Star Pilots | |
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 Star Pilots performing at Melodifestivalen 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | Nu-disco, Dance-pop |
| Labels | Hard2Beat |
| Website | www.starpilots.se |
Star Pilots is a Swedish pop group with Johan Becker, a contestant on Swedish television show Fame Factory and former member of the Swedish duo The Wallstones[1] as lead singer.
The group's debut single, "In the Heat of the Night", was released in the United Kingdom on 18 May 2009, having already peaked at number 2 in the group's home country in Sweden, in 2008.[2] The song's video features the band dressed as pilots with similarities to the 1980s film Top Gun (half-naked beach volleyball) and with five female dancers, including model Francesca Hoffman and Playboy model Louise Glover.[citation needed]
The group took part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2009 with "Higher" written by Johan Becker with songwriters and producers Johan Fjellström and Joakim Udd. The national competition is used for selecting the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. Although reaching the "second chance" stage in the competition, they failed to make it to the Final 11. The song was still successful commercially reaching number 6 in Sweden.[3]