"Solsken" ("Sunshine") is a

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by Swedish

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group

Gyllene Tider Gyllene Tider (; "Golden Times") was a Swedish pop group fronted by Roxette singer, guitarist and songwriter Per Gessle. They were one of the best-selling Swedish bands ever and have had numerous hits in Scandinavia, starting with the break-th ...

. Written by the band's lead singer

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, it was released on 29 September 2004 as the second single from ''

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'', which was the best-selling album in Sweden during 2004. The single peaked at number 20 on the

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, becoming the thirteenth single by the band to chart in their home country and became a new entry at number five on the

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( Sveriges Radio chart) before peaking at number three a week later.

Critical reception

Björn Solfors of ''

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'' called it "A song with natural summer joy."

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,

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and

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, who liked it, so the day after I wrote the lyrics. Micke Andersson, Gyllene Tider's drummer, said "It is what you play when you're along the coast road down in

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with a cute girl next to you."

Track listing

#"Solsken" #"Ordinärt mirakel" (T&A demo) #"Nere på gatan" (T&A demo)

Charts

References

2004 singles Gyllene Tider songs Songs written by Per Gessle 2004 songs Capitol Records singles {{2000s-pop-song-stub