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Burnin' (Cue song)

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"Burnin'" is a song by Anders Melander first released by Swedish music group Cue. The song was awarded a Grammis for Song of the year 1997 ("Årets låt 1997"). This was the first time a song performed in another language than Swedish won this award.

French Canadian singer Garou covered the song for his 2008 album Piece of My Soul.

History

Anders Melander was a composer working for the Swedish TV and a theatre director at Angeredsteatern. He was also much earlier a member in the progg band Nationalteatern. Niklas Hjulström on the other hand was an actor. The two had cooperated before working on a song and Anders knew Hjulström was a skilled singer. So when Anders needed a singer to sing "Burnin'", a song composed by him for the Swedish TV series Glappet, he asked Hjulström and they formed together a band called Cue.

Although not strictly intended for release as a hit, just usage for the TV series, the song gained popularity and upon release as the first single for Cue, it hit the Swedish charts at #1 for 4 weeks (14 November to 12 December 1997. It eventually sold 90,000 copies making it one of the most successful singles in the 1990s in Sweden.[1] It also reached #4 in Norway and #9 in Finland.

Chart performance

Lista (1997–1998) Position
Finland 9 [2]
Norway 4 [3]
Sverige 1 [4]

References