De ä bar å åk

"De ä bar å åk"
Song by Swedish alpine ski team
from the album Vi åk bättre da för da
LanguageSwedish
ReleasedFebruary 1976
Genrepopular music
LabelMetronome
Songwriter(s)Bosse Carlgren and Billy Gezon

"De ä bar å åk" (Northern Swedish dialect for "You just go") is a song written by Bosse Carlgren and Billy Gezon, and used as a fight song for the Swedish alpine ski team, featuring Ingemar Stenmark, Stig Strand, Calle Briandt and Jan Green.[1] It was released as a 1976 single together with "Vi åk bättre da för da" (Northern Swedish dialect for "We go better day for day").

The song title refers to "De ä bar å åk", a quotation credited to Swedish alpine skier Ingemar Stenmark when answering a journalist's question in a radio interview when asked what he did to win.

The song charted at Svensktoppen for five weeks between 24 April-22 May 1976, where it peaked at 3rd.

The song also appears in the 2014 film The Anderssons Rock the Mountains.[2]

Charts

Chart (1976-1977) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 19

References

  1. ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas
  2. ^ "Sune i fjällen (2014)" (in Swedish). Svensk filmdatabas. 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ^ Swedish singles chart positions



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