Style (Swedish band)
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Style is a Swedish
pop
band which had its greatest success in the 1980s. Style was formed by three former Freestyle
members in 1983. They participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen
1986 with their song "Dover-Calais" finishing third, 1987 with their song "Hand i hand" finishing sixth. Style split in 1989 due to musical differences . They was reunited again for the Swedish Melodifestivalen
2003 with their song "Stay the Night". In 2006 Style returned for a nostalgy tour in Sweden and Norway. In 2009 Christer Sandelin and Tommy Ekman briefly reunited under the name of Style and released the compilation album "Best Of Style" with new tracks "När Jag Ser Dig" and "Vill ha dej igen",
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....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band which had its greatest success in the 1980s. Style was formed by three former Freestyle
Freestyle (Swedish band)
Freestyle was a short lived Swedish electronic music group active in the early 1980s. The original line-up consisted of Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin, Gigi Hamilton, Joakim Hagleitner, Anders Uddberg and Kayo Shekoni, but Kayo left the group with the release of the fourth single Vill ha dej and...
members in 1983. They participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
1986 with their song "Dover-Calais" finishing third, 1987 with their song "Hand i hand" finishing sixth. Style split in 1989 due to musical differences . They was reunited again for the Swedish Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
2003 with their song "Stay the Night". In 2006 Style returned for a nostalgy tour in Sweden and Norway. In 2009 Christer Sandelin and Tommy Ekman briefly reunited under the name of Style and released the compilation album "Best Of Style" with new tracks "När Jag Ser Dig" and "Vill ha dej igen",
Singles
- Love Is Knocking on My Door/Längtar tillbaks till dig (1983)
- Telefon (1984)
- Du och jag (1985)
- Vision av kärlek (1985)
- Telephone (1985) U.S. DANCE #16
- Give Me a Night to Remember/På jakt (efter guld som glimmar) (1986)
- Dover-Calais (1986) SWE #1
- Följ mig (1986)
- Heaven No 7 (1986)
- Shine On (1986)
- Hand i hand (1987) SWE #20
- Run for Your Life (1987) SWE #4
- Daylight Robbery (1987)
- New World (1987)
- Empty Bed (1988) SWE #4
- It's a Secret (1988) SWE #3
- Question of Time (1988)
- Sentimental (1988)
- Empty Bed (International release) (1989)
- Stay the Night (2003)
- När jag ser dig (2008)
- Vill ha dej, igen (2009)
Albums
- So Chic (1983) SWE #32
- Visioner (1985)
- Heaven No 7 (1986) SWE #3
- Daylight Robbery (1987) SWE #7
- 12 bästa (1987)
- Question of Time (1988) SWE #4
- Samlade hits (2003) SWE #7
- Best of Style - Det Ni Vill Ha (2008)
- Vill ha dej igen (2009) #9