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"Vill ha dej / I Want You"
Single by Freestyle
from the album Fantasi
LanguageSwedish (A-side)
B-side"I Want You" (in English)
Released1980 (1980)
Genre
Length14:33
LabelSound of Scandinavia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ulf Wahlberg
Freestyle singles chronology
"Running Away"
(1980) 		"Vill ha dej / I Want You"
(1980) 		"Fantasi"
(1981)

"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
  1. "Vill ha dej" (3:40)
  2. "Kom till mej" (3:28)
Side B
  1. "I Want You" (3:30)
  2. "Isn't That Fine" (3:55)

Charts

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

Drömhus version

"Vill ha dig"
Single by Drömhus
from the album Drömmar
B-side"Remix"
Released1998
StudioDr. Records Studio
Genre
Length3:42
Label
  • Dr. Records
  • CNR Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ari Lehtonen
Drömhus singles chronology
"Du och jag"
(1997) 		"Vill ha dig"
(1998) 		"Ge upp"
(1998)
Music video
"Vill ha dig" on YouTube

Swedish artist Drömhus (Therese Grankvist) released a cover version of the song as "Vill ha dig" in 1998. 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)
  1. "Vill ha dig" - 3:42
  2. "Vill ha dig" (Extended) - 4:42
  3. "Ja må hon leva" - 1:02

Charts

Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 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

  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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