"Tro" (''"Faith"'') is an alternative rock song written by Swedish singer-songwriter

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, released on 11 October 1996 by EMI as the

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and only commercial single from her fifth studio album, ''

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'' (1996). The song is about belief, although the lyric does not reference religion. The track was featured as the theme music to Colin Nutley's film ''Sånt är livet'' ( en, italic=yes, This Is Life), who also directed its music video. The song peaked at number eight and spent 29 weeks on the Swedish Singles Chart, making it the longest-charting single of her entire career, including her work as part of

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. It also performed well on Swedish radio, peaking at number eight on the Swedish Airplay Chart and at number twelve on

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's "Tracks" chart. In a 2018 online poll of Roxette fans, "Tro" was dubbed the fifth best song of Fredriksson's entire solo discography.

Track listing

All songs written by Marie Fredriksson. * CD single # "Tro" – 4:48 # "Tid för försoning" – 4:13

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the CD single. Musicians *

– lead and background vocals, lyrics, composition,

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and production *

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– keyboards, engineering and production * Staffan Astner – guitar * Mats Kiesel – choir vocal arrangement and conducting * Nicki Wallin – drums *

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Musikklasser and Nacka Musikskolas – choir Technical * Kjell Andersson – sleeve design * Mattias Edwall – photography * Anders Hägglöv – choir recording and engineering * Alar Suurna – mixing

Charts

Covers

Swedish pop singer Shirley Clamp included her version of the track on her 2006

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''. She said of the song: "I can't find words to describe how beautiful it is", and said its lyric took on a deeper meaning after she was asked to perform the song at a funeral.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tro (Song) 1996 singles 1996 songs 2006 songs Marie Fredriksson songs Shirley Clamp songs Songs written by Marie Fredriksson