SWEDE SOUL MUSIC

One of my favourite bands that I dont feature too often round here are The Wannadies, a fabulous pop outfit who hailed from Skelleftea, a small town in northern Sweden.

Formed in 1988, they sadly announced their break-up earlier this year (some six years after they last released any material), but looking on the bright side, we have been left behind a small but damn near perfect back catalogue of seven studio albums. But where the band particularly excelled was the choice of singles/EPs, with all 20 of them being masterpieces.

Not too many of them cracked the charts, but hey, that's the loss of the great British record-buying public.

One of the few that sold well was this:-

mp3 : The Wannadies - You & Me Song

This was first released in Sweden in 1994, and in the UK the following year. But it wasn't until two years later, after it had been included on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's remake of Romeo & Juliet, that a re-released version hit the Top 20. And its that version of the single I've dusted down today, with the CD also having these three tracks:-

mp3 : The Wannadies - Everybody Loves Me
mp3 : The Wannadies - I Like You A LaLaLaLa Lot
mp3 : The Wannadies - You & Me Song (Lounge Version)

One of my favorite bloggers, Adam, named his place after a line in a single by The Wannadies.

Happy Listening.