"Me and My Drum" is a song by American-Swede rapper
Swingfly
Ricardo DaSilva II, better known by his stage name Swingfly, is an American–Swedish naturalised rapper and singer. He is also known by other aliases like Swing-Fly, Richie Pasta and Swing. He started lending his vocal talents to other artists ...
featuring
Christoffer Hiding
Christoffer Hiding (born 25 December 1985 in Göteborg but raised in Alingsås) is a Swedish singer who took part in the Swedish '' Idol 2007'' finishing 6th place. His cover version of Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" was a minor hit for him reach ...
and
Beatrice Stars. The song was written by
,
Patrik Magnusson
Patrik Magnusson, born Öland, Sweden on 17 March 1970) is a Sweden, Swedish songwriting, songwriter.
Patrik Magnusson was a member of Popshop, a Swedish pop band founded in Kalmar in 1998 with members Cornelia Cassidy as lead singer, Johan Ramstr ...
,
Johan Ramström
Johan Ramström (born 17 December 1975), is a Swedish songwriter and composer.
Johan Ramström was born in Kalmar. He was a member of Popshop, a Swedish pop band founded in Kalmar in 1998 with members Cornelia Cassidy as lead singer, Patrik Magn ...
and Swingfly himself.
Swingfly (real name Ricardo DaSilva II), alongside Hiding and Stars performed it in the first semi-final of 4 semi-finals in ''
Melodifestivalen 2011''
''Poplight'': Swingfly planerar förändringar efter jätteskrällen i Melodifestivalen 2011
(in Swedish) on 5 February 2011 at the Coop Norrbotten Arena
Coop Norrbotten Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Luleå, Sweden. The seating capacity of the arena is 6,150, and it is the home arena of the Luleå HF ice hockey team.
History
It was opened on 13 September 1970, and was called ''Del ...
, Luleå
Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Lu ...
coming second and proceeding to the finals on 12 March 2011 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. He finished fifth overall.
The song was released one week before the final and proved popular making it to #10 in the Sverigetopplistan
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 R ...
, the official Swedish Singles Chart and rising further up to #2. It was also certified platinum in Sweden.
Charts
References
Songs about drums
2011 singles
Swingfly songs
Melodifestivalen songs of 2011
Songs written by Teron Beal
2011 songs
EMI Records singles
Songs written by Johan Ramström
Songs written by Patrik Magnusson
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