Tre gringos (''Three gringo's'') is a song originally recorded by

Just D JustD ( en, That's right) was a Swedish hip hop trio formed in Stockholm in 1990. The group consisted of Gustave Lund (Gurra G), Wille Crafoord (Doktor C) and Peder Ernerot (Pedda P). They had several chart successes during the early-mid 1990s ...

on 1995 album "

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". Originally, the song had a

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arrangement. During the

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ceremony in 1996 gala, Just D performed the song together with

Thorleifs Thorleifs was a Swedish dansband, formed in 1962 in Norrhult, Kronoberg County, Sweden and led by Thorleif Torstensson. The band sings in Swedish and many other languages, and released some albums in German. It also took part in Melodifestiv ...

. The song was now turned into a dansband song with a

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arrangement. This version was also released as a single, topping the Swedish singles chart. The song also stayed at Svensktoppen for totally 13 weeks between 16 March-8 June 1996, peaking at second position.Svensktoppen - ''1996''
/ref> The Just D and Thorleifs recording charted at Trackslistan for 9 weeks between 9 March-4 May 1996. Lyrical the song describes a group of people noticing an advertising for a saxophone, and travel with the Stockholm metro blueline from

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out to a

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to buy it. Once there, they encounter a cultural life originating at warmer places. and the song lyrics describe modern life changing world, making people feel like it's "shrinking". At Dansbandskampen 2008, the song was performed by Nizeguys.

References

1995 songs Thorleifs songs Songs about Stockholm Songs about music Songs about trains Swedish hip hop songs Swedish-language songs {{1990s-hiphop-song-stub