Efter stormen (song)

"Efter stormen"
Single by Marie Fredriksson
from the album ... Efter stormen
B-side"Varmt och djupt"
Released21 September 1987 (1987-09-21)
StudioEMI Studios, Stockholm
GenrePop rock
Length4:01
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)
  • Fredriksson
  • Lasse Lindbom
Producer(s)Lindbom
Marie Fredriksson singles chronology
"Silver i din hand"
(1986) 		"Efter stormen"
(1987) 		"Sparvöga"
(1989)

"Efter stormen" ("After the Storm") is a pop rock song written by Swedish singer-songwriter Marie Fredriksson and Record producer Lars-Göran "Lasse" Lindbom,[1] released as the first and only commercial single from Fredriksson's third studio album, ... Efter stormen (1987). The song was issued on 7" vinyl exclusively in Sweden on 21 September 1987, with "Varmt och djupt" ("Warm and Deep") as its b-side, which would otherwise remain unreleased until the album was reissued on CD in 2002. A 12" vinyl edition of the single – limited to 330 copies and containing the same tracks as the 7" release – was also issued.[2]

The song was commercially successful in her native country upon release, peaking at number seven and spending six weeks on the Swedish Singles Chart.[3] Additionally, the song spent eighteen weeks on the Swedish Airplay Chart,[4] peaking at number two for 5 consecutive weeks; it was held off the top spot every week by Gemini's "Mio min mio".[5] The song also peaked at number four on Sveriges Radio's "Tracks" chart.[6] In a 2018 online poll of Roxette fans, "Efter stormen" was dubbed the best song of Fredriksson's entire discography as a solo artist.[7]

  1. ^ "Efter stormen". Svensk mediedatabas (in Swedish). National Library of Sweden. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. ^ Thorselius, Robert (May 2003). The Look for Roxette: The Illustrated Worldwide Discography & Price Guide (1st ed.). Sweden: Premium Förlag Publishing. ISBN 978-9197189484.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sweden was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Svensktoppen | 1988" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Svensktoppen | 1987" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Tracks | Lördag 24 oktober 1987" [Tracks | Saturday 24 October 1987] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  7. ^ Petkovic, Stevo (30 May 2018). "The Daily Roxette » TDR Archive » Marie 60 – Happy Birthday!". The Daily Roxette. Retrieved 6 September 2018.