"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

Teron Beal Teron Beal is an American singer-songwriter born in Tyler, Texas.PlaygroundMusic: Teron Beal

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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

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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

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, 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 {{2011-single-stub