Blue Swede

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Blue Swede 1974

Blue Swede was a Swedish rock band from the 1970s.

Career

It was founded in 1972 by Björn Skifs , a very well-known musician in Sweden . The band recorded the song Hooked on a Feeling , with which two other performers had previously been successful: BJ Thomas in 1968 and Jonathan King 3 years later. The song became a hit for the third time and reached number 1 in the US . In the German singles charts, the title reached number 22. In the same year, the group scored another hit in the US with Never My Love (originally by The Association ) Follow-up hit that reached number 7 in the charts.

After 1975 the musicians moved back to Sweden and released further records under the name "Björn Skifs & The Blablus".

In 2014 the group and their song Hooked on a Feeling achieved another success, because the song used in the trailers for the Marvel blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy sold over 2,000 times within a few days and thus managed to set a digital sales record for this song to reach.

Members

  • Michael Areklew, guitar
  • Ladislav Balaz, keyboard
  • Tom Berger, trumpet, flute
  • Anders Berglund, keyboard
  • Hinke Ekestubbe, saxophone
  • Jan Guldbäck, drums
  • Bo Liljedahl, bass
  • Björn Skifs, vocals

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1974 Hooked on a feeling - - US80 (17 weeks)
US

more publishments

  • 1975: Out of the Blue

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1974 Hooked on a feeling
Hooked on a feeling 		DE22 (13 weeks)
DE 		UK90
gold
gold

(1 week)UK 		US1
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
Chart entry in UK only in 2014
Silly Milly
Hooked on a Feeling 		- - US71 (4 weeks)
US
Never My Love
Hooked on a Feeling 		- - US7 (11 weeks)
US
1975 Hush / I'm Alive
Out of the Blue 		- - US61 (5 weeks)
US

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Record Research Ltd., Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin) 1994, p. 57.
  2. ^ Günter Ehnert (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956–1980. Taurus Press, Hamburg 1990, p. 32
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
  4. ↑ a b Music Sales Awards: US UK