"You Are My Man" is a

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performed by

Benny Anderssons orkester Benny Anderssons orkester (also known as BAO, Benny Andersson Band) is a Sweden, Swedish band, with Benny Andersson as musical leader and composer. The band was formed in mid-2001 by 16 people, some from Orsa Spelmän, and Helen Sjöholm and sinc ...

and

Helen Sjöholm Marie Helen Sjöholm (; born 10 July 1970) is a Swedish singer, actress and musical theatre performer who lives in Gamla Enskede in Stockholm. She grew up in Sundsvall and started to sing in choirs at an early age, working, among others, with Sw ...

on the 2009 album '' Story of a Heart''. The song is an

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version of the

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song "Du är min man", also performed by Benny Anderssons Orkester and Helen Sjöholm but on the 2004 album ''

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''. The music was composed by

Benny Andersson Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer and producer best known as a member of the pop group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess (musical), Chess'', ''Kristina från Duvemåla'', and ''Mamm ...

and both the Swedish and the English versions are written by

Björn Ulvaeus Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA. He is also the co-composer of the musicals ''Chess (musical), Chess'', ''Kristina från Duve ...

. In 2005 the song won Guldklaven for Song of the Year ("Årets låt").

Svensktoppen

"Du är min man" entered the Swedish

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on 11 July 2004 and stayed in the top 10 until it failed to chart on 8 November 2009, totaling 278 weeks on the chart. The song topped the chart for the 38 first weeks and was on top for a total of 60 weeks during its entire run. When the song left the chart the host of Svensktoppen,

Carolina Norén Krång Anna Carolina Norén (born 29 January 1965) is a Swedish radio presenter for Sveriges Radio and television presenter. She has been the host of the music chart show ''Svensktoppen'' since 2007 and also commentates on Sveriges Radio's broa ...

, was interviewed by Erik Blix on the radio show P4 Extra and remarked that "Du är min man" was the song that more than any other stirred feelings with the listeners. That the song divided the audience into two distinct, angry groups with opposite opinions about the song. That when the song left the chart they received sad e-mails as well as pictures of listeners drinking

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and celebrating. Norén said that new rules might have contributed to the song finally failing to chart.

Loreen version

Swedish pop music singer-songwriter

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released a cover version of the song as a promotional single on 12 December 2020.

Background

Loreen performed the song on

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. Talking about performing the song in front of

, she said, "Sometimes you are lucky enough to meet people for the first time, even though it feels like you have hung out your whole life. I had that experience with Helen Sjöholm. You have to look for such a warm, loving and talented woman. We laughed together, talked deep life questions and everything felt so natural. It was a great honor to sing 'You are my man' in front of you."

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * David Krueger – Producer * Niklas Carson Mattson – Producer *

– Composer *

– Associated Performer, vocals *

– Author

Other versions

Kalle Moraeus Karl Anders "Kalle" Moraeus (born 15 July 1963) is a Swedish musician, actor, composer and television presenter.Kalle Moraeus, official homepage. http://www.kallemoraeus.com/ Moraeus was born in Mora. He is a member of the folk group Orsa Spel ...

and

Annika Jankell Annika Hildegard Jankell (born 28 December 1961) is a Swedish television host and journalist. Jankell has hosted Melodifestivalen 2005 and began her career by hosting the music show ''Listan'' between 1987 and 1990 on SVT. Personal life Janke ...

(previous host for Svensktoppen) performed the song on TV show Doobidoo on 20 October 2006. * In

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the song was performed by

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, but with the lyrics "Jag är din man" ("I Am Your Man"). * In

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the song was performed by Stefan Nykvists choir from

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References

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