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For What It’s WorthThe Cardigans

Released: March 24, 2003

Songwriter: Peter Svensson Nina Persson

Producer: The Cardigans Per Sunding

[Verse 1]
Hey baby come around
Keep holding me down
And I'll be keeping you up tonight
A four letter word got stuck in my head
The dirtiest word that I've ever said
It's making me feel alright

[Chorus]
For what it's worth I love you
And what is worse I really do
For what it's worth I'm going to run, run, run
Till the sweetness gets to you
And what is worse I love you

[Verse 2]
Hey please baby come back
There'll be no more loving attacks
And I'll be keeping it cool tonight
The four letter word is out of my head
Come on around get back in my bed
Keep making me feel alright

[Chorus]
For what it's worth I like you
And what is worse I really do
Things has been worse and we had fun fun fun
Till I said I love you
And what is worse I really do

[Bridge]
For what it's worth I love you
And what is worse I really do, ahhhh...

[Outro]
For what it's worth I love you
And what is worse I really do ahhhh...
For what it's worth I love you
And what is worse I really do ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh...

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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