Chips was a Swedish

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group formed in Sweden in 1979.

History

Chips finished 4th in the Swedish

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with the

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" Mycke' mycke' mer", with

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, Lisa Magnusson, Mats Rådberg and Monica Silverstrand (back then Barwén) as background singers. After Melodifestivalen 1980, Johansson also became a member. In 1980, the

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''Chips'' was released and shortly after this, Elisabeth Andreasson became a member. Just some weeks after this, they toured the former

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. Under a new name ''Sweets 'n Chips'', which they used since a

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also said they owned the right for the name Chips, the group competed at the Swedish

Melodifestivalen 1981 Sweden chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 in the national selection ''Melodifestivalen 1981''. After a tight race, the winner was a song called "Fångad i en dröm", which was performed by Björn Skifs. Björn was also the Sw ...

, and finished second with the song " God morgon". A little bit later the group was reduced to two members, Danielsson and Andreasson, although Holm stayed as songwriter. Chips won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1982, with the song "

Dag efter dag "Dag efter dag" (; "Day after day") is a song in Swedish, with melody by Lasse Holm and text by Monica Forsberg. The pop and country group Chips (Kikki Danielsson and Elisabeth Andreassen) won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1982 with it. Chips, as ...

". They represented Sweden at the

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in the

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, there they finished 8th. After the 1982 Swedish Melodifestivalen success, the album ''Having a Party'' was released, and sold around 100,000 copies in Sweden. They toured the northern parts of Europe and had a successful 1982. However, the group split in 1983, due to limited success outside Sweden and Norway, and also because both members had solo careers.

Discography

* ''

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'' (1980) * '' Having a Party'' (1982)

Svensktoppen songs

*"Mycké, mycké mer" (1980) *"High School" (1980) *"God morgon" (1981) *"Här kommer solen" (1982) *"Dag efter dag" (1982)

Personnel

Principal members * Kikki Danielsson – vocals (1979–1983) *

Lasse Holm Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm (born 9 December 1943) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and television host. Holm has also hosted and appeared in several television shows. As singer Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of ...

– vocals, piano (1979–1983) * Britta Johansson – vocals (1980–1981) *

Elisabeth Andreassen Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen (; born 28 March 1958), also known as just Bettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest. Career Her talent was discovered in 1979 by Swedish musician and ...

– vocals (1980–1983)

Citations

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