Bobbysocks (album)
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Bobbysocks! was the first album
from Norwegian
pop duo
Bobbysocks!. The album was released in 1984 and in a new version in 1985. The re-release became popular in many parts of the world, and by early 1986 the album had sold around 75,000 copies in Norway.
Side 2
Single
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
from Norwegian
Norway
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pop duo
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
Bobbysocks!. The album was released in 1984 and in a new version in 1985. The re-release became popular in many parts of the world, and by early 1986 the album had sold around 75,000 copies in Norway.
Track listing (1984 version)
- "In the Mud"
- "Farewell BluesFarewell Blues"Farewell Blues" is a 1922 jazz standard written by Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo and Elmer Schoebel. The song was recorded on August 29, 1922 in Richmond, Indiana and released as Gennett 4966A. It was first released by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings and soon was covered by several jazz bands...
" - "In the MoodIn the Mood"In the Mood" is a big band era #1 hit recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller. Joe Garland and Andy Razaf arranged "In the Mood" in 1937-1939 using a previously existing main theme composed by Glenn Miller before the start of the 1930s...
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- "Farewell Blues
- "Midnight Rocks"
- "Radio"
- "Don't Bring Lulu"
- "Little by Little" - ElisabethElisabeth AndreassenElisabeth Gunilla Andreassen - also known as just "Bettan" - is a Swedish-Norwegian singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest....
- "Shoo-shoo-baby"
- "Adios" - HanneHanne KroghHanne Krogh is a Norwegian singer and one half of the duo that won the Eurovision Song Contest 1985....
- "Cross Over the Bridge"
- "I don't Wanna Break my Heart"
- "The booglie-wooglie Piggy"
- "Go on Shakin'"
Track listing (1985 version)
Side 1- Let It Swing (La det swingeLa det swinge"La det swinge" is a song in Norwegian, sung by the pop duo Bobbysocks!. It was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 - Norway's first victory in the contest.- Background :...
) - Midnight Rocks
- Radio
- Don't Bring Lulu
- Little by Little
- Shoo-shoo-baby
Side 2
- Adios
- Cross Over the Bridge
- I don't Wanna Break my Heart
- The booglie-wooglie Piggy
- Go on Shakin'
Charts
Album| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Norwegian album chart | 3 |
| 1985 | Swedish album chart | 34 |
Single
| Year | Song | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "La det swinge"/"Let it swing" | Norway's single chart | 1 |