Gå & fiska!

"Gå & fiska!"
Song by Gyllene Tider
from the album Gyllene Tider EP
LanguageSwedish
Released7 June 1996 (1996-06-07)
GenreSwedish pop
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Per Gessle

"Gå & fiska!" ("Go and fish") is a song written by Per Gessle and recorded by Gyllene Tider for their 1996 eponymous EP. The song, together with the rest of the EP, was added to the 1996 re-release of the band's compilation album Halmstads pärlor, originally issued the year before.

"Gå & fiska!" won Song of the Year at the 1997 Grammis as well as Swedish Song of the Year 1996 at the Rockbjörnen awards.[1]

Scoring a Svensktoppen hit for seven weeks, between 20 July and 31 August 1996, the track peaked at number five on the chart.[2] It also charted on Trackslistan.

Other versions

In 1998, the song was adapted and its title changed to "Gå & Smurfa" (go and Smurf) for the Smurf soundtrack album Smurfarna – Smurfhits 4.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Alla Rockbjörnsvinnare sedan 1979" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ^ Svensktoppen – 1996
  3. ^ "Smurf Hits: 4 / The Smurfs". smdb.kb.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.