"La dolce vita" is a song written by Larry Forsberg, Sven-Inge Sjöberg and Lennard Wastesson, and originally performed by After Dark (

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and Lasse Flinckman) at

Melodifestivalen 2004 Melodifestivalen 2004 was the selection for the 44th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 43rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, ...

, where the song competed in the semifinal in

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on 13 March 2004, before reaching the final inside the

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, where it ended up 3rd. On stage both men wore pink dresses, the same style as

Lena Philipsson Maria Magdalena Philipsson (born 19 January 1966), known by her stage name Lena Philipsson, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and media personality. She represented Sweden in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing fifth. Career Philipsson ...

wore when her song "

Det gör ont "It Hurts" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Lena Philipsson. It was written by Thomas "Orup" Eriksson and produced by Anders Hansson for Philipsson's studio album '' Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan'' (2004). It is the best ...

" won the contest that year. On the

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, the single peaked at number 8. The song also stayed at

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 cha ...

for eleven weeks during the period of 4 April-13 June 2004, topping the chart three times before leaving it.

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