Dag efter dag
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "Dag efter dag" (Script error: No such module "IPA".; "Day after day") is a song in Swedish, with melody by Lasse Holm and text by Monica Forsberg. The pop and country group Chips (Kikki Danielsson and Elisabeth Andreassen) won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1982 with it. Chips, as Template:Esccnty representatives, finished eighth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982.
On 18 April 1982 the song reached first place on Svensktoppen, where it stayed for nine rounds. On 13 June 1982 the song was the last to be number one on Svensktoppen, before the program was removed the first time. Chips also recorded the song with lyrics in English, "Day after Day".
Charts
In 1982, "Dag efter dag" was also released as a single. The single as best reached the 4th place at the Swedish singles chart and 5th place at the Norwegian singles chart.
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| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[1] | 35 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[2] | 18 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[3] | 5 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] | 4 |
| Sweden (Svensktoppen) | 1 |
Personnel
- Bass – Rutger Gunnarsson
- Drums – "Hulken"
- Piano – Lasse Holm
- Saxophone – Hans Arktoft, Hector Bingert, Ulf Andersson
- Strings – Rutger Gunnarsson
Cover versions
- In 1982, local cover versions were recorded by Meiju Suvas: "A huu – a heijaa" (Finnish); and by Zdenka Vučković: "Prolazi dan" (Croatian, "A Day Passes").
- Dansband Ingmar Nordströms covered the song on their 1987 album Saxparty 15.
- During the Siste Sjansen round of Melodi Grand Prix 2009, Elisabeth Andreassen, one half of the group Chips, came on stage and sang it with 3 women, who recreated the outfit the group wore at Melodifestivalen in 1982, three saxophone players and a school choir.
References
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