Vy från ett luftslott
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"Vy från ett luftslott" (Swedish for "View from a Castle in the Air") is the fourth and final single released from the album Tillbaka till samtiden
, by the Swedish alternative rock
band Kent
.
This is a one-track single
featuring a remix of "Vy från ett luftslott" by Punks Jump Up. It was first released as a free download
on Kent's website on June 15, 2008, and then on CD
on July 2, 2008. The remix is also used in the official music video
, where Kent held a contest and asked fans to to submit their own music videos. The band choose five finalist out of 65 entries, and the winner was selected in a poll on the band's forum.
The song spent nine weeks in the Swedish Singles Chart. It debuted at number 38 on July 10, 2008, and peaked at number 31 a week later.
Tillbaka till samtiden
Tillbaka till samtiden is the seventh studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 17 October 2007. The album is produced with Danish producer Joshua. The title means "Back to the Present", a pun on the Swedish translated title of Back to the Future...
, by the Swedish alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Kent
Kent (band)
Kent is a Swedish alternative rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet , and Havsänglar...
.
This is a one-track single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...
featuring a remix of "Vy från ett luftslott" by Punks Jump Up. It was first released as a free download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
on Kent's website on June 15, 2008, and then on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
on July 2, 2008. The remix is also used in the official music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, where Kent held a contest and asked fans to to submit their own music videos. The band choose five finalist out of 65 entries, and the winner was selected in a poll on the band's forum.
The song spent nine weeks in the Swedish Singles Chart. It debuted at number 38 on July 10, 2008, and peaked at number 31 a week later.
External links
- Vy Från Ett Luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix) at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...