Gråt inga tårar
"Gråt inga tårar" | ||||
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Single by Thorleifs | ||||
from the album Gråt inga tårar | ||||
A-side | "Gråt inga tårar" | |||
B-side | "Jag är så gla' | |||
Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | dansband music | |||
Label | Platina | |||
Songwriter(s) | Åke Hallgren | |||
Thorleifs singles chronology | ||||
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"Gråt inga tårar" is a song written by Åke Hallgren in the dansband Pippis from Hede, and recorded and a released a single by several dansbands in 1974, including Pippis, Dannys and Thorleifs. Pippis also recorded the song on the 1975 album Ordning på torpet.[1]
Thorleifs, who used "Jag är så gla'" as a B-side, released the song as a 1974 single, only available for members in the Thorleifs fan club[2] scoring a Svensktoppen hit for 11 weeks during the period of 11 March-4 May 1975 peaking at third position.[3] The single sold platina and also gave the name to the band 's 1975 album Gråt inga tårar.[4] The song was also recorded in Danish, as "Græd ingen tårer".[5]
In the year 2000, Swedish radio program I afton dans in Sveriges Radio P4 held a voting where the song was appointed "Dansband song of the 20th century ".[6] The song has also been appointed "dansband hit song of all times".[7]
In 2006 Thorleifs participated at Sveriges Television's "Musikministeriet" recording "Gråt inga tårar" together with Balkan band Süperstar Orkestar from the Republic of Macedonia. During a test to combine Balkan music with dansband music, the song was re-arranged from major scale to minor scale, creating the original concept of "Dansband-Balkan music".[8] Süperstar Orkestar also recorded the song for the 2008 album Balkanized.[9]
Other versions
- Swedish heavy metal band Black Ingvars recorded the song on the 1995 album Earcandy Six.[10]
- At Körslaget 2009 the song was performed by Stefan Nykvist's choir from Älvdalen
- At Dansbandskampen 2009 the song was performed by Titanix, using a bugg tempo, while the song at Dansbandskampen 2010 was performed by Elisas, who also recorded the song for the 2011 album Det här är bara början.[11]
- Anne-Lie Rydé recorded the song in 2010 on the album Dans på rosor.[12]
- Maria Anderberg recorded the song in English, as "Tears in My Eyes".[13]
References
- ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
- ^ "Thorleifs - single releases". Archived from the original on 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
- ^ Svensktoppen - 1975
- ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
- ^ Information Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine på Thorleifs webbplats
- ^ "Thorleifs - Skandinaviens populäraste dansband". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
- ^ Gradvall et al 2009, #423
- ^ "Thorleifs 2006 - TV i Sverige". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
- ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
- ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
- ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
- ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
- ^ Östersundsposten 9 September 2010 - Åke i Hedeviken gråter inga tårar
External links
- Information Archived 2010-08-17 at the Wayback Machine at Thorleifs webbplats
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- Kommer hem till dig (1973)
- En dag i juni (1974)
- Gråt inga tårar (1975)
- Skänk mig dina tankar (1976)
- Alltid tillsammans (1976)
- 72 till 75 (1977)
- Du, bara du (1977)
- Kurragömma (1978)
- Sköt om dej (1979)
- 12 Golden Hits (1979)
- När dina ögon ler (1980)
- Johnny Blue (1981)
- Aurora (1982)
- Till Folkets park (1987)
- Stadens ende speleman (1988)
- Halva mitt hjärta (1989)
- Tillsammans (1991)
- Med dej vill jag leva (1992)
- Och du tände stjärnorna (1994)
- Historien Thorleifs (1995)
- På opfordring (1995)
- En liten ängel (1997)
- En lille engel (1997)
- En liten ängel - Live i Lillehammer (1997)
- Thorleifs jul (1998)
- Thorleifs karaoke (1998)
- På opfordring 2 (1999)
- Ingen är som du (2000)
- Mit dir will ich leben (2002)
- Thorleifs Hit Collection (2002)
- Våra bästa år (2007)
- Förälskade (2008)
- Sweet Kissin' in the Moonlight: Den första kyssen (2009)
- Thorleifs största hits (2010)
- Golden Sax Love Songs (2011)
- Tack & farväl (2012)
- Golden Sax Swing (2014)
- Saxgodingar instrumentalt (1981)
- Saxgodingar 2 (1983)
- Saxgodingar 3 (1987)
- Historien Thorleifs saxgodingar (1996)
- Saxgodingar 4 (1998)
- Gråt inga tårar (1975)
- Och du tände stjärnorna (1994)
- Tre gringos (1996, with Just D)
- Sweet Kissin' in the Moonlight (Melodifestivalen 2009)