Vill ha dej

"Vill ha dig"
"Vill ha dig"
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Single by Drömhus
from the album Drömmar
B-side	"Remix"
Released	1998
Studio	Dr. Records Studio
Genre	Eurodance;
Length	3:42
Label	Dr. Records; CNR Music;
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Ekman; Joakim Hagleitner; Christer Sandelin; Anders Uddberg;
Producer(s)	Ari Lehtonen;
Drömhus singles chronology
Music video
	"Vill ha dig" on YouTube

"Vill ha dej / I Want You"
"Vill ha dej / I Want You"
Single by Freestyle
from the album Fantasi
Language	Swedish (A-side)
B-side	"I Want You" (in English)
Released	1980
Genre	Synthpop; disco;
Length	14:33
Label	Sound of Scandinavia
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Ekman; Joakim Hagleitner; Christer Sandelin; Anders Uddberg;
Producer(s)	Ulf Wahlberg
Freestyle singles chronology

"Vill ha dej" (also spelled "Vill ha dig", English: "I Want You") is a 1980 single by Swedish synthpop group Freestyle. While being about love, the song also references school and school classes. Side B of the vinyl contains English-language versions of the songs on the A side. It reached number one in Svensktoppen for a five-week run.

Track listing

Side A

"Vill ha dej" (3:40)
"Kom till mej" (3:28)

Side B

"I Want You" (3:30)
"Isn't That Fine" (3:55)

Charts

Lista	Position
Norway (VG-lista)	2
Sweden (Svensktoppen)	1

Drömhus version

Swedish artist Drömhus (Therese Grankvist) released a cover version of the song as "Vill ha dig" in 1998.^[1] It was released as the second single from her debut album, Drömmar (Dreams) (1998), and peaked at #1 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The song also reached #3 in Finland and #30 on the Eurochart Hot 100 in June 1998.

Track listing

CD single, Scandinavia (1998)

"Vill ha dig" - 3:42
"Vill ha dig" (Extended) - 4:42
"Ja må hon leva" - 1:02

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Denmark (IFPI)^[2]	1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[3]	30
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)	3
Norway (VG-lista)	1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[4]	8

Other versions

The song was featured by Loreen in the 2004 Swedish Idol compilation Det bästa från Idol 2004.

In 2019, the song was covered by the Norwegian group Keiino.

References

^ Adolfsson, Niklas. "Drömhus / Therese Grankvist".
^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. 1 August 1998. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 20 June 1998. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
^ "Årslista Singlar – År 1998" (in Swedish). Hitlistan. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

External links

Freestyle – Vill ha dej on YouTube

[DanceArtistInfo-1] Adolfsson, Niklas. "Drömhus / Therese Grankvist".

[2] "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. 1 August 1998. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[3] "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 20 June 1998. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

[4] "Årslista Singlar – År 1998" (in Swedish). Hitlistan. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

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