"Gabriellas sång" is a ballad song with music by
Stefan Nilsson and lyrics by
Py Bäckman
Py Marie Elisabet Ulrika Bäckman Wennborn (born 5 July 1948) is a Swedish musician. She is a singer and songwriter of pop and rock for musicals and films. She also plays piano and harmonica.
Career
Bäckman grew up in Iggesund (Gävleborg C ...
. Recorded by
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 ...
and Stefan Nilsson, the song charted at
Svensktoppen
''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing on Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982–1985. In the years leading up to the January 20 ...
for 68 weeks from 24 October 2004 to 5 February 2006, peaking at second position before leaving the chart. The song also became famous with the
2004 film ''
As It Is in Heaven
''As It Is in Heaven'' () is a 2004 Swedish drama film directed by Kay Pollak and starring Michael Nyqvist and Frida Hallgren. It was a box office hit in Sweden and several other countries. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at ...
''.
An
instrumental
An instrumental or instrumental song is music without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through Semantic change, semantic widening, a broader sense of the word s ...
recording by Swedish
dansband
(; "dance band"), or in Norwegian and Danish, is a Swedish language, Swedish term for a band that plays (; "dance band music"). ' is often danced to in partner dance, pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. T ...
Ingmar Nordströms
Ingmar Nordströms was a dansband from Växjö, Sweden that was established in 1955 in music, 1955 by Ingmar Nordström. Their first appearance occurred in the Eringsboda folkpark. Their last appearance occurred in Växjö on 19 December 1991 in mu ...
appeared on the band's 2007 reunion compilation album ''
Saxpartyfavoriter
''Saxpartyfavoriter'' is a compilation album by Ingmar Nordströms, released 28 February 2007. The album consists of three newly-recorded songs, among them an instrumental version of "Gabriellas sång". Topping the Swedish albums chart, it became t ...
''. Py Bäckman recorded the song on the 2008 album ''
Sånger från jorden till himmelen''.
In 2007
Molly Sandén
Molly My Marianne Sandén (born 3 July 1992), also known by her middle name My Marianne, is a Swedish pop singer and voice actress. As a teenager, she represented Sweden in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006, Junior Eurovision Song Contest ...
performed the song during the ''
Diggiloo tour''. She also recorded the song as final track for the 2009 album ''
Samma himmel
''Samma himmel'' is the debut studio album by Molly Sandén
Molly My Marianne Sandén (born 3 July 1992), also known by her middle name My Marianne, is a Swedish pop singer and voice actress. As a teenager, she represented Sweden in the Junior ...
''.
In 2009
Hanna Hedlund
Hanna Kristina Hedlund (born 24 January 1975, Kilafors, Bollnäs Municipality, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. Her sister Lina is also a singer. She has a son and a daughter with Martin Stenmarck.
Career
Hedlund competed in Melodifestivalen 2000 ...
performed the song with her choir at ''
Körslaget
Körslaget (''The Battle of Choirs'') is a Sweden, Swedish entertainment Television program, TV program on TV4 (Sweden), TV4. The format was developed by Friday TV and based on an idea from Caroline af Ugglas, Heinz Liljedahl and Patrik Hambraeus. ...
''.
Elisabeth Andreassen
Elisabeth Gunilla Andreassen (; born 28 March 1958), also known simply as Bettan, is a Norwegian-Swedish singer who has finished both first and second in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Career
Her talent was discovered in 1979 by Swedish musician an ...
recorded the song for her 2009 album ''
Spelleman
Traditional Nordic dance music is a type of traditional music or folk music that once was common in the mainland part of the Nordic countries — Scandinavia plus Finland. The person who plays this kind of music might be called ''speleman'' (Swedi ...
''.
Information
at Svensk mediedatabas
Svensk mediedatabas (''Swedish Media Database'') is a search engine for the audiovisual works of the National Library of Sweden.
The database contains data about TV, radio, video, movies that have been shown in cinemas, gramophone records, CDs ...
References
External links
Information
at Svensk mediedatabas
Svensk mediedatabas (''Swedish Media Database'') is a search engine for the audiovisual works of the National Library of Sweden.
The database contains data about TV, radio, video, movies that have been shown in cinemas, gramophone records, CDs ...
2004 songs
2004 singles
Elisabeth Andreassen songs
Ingmar Nordströms songs
Swedish pop songs
Songs in Swedish
Songs written by Py Bäckman
{{2000s-pop-song-stub