I Love Europe is a song written by Torgny Söderberg and Magnus Johansson, with lyrics by Ingela Forsman. It was originally performed by Christer Sjögren at Melodifestivalen 2008. On 9 February 2008, the song headed directly from the semifinal inside Scandinavium in Gothenburg to the final in the Stockholm Globe Arena on 15 March that year.[1] Once there, the song ended up 9th.[2] Magnus Johansson also appeared on stage as a trumpeter.
"I Love Europe" | |
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Single by Christer Sjögren | |
from the album Mitt sköna sextiotal | |
A-side | "I Love Europe" (radio edit) |
B-side | "I Love Europe" (singback version) |
Released | 12 March 2008 |
Genre | schlager |
Label | M&L |
Songwriter(s) | Magnus Johansson, Torgny Söderberg |
The song lyrics describe the dream of friendship and peace all across Europe, and compares the nations with one big family.[3][4]
The single was released on 12 March 2008,[5] and it peaked at 15th position at the Swedish singles chart. The song als charted at Svensktoppen for 18 weeks between 6 April–3 August 2008,[6][7][8] peaking at 5th position. The song also appeared as a bonus track on Christer Sjögren's studio album Mitt sköna sextiotal, released in September the same year.[9]
The song was also broguth attention by radio station RIX FM, where program host Gert Fylking launched a Rix Morronzoo campaign called Christer till Belgrad ("Christer for Belgrade"), to get people voting for the song.[10][11]
At Dansbandskampen 2008 the song was performed by Larz-Kristerz, turning the song into accordion-based. The band also recorded the song for the album Hem till dig, released in February 2009.[12]
Swedish radio program Framåt fredag did a parody called I Europa.
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] | 15 |
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