"Take Me to Your Heaven" was the winner of the

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, performed in

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(taking advantage of new rules removing the requirement to perform in a national language) by

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representing . Nilsson first won the Swedish

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when singing the

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version "Tusen och en natt" ("

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"). The song was internationally released as a

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on 21 June 1999, produced by Mikael Wendt. At the singles charts, it peaked at number 2 in Sweden, number 5 in Flemish Belgium, number 10 in Norway, number 20 in the United Kingdom, and number 23 in the Netherlands. On 24 April 1999, the Swedish-language version of the song entered radio chart

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as number-one and spent 8 consecutive weeks on the top spot, remaining on the chart until 4 September 1999. The song was succeeded in 2000 as contest winner by the

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The song is an up-beat song about love, with the singer asking her lover to take her to heaven by loving her. Some fans have argued that it is derivative of previous Swedish winner

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. The music video is set in the wintertime with Charlotte walking in the snow.

Track listings

Swedish CD single #"Take Me to Your Heaven" – 3:04 #"Tusen och en natt" – 3:38 #"Take Me To Your Heaven" (Tocclo-Mix) – 3:24 #"Take Me To Your Heaven" (The Specialist-Mix) – 4:25 #"Take Me to Your Heaven" (Instrumental Version) – 3:04 UK CD single #"Take Me To Your Heaven" – 3:03 #"Take Me To Your Heaven" (Club Mix – The Specialist-Mix II) – 4:16 #"Take Me To Your Heaven" (RnB Mix – Tocclo-Mix) – 3:21 #"Take Me To Your Heaven" (Dance Mix – The Specialist-Mix) – 4:25 UK cassette single #"Take Me to Your Heaven" – 3:00 #"Take Me to Your Heaven" (Club Mix) – 4:16 #"Take Me to Your Heaven" (RnB Mix) – 3:22 #"Take Me to Your Heaven" (Dance Mix) – 4:22

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

"Take Me to Your Heaven" at the Dutch singles chart"Take Me to Your Heaven" at the Norwegian singles chart"Take Me to Your Heaven" at the Swedish singles chart
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