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Secret Service is a Swedish pop band formed in Stockholm in 1979.

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Secret Service
Secret Service performing in 1985
Background information
Also known as	Ola+3 (1979)
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Euro disco synth-pop Hi-NRG new wave
Years active	1979–1987 1992 2000 2006–present
Labels	Sonet Stockholm Perpetuum Music
Members	Tim Norell Ulf Wahlberg Anders Hansson Mats Lindberg Jamie Borger Jan-Erik Perning Johan Becker
Past members	Ola Håkansson Tonny Lindberg Leif Johansson Leif Paulsén Mikael Erlandsson
Website	secretservicemusic.com

History

In 1979, Ola Håkansson, former vocalist of Ola & the Janglers and then a publishing manager at Sonet Records, teamed up with Tim Norell and Ulf Wahlberg as Ola+3 to write a few songs that they submitted to the 1979 Melodifestivalen, a popular contest which is the Swedish qualification to the Eurovision Song Contest. Ola+3 did not win but the members decided to continue working together and changed their band's name to Secret Service. Besides Ola Håkansson (vocals), Tim Norell and Ulf Wahlberg (keyboards), the original lineup also included Tony Lindberg (guitars), Leif Paulsen (bass) and Leif Johansson (drums).

Norell, who along with Björn Håkanson penned most songs of the band, did not however appear with them on stage or on the album covers. Secret Service's first single "Oh Susie" became a hit in Sweden and several other countries in Europe, in South America and Australia. Their album of the same title included another hit, "Ten O'Clock Postman", which went gold in Sweden. Other successes followed, with their synthpop number "Flash in the Night" in 1981 (their greatest success) hitting charts all over continental Europe. Ola Håkansson's duet with ex-ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog, "The Way You Are", released 1986, became a gold single in Sweden.

In 1987, Håkansson, Norell and Wahlberg released Aux Deux Magots, their last album as Secret Service. The other members of the band had quit by then and were replaced by multi-instrumentalist Anders Hansson and bassist Mats A. Lindberg. Håkansson would become Norell's partner with Army of Lovers' Alexander Bard in what would be known as the Megatrio, a Swedish equivalent to Stock-Aitken-Waterman known as Norell Oson Bard. In 1992, Håkansson and his associates established Stockholm Records as a joint venture with PolyGram. They produced such artists as Army of Lovers and The Cardigans, among others.

In 2012, Secret Service released The Lost Box, an album with forgotten and unreleased recorded songs from the '80s and '90s, such as "Different" and "Satellites".

"Oh Susie" was covered in Czech as "Ó, Sůzi", performed by Petr Kotvald. "10 O'Clock Postman" was covered by Wolfgang Petry as "Ganz oder gar nicht" (in German), and also covered by Date as "Sida vid sida" (in Swedish).

Norell, Wahlberg, Hansson and Lindberg has begun to tour with a new singer, Johan Becker, as Secret Service, mostly in Russia.[1] They also released a single, Secret Mission in 2020.[2]

On 15 October 2021, a cover version of Army of Lovers' "Lit De Parade" was released.

Personnel

Timeline

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
		FIN [3]	GER [4]	SWE [5]
1979
	Oh Susie	—	—	7
1981	Ye Si Ca	—	56	20
1982	Cutting Corners	12	—	9
1984	Jupiter Sign	—	—	25
1985	When the Night Closes In	24	—	37
1987	Aux Deux Magots	—	—	46
2012	The Lost Box	—	—	60
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
		SWE [5]
1982	Greatest Hits	14
1984	Sonets Guldskiveartister	—
1987	Collection	—
1988	Spotlight	—
1998	The Very Best Of	—
2000	Top Secret – Greatest Hits	49
2002	En Popklassiker	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		AUS [6]	AUT [7]	BE [8]	DEN [9]	FIN [3]	FRA [10]	GER [11]	NL [12]	NOR [13]	SWE [14][15]	SWI [16]
1979	"Oh Susie"	49	—	—	7	27	35	9	—	6	1	—
	"Ten O'Clock Postman"	—	8	—	—	30	—	4	—	—	18	—
	"Darling, Your My Girl"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980	"Ye Si Ca"	—	11	—	9	—	—	8	—	—	18	6
1981	"L.A. Goodbye"	—	—	—	11	—	—	16	—	—	—	—
	"Flash in the Night"	—	—	17	12	8	6	23	42	6	12	9
1982	"Cry Softly (Time Is Mourning)"	—	—	—	—	18	—	27	—	10	12	8
	"If I Try"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Dancing in Madness"	—	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	11	—
1983	"Do It"	—	—	—	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Jo-Anne, Jo-Anne"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1984	"How I Want You"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1985	"Let Us Dance Just a Little Bit More"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"When the Night Closes In"	—	—	—	—	—	—	51	—	—	—	—
1986	"Night City"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"The Way You Are" (Ola Håkansson & Agnetha Fältskog)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
1987	"Say, Say"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"I'm So, I'm So, I'm So (I'm So in Love with You)"	—	—	—	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	"Don't You Know, Don't You Know"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	"Megamix"	—	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	"Flash in the Night" (The Antiloop Reconstruction)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	35	—
2000	"The Dancer"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	"Different"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	"Satellites"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	"Go On"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	"Secret Mission"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	"Lit de Parade"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Secret Service (band)

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[ru] Secret Service

«Secret Service» (с англ. — «Тайная служба») — шведская музыкальная группа, исполнявших свои произведения в жанре популярной музыки в 1980-х годах.

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