Van was a Swedish musical group making
dance
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covers of
classical music
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. The group consisted of writers and producers Lönn and Wolfgang, and
Thérèse Engdahl on
vocals
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. On "Ice Got My Love", Engdahl gets help with the backing vocals from
Ellinor Franzén.
Van released one album, ''Classica'', in 1999.
Their single "Ice Got My Love" was based on Mozart's
Symphony No. 40. The music video, which was regularly played on
MTV
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, featured
Estonia
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n violinist
Camille and members of the
Royal Swedish Opera
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Location and environment
The building is located in the center of Sweden's capital Stockholm in the borough of Norrmalm, on the eastern side ...
's orchestra (the
Kungliga Hovkapellet).
The single reached number 11 in the
Swedish national charts and number 13 in the ''
Trackslistan'' Top 20 in October 1998.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Classica'' (1999). Track listing:
#"Van Supersonic" – 0:51
#"2001" – 1:27
#"Ice Got My Love" – 3:31
#"Winter In Paradise" – 3:43
#"Ludwig Van" – 3:32
#"Love Is A Shadow" – 4:24
#"Get Enough" – 4:04
#"Queen Of The Night" – 3:23
#"Count Dracula" – 4:22
#"Under The Milkyway" – 4:01
#"Deep In My Heart" – 3:25
#"La Luna De La Notte" – 3:59
Singles
*''Ludwig Van'' (1998)
*''Ice Got My Love'' (1998)
*''Winter In Paradise'' (1999)
References
External links
*
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Swedish Eurodance groups