"999" is a Swedish-language song by

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

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Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

from their tenth studio album ''

Jag är inte rädd för mörkret ''Jag är inte rädd för mörkret'' (Swedish for ''I Am Not Afraid of the Dark'') is the tenth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 25 April 2012 by Sonet Records (Universal Music) and it was the band's debut rel ...

(I am not afraid of the dark).'' It was released as the album's lead single on 28 March 2012. The song peaked at number ten in Sweden, becoming Kent's sixteenth top ten single but their lowest-charting lead single in the band's career. Kent could have performed the song on the Swedish-Norwegian TV talk show

Skavlan ''Skavlan'' was a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan. It premiered in Sweden on Sveriges Television (SVT) in January 2009, and the first guests to appear on the show were former Prime Minister o ...

, but when SVT wanted Kent to play a shorter version of the song, the band chose instead to not appear at all.Kent hoppar av "Skavlan"
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Track listing

#"999" – 6:53

Charts

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References

Kent (band) songs 2012 singles Songs written by Joakim Berg 2012 songs Sonet Records singles {{2000s-rock-single-stub