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"Manboy" is a song performed by Swedish singer Eric Saade. It is the second single from Saade's first album, Masquerade, and was first released on 28 March 2010 in Sweden.[1]

"Manboy"
Single by Eric Saade
from the album Masquerade
Released	28 March 2010[1]
Genre	Pop
Length	2:57[1]
Label	Roxy Recordings
Songwriter(s)	Fredrik Kempe Peter Boström[2]
Eric Saade singles chronology
"Sleepless" (2009) "Manboy" (2010) "Break of Dawn" (2010)
Music video
"Manboy" (Acoustic) on YouTube

Background

The song was written by Fredrik Kempe and Peter Boström.[2]

Melodifestivalen 2010

In 2010, Saade competed in Melodifestivalen with the song and reached third place.[2]

Other versions

• An acoustic version of the song was released on 10 May 2010 in Sweden.[3]
• During a pause at Melodifestivalen 2013 the song was performed by Ann-Louise Hanson, Towa Carson and Siw Malmkvist as "Maj-Gull". It was also released on an EP the same year.[4]
• In 2017, a cover version was released by Sabina Ddumba as a part of the eighth season of Så mycket bättre.[5]

Awards, nominations and certifications

The song was nominated for two Scandipop Awards 2011 in the categories Best Single from a New Artist and Best Male Single.[6]

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	1

Certifications

Certifications for Manboy

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[8]	Platinum	40,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Sweden[1]	28 March 2010	CD single, digital download	Roxy Recordings
Sweden[3] (Acoustic version)	10 May 2010

References

External links

Look up manboy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Eric Saade Official Website

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