Natural Born Hippies

In 1997, the band formed in Randers, Denmark when Dan Hougesen, Sune Thorbjornsen, Bo Christensen, and Tom Lindby met. The following year, they signed with Iceberg Records.[1] Their cover of “Lola (If You Ever)” reached number 72 in Germany, and number 25 in Italy.[2] In 1999 they released Popshit as their debut album (re-issued in 2000).[3]

In 2001, they released their second album and a song titled after it, I Don’t Care.[4] The 2006 song, “Best Looking Guy in Town” was released as a single and was used as part of the soundtrack of video game tie-in to the Pixar film, Cars.[5][6] Their album In Your Dreams was produced by Lutz Rahn and Mark Wills. Their cover of “Get It On” by T. Rex charted at 92 in Germany.[7] In 2004, their fourth album Wake Up Calls was released.

In 2018, they released “Mandela Under the Sun” as a single, and the song was used as the theme song for Nelson Mandela Library Project in South Africa.[1] They debuted the single during Go Morgen Danmark and it placed at number 2 on Danish Viral Spotify Charts.[8]

Albums

• Popshit (1999)
• I Don't Care (2001)
• In Your Dreams (2002)
• Wake Up Calls (2004)

Singles

• "I Don't Care" (2001)
• "Best Looking Guy in Town" (2001)
• "Get It On" (2002)
• "Mandela Under the Sun" (2018)

• Official Website