"Electric" is an

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single by

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pop/synth rock band

Melody Club Melody Club is a Swedish band from Växjö formed in January 2000. Their breakthrough came in 2002 with the song ''Palace Station'', which was also a big success in Germany. The band has frequent radio airplay in Sweden, Germany, Japan, Norway and ...

, taken from their 2002 debut album '' Music Machine''. "Electric" was a follow-up single to their debut single "Palace Station" from the same album. "Electric" was released in 2002 on

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and is produced by

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Track list

#"Electric" (Producer: Dan Sundquist) (4:00) #"In Motion" (2:39)

Charts performance

It reached #18 on its first week of release, its highest position, staying for 20 weeks in the

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from 21 November 2002 until 3 April 2003.

Remixes

In 2003, following the success of the song, Håkan Lidbo released a remix of the song again on

Sweden Track list #Electric (Radiowave Remix) (5:25) #Electric (Electrowave Remix) (4:46)

Slava version

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(in russian: Сла́ва), a Russian dance act, made a cover of the song in 2010. Released in Russia, it was also made available in

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as it is a cover of a popular Swedish band, and it features in the Slava version a Swedish singer

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. The Swedish release was on Warner Sweden and Extensive Music Sweden.Scandipop: Touch Me……I’m Electric!
/ref> Track list: #"Electric" (Original Radio Version) (3:06) #"Electric" (Extended Version) (4:44)

Cameron Cartio version

In 2011,

Cameron Cartio Kamran Sabahi ( fa, کامران صباحی; born 9 April 1978), known professionally as Cameron Cartio, is an Iranian-born Swedish pop singer. Being signed to Sony Music, he released his debut album ''Borderless'' in 2005. Cameron having been ...

, a

pop star of

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ian origin made a cover of the song in

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from his upcoming second album. It is released on

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, Sherfa Music Taraneh Records. Cartio also released a music video of the song directed by his brother

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References

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