"Månsken i augusti", written by

Torgny Söderberg Sten Torgny Söderberg (26 November 1944 – 5 August 2022) was a Swedish songwriter. He was mainly known for working with Lena Philipsson and wrote schlager songs such as " 100%", "Kärleken är evig" and "Diggi-loo diggi-ley".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 ...

, is a song recorded by Lena Philipsson for her 1995 eponymous album.

Single

The

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was released in mid-1994, peaking at 38th position at the Swedish singles chart, and becoming a radio hit. The song was also tested for

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, where it stayed for 10 weeks during the period 6 August-8 October 1994, peaking at 5th position. The song was also tested for Tracks listan, where it stayed for one week, on 6 August 1994.

Other recordings

With lyrics in

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by Torgny Söderberg,

Christer Sjögren Hans Christer Sjögren (born 6 April 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the dansband Vikingarna. Early life Hans Christer Sjögren was born in Hagfors, Sweden, on 6 April 1950, as the ...

recorded the song on his

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album ''

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'' as "Crying in the Moonlight".

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recorded the song in

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with lyrics in

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, as "Kuutamoisin illoin". In

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recorded the song with other lyrics in Finnish, as "Itken kuutamoon".Coverversionen - ''Cover-Versionen und Musikzitate-Datenbank''
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recorded the song in

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, as "Giovedi D'agosto".

Charts

References

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