Miss Decibel, written by

Lasse Holm Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm (born 9 December 1943) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and television host. Holm has also hosted and appeared in several television shows. As singer Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of ...

and Gert Lengstrand, is a

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in Swedish, which finished 2nd at the

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Melodifestivalen 1978. It was performed by the Swedish "

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, back then including Kikki Danielsson as lead vocal singer, together with

. The song, which lyrical describes about a little singing-screaming

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and her parents who see her screaming abilities as an opportunity to become a singing star in the future, ends with a refrain in English including the words "Decibel, you gonna be a star". Björn Skifs won that year's Melodifestivalen with the song " Det blir alltid värre framåt natten". The single peaked at #10 at the

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. The song was also at

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for eleven weeks during the period 16 April - 25 June 1978, peaking at #2. The song was

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by Eva Rydberg later in 1978, on her album " Sång á la Rydberg". In 1979, musician

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recorded the song for his album " Nils Dacke spelar partyorgel". In 2008 the song was performed at ''

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'' by Martinez. At '' Så mycket bättre 2017'', the song was recorded by

Uno Svenningsson Uno Svenningsson (born 1 July 1959 in Hagelstorp, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has been active in music since the late 1970s. He was the singer in the pop group " Freda'" in the early 1980s and early 1990s, and ...

as "Prins Decibel".

Chart performance

Charts

References

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