I have done some thinking about this and as a person from Sweden I was pretty dang suprised to hear a song by the Swedish group Blue Swede when i watched Guardians of The Galaxy in the movie theatres three years ago. I remeber being like “Wait a minute I grew up with this song!! I heard it constantly on the radio when I was a kid”. (Note: I was born in 1995 but I re3member hearing htis song playing on the radio alot during the year 2001…that and my mom had this on a CD with mixed songs)
But alas this is not why Guardians of The Galaxy is my favorite movie in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe nor was that the point of the post. The point is I bet noone of the newer generation have ever heard this song or even known about this song before Guardians of The Galaxy
So as to celebrate GoTGVol2 coming to cinemas soon here is some facts about Blue Swede.
So Blue Swede was this Swedish rock band that was active 1973-1975.
The band consisted of Anders Berglund (piano), Björn Skifs (lead vocals), Bosse Liljedahl (bass), Hinke Ekestubbe (saxophone), Jan Guldbäck (drums), Michael Areklew (guitar) and Tommy Berglund (trumpet). They disbanded after Skifs decided to embark on his solo career
Blue Swede was first formed in 1973, when Björn Skifs, a top vocalist in Sweden, was looking for a band to accompany him during his concerts.
The band got their international breakthrough in 1974 with their cover of the 1968 B. J. Thomas song “Hooked on a Feeling.” Blue Swede recorded Thomas’ song in 1973, but based its rendition of the song on a 1971 version released by British pop eccentric Jonathan King, which created the “ooga-chaka” introduction. Blue Swede released “Hooked on a Feeling” in Sweden in May 1973 and in the United States in February 1974. The song reached number one in the U.S. for one week in April 1974 and stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 18 weeks. The track also topped charts in Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands, where it reached a peak chart position of 26. To capitalize on the success of the song, Blue Swede released an album of the same name that same year.
Yes can you believe that Hooked on A Feeling was a cover.
The song first regained popularity in 1992, being featured in Quentin Tarantino’s breakout hit movie Reservoir Dogs.
In 2014, the band’s single “Hooked on a Feeling” featured prominently in the film Guardians of the Galaxy. Prior to the film’s release, the song’s appearance in a trailer resulted in a significant spike in sales.
In 2016, their cover of “Hooked on a Feeling” was featured in the documentary Holy Hell. The documentary is about the ‘80s West Hollywood cult Buddhafield and its manipulative and abusive leader. The song plays at the beginning as footage of members of the cult are shown outdoors reaching for the Sun in a euphoric and trance like state as the song’s refrain “I’m hooked on a feeling, I’m high on believing” plays on.
That’s basically it!! Some key facts about Blue Swede
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