It’s the same story every summer and there’s no way you can escape it. It follows you around everywhere. At home, in the car, in the shop, on the telly, on the radio, and yes, you did quite like it in the beginning. But 2131 times later, you are ready to pack your bags and move to a nice and remote place in the north where it possibly couldn’t reach you. No, I’m not talking about mosquitoes, wasps or visiting relatives, I’m talking about the unavoidable and very much irritaiting summer hits of course! The Swede’s call them “sommarpl\u00e5gor”, meaning something like summerpain, summertorture, summerterror…<\/p>\n
We all know them, can sing them and possibly do the moves as well. Macarena, The Ketchup Song, Bailando, Mambo nr 5, We’re going to Ibiza, Barbie Girl… And to be honest, every summer needs it silly sing-a-long hit that can unite drunk tourists all over the world.<\/p>\n
I don’t know what it’s like where you are from, but we tend to have at least one or two Swedish summer hits every summer. They follow the same pattern. Silly, repetitive, easy to song along to, catchy melodies that sticks in your head like chewing gum. So, don’t say I didn’t warn you! But please feel free check out the seven songs below for some classic sommarpl\u00e5gor that every Swede knows. And possibly hates as well.<\/p>\n
The classic ones!<\/strong> http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yR24-N3OEuI<\/a><\/p>\n Sommaren \u00e4r kort<\/strong> (The summer is short) is another unbelievably popular summer song. Performed by Tomas Ledin (sorry, couldn’t find any video.).<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NVdGOz_ptDg<\/a><\/p>\n The odd ones!<\/strong> The summer of 2004 did not only give us Hej hej Monica, we also had the joy off listening to Ingen vill veta var du k\u00f6pt din tr\u00f6ja<\/strong> (No one wants to know where you bought your sweatshirt) around a million times. The song is by the band Raymond & Maria and the video will also give you the lyrics in Swedish, something I strongly recommend. Does they make sense to you?<\/p>\n
\nSommartider<\/strong> (Summer times)\u00a0 is the ultimate number 1 summer hit that everyone knows. It’s from 1979 and by Gyllene Tider, Per Gessle from Roxette’s former band.<\/p>\n
\nHej hej Monica<\/strong> (Hello hello Monica) tormented the Swedes during the summer of 2004. Click here <\/a>for an overwhelming experience, possibly not the best one you’ve had…<\/p>\n