"Bra vibrationer" (; "Good vibrations"), written by

Ingela Forsman Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman (born 26 August 1950 in , Sweden) is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. As a student Forsman attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish ...

and composed by

Lasse Holm Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm (born 9 December 1943) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and television host. Holm has also hosted and appeared in several television shows. As singer Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of ...

, was the entry to the

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, performed by

Kikki Danielsson Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952) is a Swedish country music, country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She has gained notice for yodeling in some songs. Danie ...

History

Danielsson won the right to perform at the contest, held in

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, by winning the Swedish national final, Melodifestivalen 1985, where she was the first singer to perform. The song won by seven points over the second-place finisher, Dan Tillberg with his song "Ta min hand" ("Take my hand"). In Gothenburg, the song was performed sixteenth on the night, after 's Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini with " Piano, Piano", and before 's

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with " Kinder dieser Welt". At the end of judging that evening, "Bra vibrationer" took the third-place slot with 103 points. Finland and Norway both awarded Sweden 12 points that night. Danielsson's performance was backed up by dancers Mary Johnson and David Johnson. Sung in contemporary schlager music style, the singer relates her strong emotions upon falling in love with a man with whom she had just met. She is concerned about things moving too fast, but in the end, she feels "good vibrations" and is very happy with what has transpired. After Eurovision, the song was placed at number 12 on the

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, and it stayed in the top 50 for eight weeks.

Track listing (single)

#Bra vibrationer #Plingeling

Trivia

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was asked to participate with "Bra vibrationer", but declined.

Other recordings

*Swedish musician Magnus Svensson recorded the song on his 1985 album '' The Organ Sounds of Magnus''. *Swedish group Lars Vegas trio recorded the song on their 1993 maxisingle- CD Kikki Resque. *At

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the song was performed by

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's Team Siw, and its version also appeared on the official compilation album. *At Dansbandskampen 2008 the song was performed by Scotts. *A Framåt fredag version was called "Bra sensationer" ("Good sensations") describing

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s' attempts to sell copies. Another version in the same radio programme was called "För många nationer" ("Too many nations") referring to the discussions of neighboring votes at the

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. *In 2015 Kumba M'bye and Amanda Serra performed an own version at TV4's '' Lyckliga gatan''. *As a part of the eight season of ''

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'', a cover version of the song was released by fellow Melodifestivalen winner Eric Saade. Saade's version, titled "Bra vibrationer (vill ha mer)", featured additional lyrics as well as an updated sound.

Charts

Kumba M'bye & Amanda Serra

Eric Saade

References

{{authority control Eurovision songs of 1985 Kikki Danielsson songs Melodifestivalen songs of 1985 Eurovision songs of Sweden Songs written by Lasse Holm Songs with lyrics by Ingela Forsman Songs in Swedish 1985 songs Mariann Grammofon singles 1985 singles Eric Saade songs