Secret Service (band)

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Secret Service
Secret Service TV appearance in December 1985 (from left): T. Lindberg, L. Johannson, O. Hakansson, L. Paulsen, U. Wahlberg.
Secret Service TV appearance in December 1985 (from left): T. Lindberg, L. Johannson, O. Hakansson, L. Paulsen, U. Wahlberg.
General information
Genre (s) Pop , new wave
founding 1979
Founding members
Ola Håkansson
Keyboard , vocals
 Ulf Wahlberg
Tonny Lindberg
Leif Paulsén
Leif Johansson

Secret Service is a Swedish pop / New Wave - band of the 1980s, which had its greatest successes between 1979 and 1982. During this time, seven singles were placed in the European charts, including the most famous songs by the group Oh Susie , Ten O'Clock Postman and Ye-si-ca . Four years later, When the Night Closes In was the last single hit in Germany.

Band history

In 1979 Ola Håkansson , former singer of Ola & the Janglers (a group that was very successful in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s) teamed up with Ulf Wahlberg and Tim Norell to form the group "Ola + 3" to write some songs for to write the Melodifestivalen . With the title Det känns som jag vandrar fram , written by Wahlberg , they only took third place, but decided to continue working together. However, the band name was changed to "Secret Service".

The first single Oh Susie , released in autumn 1979, was a hit across Europe and South America . Hakansson wrote the lyrics, the music was by Norell.

Although Norell wrote most of the songs with Hakansson, he was never officially a member of the group. Hakansson called himself Björn Hakanson as the author, later also Oson. The next big hit in Europe was Ten O'Clock Postman in the summer of 1980, followed by Ye-si-ca and LA Goodbye in the spring of 1981.

The last European hits were Flash in the Night and Cry Softly in 1982 . Other well-known songs by the group were Let Us Dance Just a Little Bit More and Dancing in Madness . With When the Night Closes In , the formation was represented in the German charts for the last time in the spring of 1986.

For the last LP Aux deux magots , released in 1988 , Tonny Lindberg, Leif Paulsen and Leif Johannson were replaced by Anders Hansson ( keyboard , guitar , percussion ) and Mats A. Lindberg (bass).

In 2000, the CD Top Secret was released in Sweden , for which the original members of the band got together again and three new songs were released with Bring Heaven Down , Destiny of Love and The Sound of the Rain .

In June 2012 the CD The Lost Box was released . It contains ten previously unreleased songs as well as Different, which was released in 2009 . Tim Norell found the songs in a box while cleaning up in 2007.

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Founding members

  • Ola Håkansson (born March 24, 1945 in Stockholm), singer, composer
  • Ulf Wahlberg (born April 11, 1951 in Stockholm), keyboardist and singer
  • Tonny Lindberg (born December 5, 1944 in Stockholm), guitarist
  • Leif Paulsén (born August 2, 1945 in Stockholm), bassist
  • Leif Johansson (born May 25, 1945 in Loos), drummer

Other members

  • Tim Norell (born October 25, 1955 in Älvsjö), keyboardist, songwriter
  • Björn Håkanson (* 1945), songwriter
  • John Becker (singer)
  • Mikael Erlandsson (singer)

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH SE SE
1979 Oh Susie - - - SE7 (9 weeks)
SE
Recording: OAL Studio Sollentuna , 1979
Producer: Secret Service
1981 Ye-Si-Ca DE56 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - SE20 (4 weeks)
SE
Recording: OAL Studio Sollentuna, 1980
Producer: Secret Service
1982 Cutting Corners - - - SE9 (7 weeks)
SE
Recording: Park Studio and Europa Studios Stockholm
Producer: Secret Service
1984 Jupiter Sign - - - SE25 (4 weeks)
SE
Recording: Park Studio Stockholm, 1983
Producers: Ola Håkansson , Tim Norell, Ulf Wahlberg
1986 When the Night Closes In - - - SE37 (2 weeks)
SE
Recording: Park Studio Stockholm, 1985
Producer: Secret Service
1987 Aux deux magots - - - SE46 (3 weeks)
SE
Producer: Secret Service
2013 The Lost Box - - - SE60 (1 week)
SE
Recording: XTC Studios Stockholm
Producers: Ola Håkansson, Tim Norell, Ulf Wahlberg

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH SE SE
1982 Greatest hits - - - SE14 (7 weeks)
SE
2000 Top Secret * (* Greatest Hits) - - - SE49 (2 weeks)
SE

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More compilations

  • 1984: Sonets Guldskiveartister
  • 1987: Greatest Hits
  • 1987: Collection (2 LPs)
  • 1988: Spotlight
  • 1998: The Very Best Of
  • 2002: En pop classic

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH SE SE
1979 Oh! Susie
Oh Susie 		DE9 (35 weeks)
DE 		- - SE1 (13 weeks)
SE
Authors: Ola Håkansson , Tim Norell
1980 Ten O'Clock Postman
Oh Susie 		DE4 (26 weeks)
DE 		AT8 (10 weeks)
AT 		- SE18 (1 week)
SE
Authors: Björn Håkanson, Tim Norell
1981 Ye-si-ca
Ye Si Ca 		DE8 (28 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH6 (7 weeks)
CH 		SE16 (4 weeks)
SE
Authors: Björn Håkanson, Tim Norell
LA Goodbye
Ye Si Ca 		DE16 (21 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Authors: Ola Håkansson, Tim Norell
1982 Flash in the Night
Cutting Corners 		DE23 (18 weeks)
DE 		- CH9 (5 weeks)
CH 		SE12 (7 weeks)
SE
Authors: Björn Håkanson, Tim Norell
Cry Softly (Time Is Mourning)
Cutting Corners 		DE27 (7 weeks)
DE 		- CH8 (7 weeks)
CH 		SE12 (4 weeks)
SE
Authors: Björn Håkanson, Tim Norell
Dancing in Madness
Greatest Hits 		- - - SE11 (3 weeks)
SE
Authors: Björn Håkanson, Tim Norell
1986 When the Night Closes In
When the Night Closes In 		DE51 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Authors: Oson, Tim Norell

More singles

  • 1979: Det känns som jag vandrar fram (as Ola + 3)
  • 1979: Darling, You're My Girl
  • 1982: If I Try
  • 1983: Do It
  • 1983: Jo-Anne, Jo-Anne
  • 1984: Jupiter Sign
  • 1984: How I Want You
  • 1985: Let Us Dance Just a Little Bit More
  • 1986: When the Night Closes In (New Mix) / (Metro Mix)
  • 1986: Night City
  • 1987: Say, Say
  • 1987: I'm so I'm so I'm so (I'm so in Love with You)
  • 1988: Don't You Know Don't You Know
  • 1990: Megamix
  • 1997: Flash in the Night / Oh Susie - The Antiloop Reconstruction (Remix: Antiloop)
  • 2000: The Dancer
  • 2009: Different (download single)
  • 2019: Go On
  • 2020: Secret Mission

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