"Ingen sommar utan reggae" is a Swedish song by

Markoolio Marko Kristian "Markoolio" Lehtosalo (born 1 January 1975 in Lahti, Finland) is a Swedish-Finnish multi-platinum selling recording artist, singer, musician, songwriter, actor, and comedian. His stage name Markoolio is a portmanteau of his first ...

written by Johan Fjellström, Joakim Hillson and Nicklas Ternedal. Taken from Markoolio's album '' Värsta plattan'', the song was recorded in "The Living Room Studio" and was produced by Empire Music Production. The single, a pop–

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

tune inspired by

Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...

, released in April 2007 topped the

Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish ...

for 5 weeks, staying in the Top 5 for 14 weeks and in the Top 60 for a total of 22 weeks. It has been certified double platinum in Sweden. The single contains two tracks: *"Ingen sommar utan reggae" (3:48) *"Ingen sommar utan reggae" (instrumental) (3:48) Although hugely popular with the young as well as older listeners, the song came under consistent criticism for its lyrics believed to glorify alcohol and encourage its consumption in great quantities (known as binging) with suggestive lyrics like "dricka hemkört och cola, i en uppblåsbar pool" (drinking moonshine and cola in an inflatable pool) and "första vita helgen, jag tror jag dör" (in my first white/sober weekend, I believe I'm going to die).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingen sommar utan reggae 2007 singles Swedish-language songs Number-one singles in Sweden Markoolio songs 2007 songs Sony BMG singles Reggae songs