''Satan i gatan'' (Swedish for ''Satan in the Street'', a rhyming, idiomatic expression of mild surprise) is the third studio album released by

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. It was released in Sweden on 27 April 2011 through Universal Music AB and debuted at number one on the

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. The title is a Swedish expression which generally means "damn". The album follows on from her 2006 debut ''Vatten & bröd'' and her 2008 follow-up ''Och vinnaren är...''. The album was recorded and produced by Maggio in the studio of

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. Maggio wrote all the lyrics, a process that took almost a year, whereas all music was written by Christian Walz, except for "Vi kommer alltid ha Paris" the music of which was composed by Markus Krunegård. The album contains eleven tracks, with a bonus track available via iTunes called "Vad gör vi ikväll", a song written by Maggio, Walz and Krunegård. Also on 18 April 2011, Maggio invited Maggio fans to download the song " Välkommen in" from the album through the telephone operator Comviq. The song "Alla mina låtar" (meaning All my songs) resulted in speculation among music reviewers as being a response to her former boyfriend Oskar Linnros' song "Från och med du" (meaning "Starting

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you", a play of words on the phrase "Starting now") when Linnros had sung "... one is broken, one is yours, this is the end of our movie." Maggio counters this with singing "You are crushed and I go free, it's all about you". The song "Välkommen in" incorporates lyrics from

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's "La canzone del Sole".

Chart performance

The album debuted atop the

on 6 May 2011. It remained at number one for two more weeks. The album's first single "Jag kommer" debuted at number sixteen on the Swedish Singles Chart on 18 February the same year. It rose to number four the next week and then began to drop down the rankings. With the release of the album, the single recorded a new peak of number one on 6 May. The release of the album also saw ten further tracks chart, based on downloads only in Sweden. "Satan i gatan" has peaked at number two; "Snälla bli min" at number six; "Mitt hjärta blöder" at number five; "Välkommen in" at eleven; "Inga kläder" at twelve; "Vi kommer alltid ha Paris" and "Sju sorger" at eighteen; "Alla mina låtar" at #24; "Finns det en så finns det flera" at #27; and "Lördagen den femtonde mars" at number thirty.Note: A
13 May 2011
the list included 11 songs of ''Satan i gatan'', all placing from #1 to #30. This was a Swedish singles list record, to be nearly equalled by Laleh some six months later.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Satan i gatan 2011 albums Universal Music AB albums Veronica Maggio albums