Gråt inga tårar
"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]
| "Gråt inga tårar" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Åke Hallgren | |||
| Thorleifs singles chronology | ||||
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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
- Svensktoppen - 1975
- Information at Svensk mediedatabas
- Information på Thorleifs webbplats
- Thorleifs - Skandinaviens populäraste dansband
- Gradvall et al 2009, #423
- Thorleifs 2006 - TV i Sverige
- 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 at Thorleifs webbplats