Kung för en dag

"Kung för en dag" is the second track of Magnus Uggla's 1997 album Karaoke. It was written by Magnus Uggla together with Anders Henriksson. Lyrically dealing with partying when the wage arrives for the month, the song was the album's major hit. The music video shows Olle Sarri acting as partying.

"Kung för en dag"
Single by Magnus Uggla
from the album Karaoke
Released1997
GenrePop rock
Songwriter(s)Anders Henriksson
Magnus Uggla
Magnus Uggla singles chronology
"Trubaduren"
(1994)		 "Kung för en dag"
(1997)		 "Jag vill"
(1997)

The single peaked at 4th position at the Swedish singles chart and also charted at Svensktoppen for eight weeks between 11 October[1]-29 November 1997,[2] peaking at number five. The song also charted at Trackslistan for four weeks between 13 September-4 October 1997, peaking at eighth position.

On 1 July 2008, when Uggla appeared as guest, the song was performed as a sing-along song at Allsång på Skansen on 1 July 2008. On 7 July 2009, when Uggla appeared together with Rolandz, the song was once again performed as a sing-along song.

The song also became recurring at TV3's Baren.[3]

Other performances

At Dansbandskampen 2008 the song was performed by Larz-Kristerz.

Charts
Chart (1997-1998) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 4

References
  1. "Svensktoppen lördag 11 oktober 1997" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 11 October 1997. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. "Svensktoppen lördag 29 november 1997" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 29 November 1997. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. Klassiska mästerverk album lines, Magnus Uggla, 2002
  4. "Kung för en dag". Swedishcharts. 1997. Retrieved 30 September 2008.



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