 1986 at Melodifestivalen where the song ended up third.

The song lyrics describe a love meeting between two people on board a ferryboat moving across the English Channel between the UK and France in a pre-"Chunnel" era.

The song topped the Swedish singles chart, and peaked at 6th position in Norway. At Svensktoppen the song stayed for 18 weeks between the period of 13 April–29 June 1986, topping the chart during the seven first weeks.^[1]

On 29 March 1986 the song also entered Trackslistan, reaching the first position on 5 April that year.

Charts[]

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Norway (VG-lista)^[2]	6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[3]	1

Recordings[]

In 1986 Gothenburg band recorded the song Domus–Paleys. The title refers to the cafe and the .
In Ernst-Hugo Järegård cited the lyrics in the radio program , accompanied by music. This version became available on the 1987 compilation album .

References[]

^ Svensktoppen - 1986
^ Chart trajectory Archived November 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ Chart trajectory Archived 2016-04-13 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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[1] Svensktoppen - 1986

[2] Chart trajectory Archived November 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Chart trajectory Archived 2016-04-13 at the Wayback Machine

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