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Frmling (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Frmling'" (; "Stranger"), written by Lasse Holm and Monica Forsberg and arranged by , was the song performed by the 16-year-old Swedish singer Carola Hggkvist which won the Melodifestivalen 1983. At the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 in Munich, in the former West Germany, the song finished third. It was performed fourth on the night, after the 's song "I'm Never Giving Up" by Sweet Dreams, and before 's entry "Per Lucia" by Riccardo Fogli. "Frmling" became a huge hit in Scandinavia, charting in Finland, Norway and Sweden, peaking at number six, one and five.
Trivia
*Kikki Danielsson was first asked to sing "Frmling", but instead she chose "Varfr r krleken rd?", which finished second in the Swedish Melodifestivalen that year.
*"Frmling" was also written with text versions in German, Dutch and English as, respectively, "Fremder", "Je ogen hebben geen geheimen" and "Love Isn't Love".
Cover versions
* The Swedish heavy metal group Black Ingvars covered "Frmling" on their 1998 album 'Schlager Metal'.
* Finnish singer Meiju Suvas covered the song in Finnish, as "Muukalainen" (also translating as "stranger").
* The Norwegian free-jazz band Farmers Market has covered "Frmling" on several concerts, and on their 2008 album 'Surfin' USSR'. Farmers Market often use unusual time signatures, and their version of Frmling switch between 11/16, 15/16, 7/16 and 13/16. The live version usually also has four bars of 2/4.
Charts
References
Category:1983 songs
Category:Carola Hggkvist songs
Category:Eurovision songs of 1983
Category:Melodifestivalen songs of 1983
Category:Eurovision songs of Sweden
Category:Songs written by Lasse Holm
Category:Songs written by Monica Forsberg
Category:Music based on art
Category:Mariann Grammofon singles
Category:Number-one singles in Norway
Category:1983 singles
Category:Schlager songs
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