Boogaloo (song)

"Boogaloo"', also known by its Swedish name "Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola" ("Four chewing gums and a Coca-Cola"), also called "Fyra bugg", is a Swedish language song, written by Mikael Wendt and Christer Lundh. Swedish dansband and pop singer Lotta Engberg won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1987 in Sweden with this song. The lyrics are about summer. Because of international advertising rules, the song was renamed to "Boogaloo" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987.

See also: Boogaloo (disambiguation)

"Boogaloo"
Eurovision Song Contest 1987 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Mikael Wendt
Lyricist(s)
Christer Lundh
Conductor
Finals performance
Final result
12th
Final points
50
Entry chronology
◄ "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?" (1986)   
"Stad i ljus" (1988) ►

Single

In May 1987, the single "Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola" was released, with the song "En helt ny dag" as the B-side. The single peaked at number 19 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Svensktoppen

The song charted at Svensktoppen for six weeks between 19 April and 24 May 1987, topping the chart all six times.[1]

Trivia
  • A Swedish television clip from 1987 featured future prime minister Carl Bildt doing sing-along to "Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola" when he visited a music studio. Bildt, who was wearing headphones, was distinctly off-key in his singing performance, and this clip has been used several times by comedy shows on Swedish television.[2]
  • In the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2010, Timo Räisänen performed the song.[3]

Charts
Chart (1987) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 19

References
  1. "Svensktoppen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1987. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  2. "Carl Bildts kavajkupp". Expressen. 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  3. SVT Play 2010 – Timo tolkar Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Swedishcharts.com – Lotta Engberg – 4 Bugg & En Coca Cola". Singles Top 100.
Preceded by
E' de' det här du kallar kärlek? by Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell		 Melodifestivalen winners
1987		 Succeeded by
Stad i ljus by Tommy Körberg
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