"Alla flickor" ("All the girls") is a 2005 single from Swedish

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Linda Bengtzing Linda Birgitta Bengtzing (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish pop singer famous for her participation in the fourth season of '' Fame Factory'' in Sweden and for her entries at Melodifestivalen 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2020 and 2022. ...

released after her participation at

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during the first quarter of 2005. At

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, the song stayed for eight weeks during the time 1 May 2005 – 26 June 2005, peaking at number seven. The song also peaked at number eight on the Swedish Singles Chart. The song was originally recorded by

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, who showed interest in performing this at Melodifestivalen, however, the artist director,

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, required a younger singer, therefore Bengtzing was selected. Later,

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was intended to perform the song, until

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claimed that Lotta Engberg (born 5 March 1963) by 2005 no longer could be considered a "girl".

Controversial spoof video

The song caused some controversy on website

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where a spoof video had been uploaded featuring footage of

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synchronized with the song's lyrics, implying it was

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who gave "all girls" what they wanted. Linda Bengtzing, who initially had been unaware of the video's existence, found it to be in very bad taste, denied anything to do with the video, and denied the lyrics of the track (which are very typical schlager lyrics) had anything to do with Hitler or the Nazis. This video was removed from YouTube, which has been reposted and removed several times after being reported.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control Melodifestivalen songs of 2005 Songs written by Tobias Lundgren Songs written by Tim Larsson Songs written by Johan Fransson (songwriter) Linda Bengtzing songs Songs written by Niklas Edberger Songs in Swedish 2005 songs 2005 singles

Controversial spoof video

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

See also

References