"Hand i hand" is a song written by
Magnus Uggla, and performed by him on his 1983 album ''
Välkommen till folkhemmet
''Välkommen till folkhemmet'' is the sixth studio (seventh overall) album by the Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1983 and is his first album to focus on what later became his signature sound, pop rock with satiric ...
''. The chorus are taken from
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's violin concert. The song's lyrics reflect upon the
hippie
A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to different countries around ...
movement during the
political left-wave in the Western World during the years around 1970. Living for 10 years inside a flat at
Västerlånggatan
Västerlånggatan ("the Western Long Street") is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching southward between the squares Mynttorget and Järntorget, it follows the course of the city's now demolished 13th-century def ...
in
Gamla stan, Uggla would sometimes be awakened by songs like
El Cóndor Pasa
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
. He would sometimes reply by playing
heavy metal.
Other version
In 1998, a new version was released, together with
Dogge Doggelito
Douglas León, known by his stage name Dogge Doggelito (born 24 July 1975) is a Swedish rapper, lecturer, author and artist. He is also among the founders of '' The Latin Kings'' (TLK) -- one of Sweden's most successful rap groups. Doggelito is ...
, peaking at number 47 on the
Swedish Singles Chart.
In popular culture
Within the world of sports, the chorus is sometimes used as a cheering chant.
It is sung:
*''Heja X-lag, tillsammans skall vi kämpa på. Krossa Y-lag. Vi älskar X-lag.''
meaning:
*''Go X-team, together, we'll fight. Crush Y team. We love X team.''
Charts
1998 version
References
1983 songs
Magnus Uggla songs
Songs written by Magnus Uggla
Swedish-language songs
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