Blue Virgin Isles (song) explained
Blue Virgin Isles is a song written by Ted Gärdestad and Kenneth Gärdestad, and originally recorded with lyrics in English on the Ted Gärdestad album "Blue Virgin Isles", released October 1978.[1] as well as appearing as a B-side for the 1979 single "Satellit".[2]
Recording it with lyrics in Swedish by Kenneth Gärdestad as Himlen är oskyldigt blå, Ted Gärdestad released it as a single in 1993[3] charting at Svensktoppen for seven weeks between 18 September and 30 October 1993, peaking at 4th position.[4]
The song has also been recorded by Tommy Körberg.[5] and by Yohio on his 2013 album Break the Border.[6] Kikki Danielsson recorded the song with lyrics in English on her 2006 album "I dag & i morgon" [7] The song has also been performed live by Håkan Hellström during the "Från tango till Taube" shows with Sven-Bertil Taube.
Notes and References
- Web site: Blue Virgin Isles. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1978. 29 May 2011. 19 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090053/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001886065. live.
- Web site: Satelit. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1978. 29 May 2011. 19 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084648/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001441352. live.
- Web site: Himlen är oskyldigt blå. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1978. 29 May 2011. 19 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819130400/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001505557. live.
- Web site: Svensktoppen - 1993 . 2014-08-16 . 2024-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240430051841/http://www.sr.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3489.txt . live .
- Web site: Gränslös. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 2003. 29 May 2011. 16 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141016201510/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001552347. live.
- Web site: Break the Border. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 2013. 16 August 2014. 19 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090244/http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/002903437. live.
- Web site: Kikki släpper ny CD . Dansbandsbloggen . Michael Nystås . Swedish . 29 March 2006 . 29 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100820083826/http://www.dansbandsbloggen.se/2006/03/kikki-danielsson-slpper-ny-cd.html . 20 August 2010 .