Waiting for the Morning (song)

"Waiting for the Morning"
Single by Bobbysocks
from the album Waiting for the Morning
A-side "Waiting for the Morning"
B-side "Working Heart"
Released 1986
Format grammophone record
Genre pop
Writer(s) Lars Kildvold
Jon Terje Rovedal
Eivind Rölles
Jan Thoreby

Waiting for the Morning is a song written by Jon Terje Rovedal, Thoreby, Lars Kildvold and Eivind Rölles, and originally performed by the Bobbysocks on the 1986 album Waiting for the Morning[1] In 1986, the single topped the Norwegian singles chart.

In 1988, the song was recorded by Kikki Danielsson, acting as a B-side for her single Let Them Walk in the Sunshine.[2] Susanne Alfvengren wrote lyrics in Swedish, as Väntar ännu på den morgon, and a Swedish-language version was recorded by Kikki Danielsson on her 1989 album Canzone d'Amore.[3] The Kikki Danielsson recording was also included as film soundtrack for the 1990 film Blackjack.[4]

Chart trajectory

Chart (1986) Peak position
Norway 1[5]

Chart successions

Preceded by
West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys
Number-one single in Norway
Week 8 1986
Succeeded by
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going by Billy Ocean

References


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