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Black Letter DayThe Cardigans

Released: February 18, 1994

Songwriter: Magnus Sveningsson Peter Svensson

Producer: Tore Johansson

[Verse 1]
I did all that I should
Well all that I could
But will I be clean?
I did all that I should
Well all that I could
But it isn't me

[Chorus 1]
All my strength is dead and gone

[Verse 2]
Slept as long as I could
As long as I should
To find comfort here
Slept as long as I could
As long as I should
But I still have fear

[Chorus 1]
All my strength is dead and gone

[Chorus 2]
Black letter day
All the fun has gone away
Black letter day
All the joy has gone away
Black letter day
All my strength has gone away
Black letter day

[Verse 3]
I drank all that I could
Much more than I should
In simple despair
I drank all that I could
Much more than I should
To find someone there

[Chorus 1]
All my strength is dead and gone

[Chorus 2]
Black letter day
All the fun has gone away
Black letter day
All the joy has gone away
Black letter day
All my strength has gone away
Black letter day

[Bridge]
Once upon a time there was a scientist with a nose made of silver
He found that there were thirty worthless days a year
That one could do without
He called them black letter days
And the rest is silence

[Chorus 1]
Well, all my strength is dead and gone

[Chorus 2]
Black letter day
All the fun has gone away
Black letter day
All the joy has gone away
Black letter day
All my strength has gone away
Black letter day

[Outro]
I hope Monday will be a better day

The Cardigans

One of the most pleasing pop groups of the ‘90s, the Cardigans specialized in sugary confections that would grow annoying very quickly if they weren’t backed by solid musicianship and clever arrangements. The band’s 1995 breakout album, Life, reflected the Cardigans at their most saccharine – the sunny disposition of vocalist Nina Persson being the major argument in favor – and critics inserted the group into the space age pop revivalist camp. the Cardigans later proved that they were more difficult to pigeonhole, however.

Even the band’s origins showed that their later appearance was quite misleading; two heavy metal fanatics formed the group in October 1992 in Jonkoping, Sweden. Guitarist Peter Svensson met bassist Magnus Sveningsson in a hardcore group, though he had previously trained in music theory and jazz arranging. The two later grew tired of metal and decided to form a pop band with vocalist Nina Persson – an art-school friend who had never sung professionally – plus keyboard player Lars-Olof Johansson and drummer Bengt Lagerberg.

All five Cardigans moved into a small apartment in 1993 and began recording a demo tape that entered the hands of producer Tore Johansson later that year. He liked what he heard and invited the group to record at his Malmö studio. Signed to the dance-oriented Stockholm label, the Cardigans released Emmerdale in May 1994. The single “Rise & Shine” became a hit on Swedish radio soon after the release of the LP, and a readers poll in Sweden’s Slitz magazine voted Emmerdale the best album of 1994.

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