The Cardigans

Released: October 14, 2005

Songwriter: Peter Svensson Nathan Larson Nina Persson

Producer: Tore Johansson

(Happ, då kör vi nu)

[Verse 1]
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Oh, what a match we are
As we romance along
Towards the fire escape

Open fire
Forever in your arms
Splendid time we have
Doing what I dread

Oh my Lord
Can I buy some time?

[Chorus]
I'm learning to dance
Dum-ditty-dance
I am dancing, okay

[Verse 2]
Overlord
Lord of the underworld
Full-of-wonder-girl
As we twist and twirl

Hot and dry
High in my cloven heels
This is how real love feels
As we prance and die

Oh my Lord
Such a fancy fire

[Chorus]
As we dance
You sure can dance
Dance, dance

[Bridge]
You I will never forget
I hope you remember me later
We're swimming in a puddle of sweat
I'm hot baby, don't burn your fingers
I'm tenderly served on your plate
The band must continue to play

[Chorus]
So we can dance
I love to dance
Baby, dance with me
(Ooh, ooh, ooh uh ooh)
Yeah
I can dance
To love is to dance
Now dance me home

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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