Jag mår illa

"Jag mår illa"
Single by Magnus Uggla
from the album 35-åringen
A-side"Jag mår illa"
Released1989
GenrePop rock
Songwriter(s)Magnus Uggla and Anders Henriksson
Magnus Uggla singles chronology
"Ska vi gå hem till dig"
(1987) 		"Jag mår illa"
(1989) 		"Baby Boom"
(1989)
Music video
"Jag mår illa" on YouTube

"Jag mår illa" (in English: "I Feel Sick") is a song written by Swedish artist, composer and actor Magnus Uggla and Anders Henriksson, and recorded by Magnus Uggla for his 1989 album 35-åringen. With lyrics satirizing celebrity culture and gossip magazines, the song reached Svensktoppen on 17 September 1989, peaking at number nine on the Norwegian singles chart, while topping the Swedish singles chart. Uggla wrote the song for a screenplay of a film that was never produced.[1] Swedish radio program Metropol appointed the song "Best Swedish song of the 1980s".[2]

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3] 64
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 24
Norway (VG-lista)[5] 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 1

References

  1. ^ Klassiska mästerverk album liner notes, Magnus Uggla, 2002
  2. ^ Retrogalaxen – Musiken, chronible by Jörgen Stafrin
  3. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 14 October 1989. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Magnus Uggla". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 268. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Magnus Uggla – Jag mår illa". VG-lista. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Magnus Uggla – Jag mår illa". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 24 May 2020.