"Eloise" is a song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 in Swedish

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

, written by Gert Lengstrand and Lasse Holm

Lasse Holm

Lars-Eric Gustav "Lasse" Holm, born 9 December 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden, is known as a composer, lyricist and singer.Since childhood, he was interested in music and was a member of a lot of pop music and rock music groups in the 1960s: Doug and the Millsmen, The Spacemen and The Moonlighters...

, and performed by Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 "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...

" Arvingarna

Arvingarna

Arvingarna is a Swedish dansband, which was formed in 1989 and which competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2002. In 1993 they won with the song '"Eloise" and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, where the song finished 7th.The band's name refers to...

 when it won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1993

Melodifestivalen 1993

Melodifestivalen 1993 was the selection for the 33rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 32nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1569 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition...

 and finished 7th in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes"...

. Sweden was one of the favourites to win. Curt-Eric Holmquist

Curt-Eric Holmquist

Curt-Eric Holmquist is a Swedish conductor.Holmquist first helped the Swedish dance band Curt Haagers in 1966. He played the organ in the band until he left in 1969. in 1984 he conducted the Swedish entry, "Diggi-loo Diggi-ley", in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest. and performed by the Herreys it...

 was the conductor. The highest set of points, 10, came from Belgium

Belgium

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, Austria

Austria

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 and Israel

Israel

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, which totally gave 89 points, giving a 7th place.

The song text describes a guy who wants to know if Eloise is more than a friend.

The single peaked at #10 at the Swedish singles chart. At Svensktoppen

Svensktoppen

Svensktoppen is a record chart at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. Svensktoppen airs once a week...

, the song stayed for 10 weeks with a 2nd place as best result there.

Cover versions

• Swedish heavy metal
  Heavy metal music
  Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
  
   band Black Ingvars
  Black Ingvars
  Black Ingvars is a Swedish humorist heavy metal group. Black Ingvars is famous for cover versions of songs from other musical styles, like pop, children's song, "dansband" music, Christmas songs and gospel...
  
   covered
  Cover version
  In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
  
   the song on their 1995 album
  Album
  An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
  
   "Earcandy Six
  Earcandy Six
  Earcandy Six is a 1995 album from Swedish heavy metal band Black Ingvars. It's their debut album.-Track listing:# "De sista ljuva åren"# "Inget Stoppar Oss Nu"# "Två Mörka ögon"# "Gråt Inga Tårar"# "Tiotusen Röda Rosor"# "Mitt Eget Blue Hawaii"...
  
  ".
• Sandins performed the song at Dansbandskampen 2008.
• 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 during 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...
  
  .

External links

• "Eloise" at the Swedish singles chart