God morgon (Chips song)
"God morgon" is a pop song in Swedish, performed by the pop and country group Chips, just then named "Sweets 'n Chips", at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1981, where it finished 2nd. Its lyrics are about morning. "God morgon" was written by Lasse Holm and Torgny Söderberg. With this song, Elisabeth Andreasson and Britta "Tanja" Johansson made their Melodifestivalen debuts. In 1981, "God morgon" was also released as a single. On April 5, 1981 the song entered the 1st place at the Swedish hitlist Svensktoppen.[1] The song was also recorded with lyrics in English, as "Good Morning".
| "God morgon" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Chips | ||||
| A-side | "God morgon" | |||
| B-side | "More than a Minute" | |||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Format | grammophone record | |||
| Genre | schlager | |||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Mariann | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lasse Holm, Torgny Söderberg | |||
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During the 2001-2004 Kikki, Bettan & Lotta shows, the song text was often changed to God afton (Good evening), since most of the shows took place in the evenings.
In May-June 2017, a recording by Ida Redig could be heard in Kungsängen bed commercials.[2]
At Så mycket bättre 2017, the song was recorded by Tomas Andersson Wij.[3]
References
- Svensktoppen - 1981
- Christel Valsinger (23 May 2017). "Kampanj" (in Swedish). Musikindustrin. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- Johanna Hagström (18 November 2017). "Icona Pop gjorde slut i baktakt" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 20 November 2017.