^ 'Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts'.'Blue Swede's 'Hooked On a Feeling' Sales Soar Thanks To 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trailer'. ^ Caulfield, Keith (20 February 2014).' Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'/'Galaxy Take-Off' (medley) '-' denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. International revised version of Pinewood Rally.Skifs left the band in 1975 and the band continued as Blåblus, releasing a further two albums.ĭiscography Albums Title From the band's 1974 follow-up album, Out of the Blue, they recorded a medley of ' Hush' by Deep Purple and 'I'm Alive' by Tommy James and the Shondells (not The Hollies' song of the same name), peaking at position 61 in the U.S., and achieving its greatest chart success in Scandinavia. Throughout the rest of 1974, two follow-up singles from the same album were released: 'Silly Milly', which peaked at position 71 in the U.S., and a cover of The Association's ' Never My Love', which made the Top Ten by peaking at position 7. To capitalize on the success of the song, Blue Swede released an album of the same name that same year. The track also topped charts in Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands, where it reached a peak chart position of 26. for one week in April 1974 and stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 18 weeks. Blue Swede released 'Hooked on a Feeling' in Sweden in May 1973 and in the United States in February 1974. Producer at the recording sessions was Bengt Palmers. Blue Swede recorded Thomas's song in 1973, but based its rendition of the song on a 1971 version released by British pop eccentric Jonathan King, which created the 'ooga-chaka' introduction. The band got their international breakthrough in 1974 with their cover of the 1968 B. The band was originally called 'Blåblus' (Swedish for 'blue blouse', a pun on the word 'blues' ) and featured Skifs singing the lead vocals. They disbanded after Skifs decided to embark on his solo career.īlue Swede was first formed in 1973, when Björn Skifs, a top vocalist in Sweden, was looking for a band to accompany him during his concerts. The band consisted of Anders Berglund (piano), Björn Skifs (lead vocals), Bosse Liljedahl (bass), Hinke Ekestubbe (saxophone), Jan Guldbäck (drums), Michael Areklew (guitar), Jamie Bethune (Cymbals) and Tommy Berglund (trumpet).

Blue Swede released two albums of cover versions, including a rendition of ' Hooked on a Feeling', which brought them international chart success. Blue Swede were a Swedish rock band fronted by Björn Skifs which was active between the years 1973–1979.

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