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Hll om mig
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Wikipedia article
'Hll om mig', written by Ingela Forsman and Nanne Grnvall, is a song performed by Nanne Grnvall at Melodifestivalen 2005. The song won a late 2004 contest, as very songs with few female songwriters had been selected for Melodifestivalen. The song was performed for first time in the 4th Melodifestivalen semifinal, inside Vxj tipshall in Vxj on 5 March 2005. From the semifinal, the song went all the way to the final inside the Stockholm Globe Arena one week later. The song became popular among the audience, and was expected to win the final. After the votings, the song received most votes from the TV viewers, but the jury groups appointed the Martin Stenmarck song 'Las Vegas' as winner. 'Hll om mig' ended up second, three points after the winning song.
Chart performance
The song became successful charting, topping the Swedish singles chart three weeks after release. The single topped the Swedish singles chart for two weeks, and charted for totally 32 weeks, ending the chart visit on 22 December 2005. The song entered Svensktoppen on 3 April 2005, topping the chart before staying at the chart for 36 weeks, ending the visit on 4 December 2005 and ending up as the third most successful Svensktoppen song in 2005.
During 2005, the song was voted as winner for the National Finals Song Contest.
Charts
Album
The song appeared on two 2005 Nanne Grnwall albums, '20 r med Nanne' and 'Alltid p vg'.
Trivia
*Nanne Grnvall recorded a new, humorist, version of the song for the After Dark show, back then called 'Hll i mig'.
*A Framt fredag parody was called "Kr om mig", giving the song a traffic-related theme.[https://archive.today/20140813083548/http://www.cybererrol.com/view.php?id=85510 Framt fredag - 'Kr om mig']
*At Dansbandskampen 2009, the song was performed by Titanix, when Nanne Grnvall was the theme of the evening during the second round.
*This song is also used for a popular AMV (Anime music video) featuring scenes from the animated series Princess Tutu.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9197GTl1ASg Princess Tutu - Hll om mig Anime Music Video - YouTube]
*'Hll om mig' is sampled in the 2021 song 'Step-Grandma' by Swedish producer Salvatore Ganacci.
References
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