Miss Decibel, written 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 ...

and

Gert Lengstrand Gert is a mainly masculine given name (sometimes a short form of Gerrit, Gerard, etc.), with some female bearers (short for Gertrude). Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census, so the na ...

, is a

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in Swedish, which finished 2nd at the

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Melodifestivalen 1978 Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "", written by Peter Himmelstrand, and performed by Björn Skifs. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through 1978. Before Eurovision 1 ...

. It was performed by the Swedish "

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Wizex Wizex is a Swedish dansband formed in Osby in 1973. It purchased the rights to the name from a band that started as ''Ulrik Wittmans Kvintett'' in 1957''.'' When Ulrik Wittman left the band in 1963 they started to use the name ''Wizex''. When rea ...

, back then including

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 ...

as lead vocal singer, together with

. The song, which lyrical describes about a little singing-screaming

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and her parents who see her screaming abilities as an opportunity to become a singing star in the future, ends with a refrain in English including the words "Decibel, you gonna be a star".

Björn Skifs Björn Nils Olof Skifs (; born 20 April 1947) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter. Skifs has represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, in the 1978 contest and in the 1981 contest. Career Björn Skifs formed ...

won that year's Melodifestivalen with the song "

Det blir alltid värre framåt natten Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 with the song "", written by Peter Himmelstrand, and performed by Björn Skifs. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SR), selected its entry through 1978. Before Eurovision 1 ...

". The single peaked at #10 at the

Swedish singles chart Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name s ...

. The song was also at

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing on Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982–1985. In the years leading up to the January 20 ...

for eleven weeks during the period 16 April - 25 June 1978, peaking at #2. The song was

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Eva Rydberg Eva Gunilla Johansson Rydberg (born 20 June 1943) is a Swedish singer, actress, comedian, revue-artist and dancer. Biography Early life Eva Rydberg was born in Malmö. She started ballet school at a young age and acted at a children's theate ...

later in 1978, on her album " Sång á la Rydberg". In 1979, musician

Nils Dacke Nils Dacke (died 1543) was a Swedish yeoman who was the leader of a mid-16th century peasant revolt in the historic province of Småland in southern Sweden. The resulting Dacke War () was fought against King of Sweden, King Gustav I of Sweden ...

recorded the song for his album " Nils Dacke spelar partyorgel". In 2008 the song was performed at ''

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'' by Martinez. At '' Så mycket bättre 2017'', the song was recorded by

Uno Svenningsson Uno Svenningsson (born 1 July 1959 in Hagelstorp, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has been active in music since the late 1970s. He was the singer in the pop group "Freda'" in the early 1980s and early 1990s, and th ...

as "Prins Decibel".

Chart performance

Charts

References

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