Tingeling is a group of songs created and performed by Henrik Dorsin, Michael Lindgren

Michael Lindgren

DJ Trexx is a pseudonym of Swedish actor, producer and writer Michael Lindgren , who is a part of the Grotesco comedy collective. DJ Trexx is a satirical figure who was initially portrayed as a Croatian disc jockey who performs kitschy eurotechno songs, but has also at times appeared to be Russian...

, Andreas Alfredsson Grube, Andreas Grill, Jorge Olivares Rivas and Grotesco which served as entertainment during the intermission of the Melodifestivalen 2009

Melodifestivalen 2009

Melodifestivalen 2009 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2009. It was the selection for the 49th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 48th edition of Melodifestivalen...

. A version of the songs, namely Tingaliin

Tingaliin

"Tingaliin" , is the Russian Tingeling song credited to P-Bros featuring DJ Trexx & Olga Pratilova...

 was released as a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 that peaked at number one on the Sverigetopplistan

Sverigetopplistan

Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....

 27 March 2009. On 5 April 2009, it entered 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 songs were a part of a series of sketches performed at Melodifestivalen in which the TV director Pål Potter, performed by the actor Rikard Ulvshammar, and music director Rolf Pihlman, performed by Dorsin, try to get a singer and a song from every city where Melodifestivalen is held. They fail each time, and Pihlman instead performs songs from his old dance band, mostly the stereotypical dance band song Tingeling, and remixes of it.

Versions included:

• Tingeling (a dance version)
• Singeling
• Blingeling
• Tingaliin
  Tingaliin
  "Tingaliin" , is the Russian Tingeling song credited to P-Bros featuring DJ Trexx & Olga Pratilova...
  
  

The latter created a lot of controversy because of stereotyping. But it still made to the top of the Swedish Singles Chart.

Album

Based on the success of the single Tingaliin

Tingaliin

"Tingaliin" , is the Russian Tingeling song credited to P-Bros featuring DJ Trexx & Olga Pratilova...

, an album was released containing various renditions:

1. "Tingaliin
   Tingaliin
   "Tingaliin" , is the Russian Tingeling song credited to P-Bros featuring DJ Trexx & Olga Pratilova...
   
   " (P-BROS feat DJ Trexx & Olga)
2. "Lite introsnack så..." (Rolf Pihlman)
3. "Tingeling" (original from 1977) (Tingeling)
4. "Solstingeling" (Xtra and The Lab Sound System)
5. "Tingäälingi" (Pirjo Hyvinäänen)
6. "El tingelino" (Don Jalapeño)
7. "Visan om Tingeling" (Buddha and Bastugatan)
8. "Blingeling" (Kapten Krok Crew)
9. "Lite mellansnack och det" (Rolf Pihlman)
10. "Tingeling, Tingeling" (Tingeling with Rolf Pihlman)
11. "The Bass is International" (DJ Trexx)
12. "Dangeland, dangelang" (Carl McRoo)
13. "Din vackraste klänningeling" (Lasse Andersson)
14. "Katschingeling" (Curlstie Spearsty)
15. "Två hjärtans tingeling" (Markusson & Forelli)
16. "Welcome to Internet" (DJ Trexx pres. Dr Internet)
17. "Tingeling (Disco Suburbia Remix)" (Bob Grillman)
18. "Tingaliin (Dancingeling Remix)" (DJ Boris)
19. "Fläskkarré med plommon" (Rolf Pihlman)
20. "Jaha, nu är det slutsnackat" (Rolf Pihlman)
21. "Singeling" (Rolf Pihlman)
22. "Farfars urin" (Rolf Pihlman)