"Gråt inga tårar" is a song written by Åke Hallgren in the dansband Pippis from Hede, and recorded and a released a single by several dansbands in 1974, including Pippis, Dannys and Thorleifs. Pippis also recorded the song on the 1975 album Ordning på torpet.^[1]

Thorleifs, who used "Jag är så gla'" as a B-side, released the song as a 1974 single, only available for members in the Thorleifs fan club^[2] scoring a Svensktoppen hit for 11 weeks during the period of 11 March-4 May 1975 peaking at third position.^[3] The single sold platina and also gave the name to the band 's 1975 album Gråt inga tårar.^[4] The song was also recorded in Danish, as "Græd ingen tårer".^[5]

In the year 2000, Swedish radio program I afton dans in Sveriges Radio P4 held a voting where the song was appointed "Dansband song of the 20th century ".^[6] The song has also been appointed "dansband hit song of all times".^[7]

In 2006 Thorleifs participated at Sveriges Television's "Musikministeriet" recording "Gråt inga tårar" together with Balkan band Süperstar Orkestar from the Republic of Macedonia. During a test to combine Balkan music with dansband music, the song was re-arranged from major scale to minor scale, creating the original concept of "Dansband-Balkan music".^[8] Süperstar Orkestar also recorded the song for the 2008 album Balkanized.^[9]

Other versions

• Swedish heavy metal band Black Ingvars recorded the song on the 1995 album Earcandy Six.^[10]
• At Körslaget 2009 the song was performed by Stefan Nykvist's choir from Älvdalen
• At Dansbandskampen 2009 the song was performed by Titanix, using a bugg tempo, while the song at Dansbandskampen 2010 was performed by Elisas, who also recorded the song for the 2011 album Det här är bara början.^[11]
• Anne-Lie Rydé recorded the song in 2010 on the album Dans på rosor.^[12]
• Maria Anderberg recorded the song in English, as "Tears in My Eyes".^[13]

References

External links

• Information at Thorleifs webbplats