"Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola" ("Four chewing gums and a Coca Cola"), also called "Fyra bugg", is a Swedish language

Swedish language

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 song

Song

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, written by Mikael Wendt and Christer Lundh. Swedish

Sweden

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 dansband

Dansband

Dansband is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik . Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock...

 and pop

Pop music

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 singer Lotta Engberg

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 won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1987

Melodifestivalen 1987

Melodifestivalen 1987 was the selection for the 27th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 26th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1502 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV2 and was not broadcast on radio...

 in Sweden with this song. The lyrics are about summer

Summer

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. Because of international advertising rules, the song was renamed to "Boogaloo" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Eurovision Song Contest 1987

The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1987 in Brussels, Belgium after Sandra Kim's win the previous year. The presenter was Viktor Lazlo. Johnny Logan was the winner for Ireland with the song "Hold Me Now"...

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Single

On 13 February 1987, the single

Single (music)

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 Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola was released, with the song "En helt ny dag" as the B-side

A-side and B-side

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. The single peaked at #19 at the Swedish singles chart.

Svensktoppen

On 19 April 1987 the song achieved first place in the Swedish chart Svensktoppen

Svensktoppen

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. Although Lotta Engberg

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 had many hits throughout her career, Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola is considered her signature song

Signature song

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Chart performance

Sweden Top 60
Week	6 May 1987
Position	19

Trivia

• A Swedish television clip from 1987 featured to-be prime minister Carl Bildt
  Carl Bildt
  , Honorary KCMG is a Swedish politician, diplomat and nobleman. Formerly Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, Bildt has served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs since 6 October 2006...
  
   doing sing-along to Fyra bugg och en Coca Cola when he visited a music studio. Bildt, who was wearing headphones, was distinctly off-key in his singing performance, and this clip has been used several times by comedy shows on Swedish television.
• In relation to Swedish Melodifestivalen 2010
  Melodifestivalen 2010
  Melodifestivalen 2010 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2010. It was the selection for the 50th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 49th edition of Melodifestivalen...
  
  , Timo Räisänen
  Timo Räisänen
  Timo Räisänen is a Anglo-Indian Swede Indie pop musician, born in Gothenburg on 25 July 1979. He was previously part of Håkan Hellström's band, and has played in the band Her Majesty. In 2004 he started his own career....
  
   performed the song .

External links

• "Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola" at the Swedish singles chart