Me and My Drum explained

Me and My Drum
Cover:Me-and-my-drum-swingfly.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Swingfly feat. Christoffer Hiding
Released:11 March 2011
Genre:Pop, hip hop
Label:EMI
Producer:RamPac

"Me and My Drum" is a song by American-Swede rapper Swingfly featuring Christoffer Hiding and Beatrice Stars. The song was written by Teron Beal, Patrik Magnusson, Johan Ramström and Swingfly himself.

Swingfly (real name Ricardo DaSilva II), alongside Hiding and Stars performed it in the first semi-final of 4 semi-finals in Melodifestivalen 2011[1] on 5 February 2011 at the Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå coming second and proceeding to the finals on 12 March 2011 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. He finished fifth overall.

The song was released one week before the final and proved popular making it to #10 in the Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart and rising further up to #2. It was also certified platinum in Sweden.

Notes and References

  1. http://poplight.zitiz.se/artikel/swingfly-planerar-foeraendringar-efter-jaetteskraellen-i-melodifestivalen-2011 Poplight: Swingfly planerar förändringar efter jätteskrällen i Melodifestivalen 2011
  2. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Swingfly&titel=Me+And+My+Drum&cat=s SwedishCharts.com: Page for "Me and My Drum" by Swingfly