Solsken

"Solsken"
Single by Gyllene Tider
from the album Finn 5 Fel!
Released	September 29, 2004
Format	CD single
Recorded	Sweden
Genre	Pop
Label	Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Per Gessle
Gyllene Tider singles chronology
"En sten vid en sjö i en skog" / "Tuffa tider" (2004) "Solsken" (2004) "Jag borde förstås vetat bättre" (2005)

"Solsken" ("Sunshine") is a single by Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider. Written by the band's lead singer Per Gessle, it was released on September 29, 2004, as the second single from Finn 5 fel!, which was the best-selling album in Sweden during 2004.^[1] The single peaked at No. 20 on the Swedish singles chart, becoming the thirteenth single by the band to chart in their home country^[2] and became a new entry at No. 5 on the Svensktoppen (Sveriges Radio chart)^[3] before peaking at No. 3 a week later.^[4]

Critical reception

Björn Solfors of Aftonbladet called it "A song with natural summer joy."^[5]

Composition

The writer of the song Per Gessle said, "I found one of those voice recorders with a lot of old song ideas on it. I played the song to our producers, Clarence Öfwerman and Christoffer Lundquist, who liked it, so the day after I wrote the lyrics.^[6] Micke Andersson, Gyllene Tider's drummer, said "It is what you play when you're along the coast road down in Halmstad with a cute girl next to you."^[6]

Track list

1. "Solsken"
2. "Ordinärt mirakel" (T&A demo)
3. "Nere på gatan" (T&A demo)

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Swedish Singles Chart	20[2]

References

1. "Gyllene Tider sålde mest album 2004" [Gyllene Tider sold the most albums during 2004]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 2005-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
2. "Swedish charts archive". Retrieved 2012-01-07.
3. "Svensktoppen chart archive. Wk 2004-11-14". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2012-01-11. (direct link to chart)
4. "Svensktoppen chart archive. Wk 2004-11-21". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2012-01-22. (direct link to chart)
5. Solfors, Björn (2004-05-19). "Vi är tillbaka där vi började" [We are back where we started]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2012-02-17.
6. Åkesson, Sara (2004-06-04). "Gyllene Tider's personliga återträff" [Gyllene Tider's personal reunion]. Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). TT Spektra. Retrieved 2012-02-17.