Magnus Uggla
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sv:Magnus Uggla Magnus Uggla (full name: Per Allan Magnus Claesson Uggla) is a Swedish artist and composer known for his satirical lyrics. He was born June 18, 1954. Povel Ramel gave him the Karamelodiktstipendiet 1991
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Discography
Magnus Uggla has made 13 studio albums:
- 1975: Om Bobbo Viking
- 1976: Livets teater
- 1977: Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt
- 1978: Vittring
- 1980: Den ljusnande framtid är vår
- 1983: Välkommen till folkhemmet
- 1986: Den döende dandyn
- 1987: Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre
- 1989: 35-åringen
- 1993: Alla får påsar
- 1997: Karaoke
- 2000: Där jag är e’re alltid bäst
- 2004: Den tatuerade generationen
He has also released four albums with Greatest hits/Best of:
- 1985: Retrospektivt collage
- 1985: Collection (only released in Finland)
- 1994: 100% Uggla – Absolut inget annat
- 2002: Klassiska mästerverk
There is also one offical live album on the market:
- 1981: Godkänd pirat – Live
And finally there is one “stand-alone” maxi-EP:
- 1979: Magnus Uggla band sjunger schlagers
International singles
Singles released in France, Spain, United Kingdom and Germany.
- 1979: Everything You Do/Concrete Kid
- 1981: Ain’t About To Go Back/Scandal Beauties
- 1981: Body Love/The Other Side (also released in Sweden)
International covers
Magnus Uggla have made several covers. These are the international ones, for which Uggla wrote a new, Swedish text:
- Rolling Stones’ “Star Star” became Uggla’s “Stjärn…r” (or actually “Stjärnluder”)
- The Crystals’ “Then He Kissed Me” became Uggla’s “Å, han kysste mej”
- Nick Gilder’s “Metro Jets” became Uggla’s “Centrumhets”
- Bruce Wolley’s “Blue Blue (Victoria)” became Uggla’s “IQ”
- Nick Gilder’s “Worlds collide” became Uggla’s “Herr servitör”
Swedish covers
Uggla has made the following Swedish songs by other artists on officially released studio records (the artists mentioned are those who first recorded the songs, not the songwriters/composers):
- “Jazzgossen” by Karl Gerhard
- “Leva livet” by Lill-Babs (originally “It’s My Party” by Leslie Gore)
- “Ring ring” (Swedish version) by ABBA
- “Mälarö kyrka” by Sven Lindahl
- “Livet är en fest” by Nationalteatern
- “Påtalåten” by Ola Magnell
- “Vem kan man lita på?” by Mikael Wiehe
- “Häng med på party” by Ulf Neidemar
- “I natt är jag din” by Tomas Ledin
- “Hög standard” by Peps Persson
- “Vi måste höja våra röster” by Margareta Garpe, Suzanne Osten and Gunnar Edander (since nobody seems to know exactly who recorded it first, these are the composers and songwriters)
- “Tusen systrar” by Jösses Flickor
- “In kommer Gösta” by Philmon Arthur & the Dung
- “Speedy Gonzales” by Nationalteatern
- “Hog farm” by Pugh Rogefeldt
- “Ska vi gå hem till dig” by Lasse Tenander
See also: List of Swedes in music
External links
- The offical Uggla site (http://www.uggla.net)
- The Uggly Strix Site (http://surf.to/uggla)
- Vittring - the site (The Internet’s largest Uggla site) (http://get.to/uggla)