"Vill ha dej" (also spelled "Vill ha dig", en, "I Want You") is a 1980 single by Swedish

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group Freestyle. While being about love, the song also references school and school classes. Side B of the vinyl contains English-language versions of the songs on the A side. It reached number one in

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for a five-week run.

Track listing

;Side A # "Vill ha dej" (3:40) # "Kom till mej" (3:28) ;Side B # "I Want You" (3:30) # "Isn't That Fine" (3:55)

Charts

Drömhus version

Swedish artist Drömhus (Therese Grankvist) released a

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of the song as "Vill ha dig" in 1998. It was released as the second single from her debut album, ''Drömmar'' (''Dreams'') (1998), and peaked at #1 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The song also reached #3 in Finland and #30 on the

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in June 1998.

Track listing

* CD single, Scandinavia (1998) # "Vill ha dig" - 3:42 # "Vill ha dig" (Extended) - 4:42 # "Ja må hon leva" - 1:02

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Other versions

The song was featured by

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in the 2004 Swedish Idol compilation ''Det bästa från Idol 2004''. In 2019, the song was covered by the Norwegian group Keiino.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1980 songs 1980 singles 1998 singles Freestyle (Swedish band) songs Songs written by Christer Sandelin Swedish-language songs Songs about school Number-one singles in Denmark Number-one singles in Norway Number-one singles in Sweden