"People Say It's in the Air" is a pop song performed by Herreys

Herreys

Herreys, or Herrey's, is a Swedish pop group, consisting of the three Mormon brothers Per Herrey , Richard Herrey and Louis Herrey . They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley". In 1985, they won the Sopot International Song Festival with "Sommarparty på Stranden"...

. It is composed by Tim Norell with lyrics by Ola Håkansson

Ola Håkansson

Ola Håkansson is a Swedish singer, composer and producer.Ola Håkansson was born in Stockholm. He was the singer of the band Ola and the Janglers and later Secret Service. In 1986 he recorded the duet "The Way You Are" with Agnetha Fältskog.He was part of the songwriting trio Norell Oson Bard...

. Herreys also recorded a 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....

 version, "Varje liten droppe regn", and with lyrics by Ingela Forsman

Ingela Forsman

Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, three of them winners: Bra vibrationer , Se på mej and Kärleken är...

 appears on the album Crazy People. The EP contained the tracks

• "Varje liten droppe regn"
• "Du gav mitt liv en mening"
• "Crazy people"
• "So much more"

Chart performance

"Varje liten droppe regn" entered Swedish Trackslistan

Trackslistan

Tracks, or Trackslistan, is a top 20 song list and a program of the Swedish Radio channel SR P3. The program premiered on September 8, 1984, and is broadcast on Saturday afternoons. The Tracks are played all eight p.m.. The listeners vote for the songs they think is the best. Track list is one of...

on 22 December 1984 and stayed on the chart for 3 weeks peaking at #13.

Jonna cover

In 1984 Finnish child artist Jonna Tervomaa

Jonna Tervomaa

Jonna Marika Tervomaa is a Finnish pop singer and songwriter. She became famous at the age of ten, when she won the song contest "Syksyn Sävel" with the song "Minttu sekä Ville"...

 (then only 11 years old and known with the artist name Jonna) had a cover of the song, with Finnish lyrics and name "Sadepisaroita", Raindrops. The song was on her first album, named Jonna. That album also contained her best known song from that era, Minttu sekä Ville, which was published in 1983.

Ankie Bagger cover

In 1988 the song was the breakthrough for Swedish singer Ankie Bagger

Ankie Bagger

Ankie Bagger, born 30 September 1964, is a Swedish disco/pop musician and singer who first garnered attention in 1988 with her cover of Herreys' "Varje liten droppe regn" as "People Say It's in the Air"...

 and formed part of her album Where Were You Last Night

Where Were You Last Night

Where Were You Last Night is a 1989 album released by Swedish singer Ankie Bagger. Released in 1989 through Sonet Records"People Say It's in the Air", "Where Were You Last Night", the Kiss cover "I Was Made for Lovin' You" and "Love Really Hurts Without You" were released as singles.- Track listing...

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Chart performance

Bagger's version entered Swedish Trackslistan

Trackslistan

Tracks, or Trackslistan, is a top 20 song list and a program of the Swedish Radio channel SR P3. The program premiered on September 8, 1984, and is broadcast on Saturday afternoons. The Tracks are played all eight p.m.. The listeners vote for the songs they think is the best. Track list is one of...

on 25 februari 1989 and stayed on the chart for 4 weeks, peaking at #3.