"Fångad av en stormvind" (; "Captured by a Storm Wind") is a song by

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singer-songwriter

Carola Häggkvist Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco ...

. It was written and produced by

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. The song is the best known as 's winning entry at the

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held in

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, with 146 points. "Fångad av en stormvind" peaked at number three on the

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and number six on the

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, while its

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version "Captured by a Lovestorm" charted in

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, Belgium (Flanders) and

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Critical reception

Robbert Tilli from ''

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'' wrote, "Very reminiscent of one-time winner

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, the song is a typical example of a happy and cheerful first-prize tune."

Eurovision Song Contest

Carola earned the right to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 after convincingly winning

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. Her entry received 78 points, 32 points more than the runner-up song "

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" by

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. At the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, which was held in

, Carola performed eighth, following 's Sarah Bray with "

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", and preceding 's

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with " C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison". At the end of the voting procedure, Sweden and France had 146 points each, and had received the same number of twelve-point sets. However, Sweden was given the victory as it had received more ten-point votes than France, as that was the procedure at the time. That rule had been introduced in order to avoid a split victory, as it had happened at the

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. The 1991 contest was the first and the last time that procedure was used. Carola gave Sweden its third victory in the Eurovision Song Contest, following

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with " Waterloo" in and

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with "

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" in . It was also the second time Carola represented Sweden in Eurovision: she had taken part in the 1983 contest with the song " Främling", which had finished third. She once again represented in the

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with the song "

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", placing fifth.

Other versions

In addition to the original

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version, Carola also recorded an English-language version of the song, "Captured by a Lovestorm", with the lyrics written by Richard Hampton. The remix of both versions, called "Hurricane Remix", was done by Emil Hellman.

Track listing

*;7-inch single (Swedish edition) # "Fångad av en stormvind" – 3:00 # "Captured by a Lovestorm" – 3:00 *;Maxi single (Swedish edition) # "Captured by a Lovestorm" – 3:00 # "Fångad av en stormvind" – 3:00 # "Captured by a Lovestorm (12-inch Hurricane Remix)" – 5:37 # "Captured by a Lovestorm (7-inch Hurricane Remix)" – 3:03 *;"Captured by a Lovestorm" 12-inch single (Swedish edition) :A1. "Captured by a Lovestorm (12-inch Hurricane Remix)" – 5:37 :B1. "Captured by a Lovestorm" – 3:00 :B2. "Captured by a Lovestorm (7-inch Hurricane Remix)" – 3:03 *;"Captured by a Lovestorm" 7-inch single (European edition) :A1. "Captured by a Lovestorm" – 3:00 :A2. "Fångad av en stormvind" – 3:00 *;"Captured by a Lovestorm" (European edition) # "Captured by a Lovestorm" – 3:00 # "Fångad av en stormvind" – 3:00 # "Captured by a Lovestorm" – 3:00 # "Captured by a Lovestorm (7-inch Hurricane Remix)" – 3:03

Charts

Certifications

Cover versions

The Swedish heavy metal band

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covered "Fångad av en stormvind" on their 1998 album ''

Schlager Metal ''Schlager Metal'' is a 1998 album by Swedish heavy metal band Black Ingvars. On the album, they cover Melodifestivalen songs in heavy metal version. However, the first song, "Cherie", was their own and they performed it at the Swedish Melodifesti ...

''. In 2000,

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artist "Auricom" covered "Fångad av en stormvind" and named it "Fångad av en korvring". This version of the song was later used in the site OMFGDOGS. In 2005, Chilean urban singer

DJ Méndez Leopoldo Jorge Méndez Alcayaga (born 21 July 1975 in Valparaíso) is a Chilean-Swedish DJ, singer and producer, known by his stage name Méndez, formerly DJ Méndez. He won the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica for ''Best Southwest N ...

performed the song at the

Alla tiders Melodifestival Alla tiders Melodifestival () was a gala show organised by Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) to celebrate 50 years of the Eurovision Song Contest and the Swedish selection for it, Melodifestivalen. It was filmed at Cirkus in Stockholm o ...

, a festival to celebrate the 50 years of

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. The song reached 9th place among 10 competitors.

References

External links

"Fångad av en stormvind"
performance at the

"Fångad av en stormvind"
on

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