"Du ringde från Flen"
Song by Grönwalls
from the album "Du har det där"
LanguageSwedish
Released1992
Genredansband music
LabelFrituna
Songwriter(s)Ulf Nordquist
Composer(s)Ulf Nordquist
Flen

Du ringde från Flen is a song written by Ulf Nordquist, and originally recorded by Grönwalls on the debut album Du har det där in 1992.[1] Ending up third in the 1992 edition of the music competition "Höstens melodier", it is one of Grönwall's most well-known songs. The song was also tested for Svensktoppen, where it charted for listan 13 weeks between 3 July-18 September 1993.[2]

In the song lyrics, the I person, probably a girl/woman, sings about the you person always works overtime and travels around Sweden, blaming it on meetings and visiting relatives, but the I person suspects oninfidelity. Five towns in Sweden are mentioned in the song lyrics; Flen, Luleå, Hässleholm, Halmstad and Laholm.

At Dansbandskampen 2008, the song was performed by Shake, in a calm ballad tempo. Shake's version was released in January 2009 for digital download. At Dansbandskampen 2009, the song was used during Sveriges Television's information.

A version in Swedish radio program Framåt fredag was called "Han ringde Hamrén" and was about Lars Lagerbäck leaving his job as manager for the Sweden men's national soccer team.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Du har det där at Swedish Media Database.
  2. ↑ "Svensktoppen 1993" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Han ringde Hamrén" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 10 November 2013.



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