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Little Black CloudThe Cardigans

Released: October 14, 2005

Songwriter: Peter Svensson Nina Persson

Producer: Tore Johansson

[Verse 1]
A black cloud's hanging over town tonight
But I don't mind, I don't mind
There's a cold breeze cutting through the summer air
But I'm not scared, I don't care
'Cause we dance the night away
Let's dance the night away, yeah

[Verse 2]
The black cloud whispering into my ear
But I don't hear, I won't hear
'Cause the arms that hold me want an eye to eye
He's touching me and I don't mind
As we dance the night away
Let's dance the night away

[Chorus]
Oh yeah
The music wants me tonight
What time will you let me down?
I look pretty good tonight
Oh yeah
Little black cloud
Little black cloud
I don't want to go home

[Verse 3]
The black cloud's circling over me tonight
But I don't mind and you don't mind
If you're cold I'll tell you it's the summer breeze
Just dance with me, we'll be alright

[Chorus]
Oh yeah
The music wants me tonight
What time will you let me down?
I look pretty great tonight
Oh yeah
Little black cloud
Little black cloud
I'm not done yet

Hey, look at me
The music wants me tonight
What time will you let me down?
I look really great tonight
Oh yeah
Little black cloud
Little black cloud
I don't wanna go home

I'm not done yet
I'm not done yet

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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