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Tomten, jag vill ha en riktig jul
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'Tomten, jag vill ha en riktig jul' is a Christmas song written by Kenneth Fridn, and recorded by Busungarna in 1982. Released as a single, it peaked at 11th position at the Swedish singles chart, It also appeared at the 1984 Busungarna album "Tjena, vi r Busungarna".[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001886169 Listplacering]
The song describes Christmas with children asking for presents by Santa Claus, including a radio-controlled aeroplane, a pinball game, 'Donkey Kong', typical for the 1980s, and a table soccer set.
In 1991, Werner & Werner recorded a parody of the song with new lyrics "Tomten du r s otroligt ful" ("Santa, you look so incredible ugly").
In 1997, the song was recorded by Hbo Music School on the EP 'Flingor som singlar'.[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001515914 Listplacering]
In 1998 the song was recorded by Drngarna & Smdrngarna on the album 'En skitkul jul'.[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001518155 Listplacering]
In 2002, the a recording by girl duo Peaches appeared on a Christmas EP.[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001552312 Listplacering] with a video.
In 2008, the song was recorded by Sonja Aldn, Shirley Clamp och Sanna Nielsen during their Christmas show, with new lyrics.
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