''Bobbysocks!'' was the first
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
from
Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
pop duo
A pop duo is a pop music group with only two members.
Examples of pop duos
Male
*A Great Big World
* Associates
*Charles & Eddie
*Erasure
* Go West
*Godley & Creme
*Hall & Oates
*Heaven 17
*Lighthouse Family
*Marcus & Martinus
*Pet Shop Boys
* ...
Bobbysocks!
Bobbysocks is a Norwegian pop duo consisting of Norwegian Hanne Krogh and Swedish-Norwegian Elisabeth Andreassen. They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song " La det swinge" ("Let it swing"). Elisabeth went by the surname Andreass ...
. The album was released in 1984 and in a new version in 1985. The re-release became popular in many parts of the world, and by early 1986 the album had sold around 75,000 copies in Norway. In 2012, the album reached viral popularity when popular YouTube user
Nigahiga
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featured the track "
Don't Bring Lulu
"Don't Bring Lulu" is a 1925 Dixieland jazz song.
Background
''Don't Bring Lulu'' was first published by Jerome H. Remick, based in Detroit and New York City, United States, in 1925. It is the 63rd most covered song from 1925. "Lulu" in the son ...
" in one of his videos. Album sales are estimated to have been at least 12,000 in the following month alone.
["Resurrecting an Era: The Power of Youtube" New York Times. November 22, 2012.]
Track listing (1984 version)
Side 1:
#"In the Mud"
##"
Farewell Blues "Farewell Blues" is a 1922 jazz standard written by Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo and Elmer Schoebel.
Background
The song was recorded on August 29, 1922, in Richmond, Indiana and released as Gennett 4966A, Matrix #11179, as by the Friars Society O ...
"
##"
In the Mood
"In the Mood" is a popular big band-era jazz standard recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller. "In the Mood" is based on the composition "Tar Paper Stomp" by Wingy Manone. The first recording under the name "In the Mood" was released by E ...
"
#"Midnight Rocks"
#"Radio"
#"
Don't Bring Lulu
"Don't Bring Lulu" is a 1925 Dixieland jazz song.
Background
''Don't Bring Lulu'' was first published by Jerome H. Remick, based in Detroit and New York City, United States, in 1925. It is the 63rd most covered song from 1925. "Lulu" in the son ...
"
#"Little by Little" -
Elisabeth
#"Shoo-shoo-baby"
Side 2:
#"Adios" -
Hanne
Hanne is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Hanne Blank (born 1969), American historian, writer, editor and public speaker
* Hanne Budtz (1915–2004), Danish politician and lawyer
* Hanne Darboven (born 1941), German c ...
#"Cross Over the Bridge"
#"I don't Wanna Break my Heart"
#"The booglie-wooglie Piggy"
#"Go on Shakin'"
Track listing (1985 version)
Side 1
#Let It Swing (
La det swinge
"La det swinge" (; "Let it swing") is a Norwegian-language song by the pop duo Bobbysocks!. It was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 and 's first victory in the contest. The song is a tribute to dancing to old rock 'n' roll heard on ...
)
#Midnight Rocks
#Radio
#
Don't Bring Lulu
"Don't Bring Lulu" is a 1925 Dixieland jazz song.
Background
''Don't Bring Lulu'' was first published by Jerome H. Remick, based in Detroit and New York City, United States, in 1925. It is the 63rd most covered song from 1925. "Lulu" in the son ...
#Little by Little
#Shoo-shoo-baby
Side 2
#Adios
#Cross Over the Bridge
#I Don't Wanna Break my Heart
#The Booglie-Wooglie Piggy
#Go on Shakin'
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References
Bobbysocks! albums
1984 debut albums
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