Dansa i neon (song)
| "Dansa i neon" | ||||
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| Single by Lena Philipsson | ||||
| from the album Dansa i neon | ||||
| A-side | "Dansa i neon" | |||
| B-side | "Åh, vad jag längtar" | |||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Schlager | |||
| Label | Mariann | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tim Norell Peo Thyrén Ola Håkansson | |||
| Lena Philipsson singles chronology | ||||
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"Dansa i neon" is a Swedish language song, sung by Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson and finishing 5th at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1987. "Dance in the Neon Light" is an English version of the Swedish language song. Dansa i neon was written by Tim Norell, Peo Thyrén and Ola Håkansson, and was first meant to have been performed by Lili & Susie. Ola Håkansson proposed that, but Sveriges Television said no.
Lena Philipsson released it as a single in 1987, which peaked at number nine on the Swedish Singles Chart. The song was also at Svensktoppen for 13 weeks during the period 22 March to 14 June 1987, with a second place during the debut week as best result there.
In 2011 Lena released a new version of the song in English entitled "Dance in the Neon Light" featuring the Swedish melodic metalcore band Dead by April.