"Youngblood" is a song by the

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

boy band Youngblood. The song is written by

Fredrik Kempe Fredrik Kempe (born 29 April 1972) is a Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer, who was born in Vårgårda. He has participated in Swedish versions of the musicals ''Les Misérables'' and ''Chess''. In 2002, Kempe had a hit with ''Vincerò' ...

and

David Kreuger David Kreuger is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. Career David Kreuger began at Cheiron Studios in the spring of 1993. During the period 1993-1997, he worked with Per Magnusson on several projects. Together, they produced and wrote so ...

. They took part with the song "Youngblood" in the Melodifestivalen 2012, the selection process for vying to represent Sweden in the

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in Baku,

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. The song peaked at number 37 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Release history

Even though Youngblood were not successful in the Melodifestivalen contest, the song still proved popular enough to be released as a single, as a follow-up to their debut single " Blame It On You". Both singles appeared on their debut studio album ''

Running Home to You ''Running Home to You'' is the debut studio album by Swedish boyband Youngblood released through EMI Sweden.

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Commercial performance

"Youngblood" peaked at number 37 on the

Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish ...

.SwedishCharts.com: "Youngblood" single page
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Chart performance

References

2012 singles Youngblood (band) songs Songs written by David Kreuger Songs written by Fredrik Kempe 2012 songs EMI Records singles {{2010s-pop-song-stub