"Michelangelo", written by

Bengt Palmers Bengt may refer to: People In arts, entertainment and media Actors * Bengt Djurberg (1898–1941), Swedish actor and singer * Bengt Ekerot (1920–1971), Swedish actor and director * Bengt Eklund (1925–1998), Swedish actor * Bengt Logardt (1914� ...

and

Björn Skifs Björn Nils Olof Skifs (; born 20 April 1947) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter. Career Björn Skifs formed his first musical group, Slam Creepers, in 1962. Slam Creepers split in 1969 and Skifs went on to form a new ban ...

, is a Swedish song performed by

, reaching fifth place in Melodifestivalen 1975, the Swedish qualification competition for the

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that year. The song is about trying to call Michelangelo Buonarroti to find out how he made his nice paintings. The song was released by Skifs on the single-disc EMI 4E 006–35180.

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and

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was Bengt Palmers. It was also on the LP ''Schiffz!'' ( EMI 062–34990). In Sweden, the song held the number one spot on Svensktoppen for seven weeks, while it peaked at number seven on the VG-lista, the Norwegian Singles chart.

References

{{authority control Melodifestivalen songs of 1975 1975 singles EMI Records singles Björn Skifs songs Music based on art 1975 songs Cultural depictions of Michelangelo Songs written by Björn Skifs