Gessle invited to write a song for song contest
Written by roxeteer on October 23, 2003 to Per Gessle.
STOCKHOLM - 
The Swedish broadcasting company SVT has published a list of entrants in the national selection to the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The list has 28 songs, but four more will be named later. These four will come from specially invited song writers and among them is Per Gessle.
Per has contributed to the contest before. In 1980, he wrote the song “För dina bruna ögons skull” (“Because of your brown eyes”) together with Mats MP Persson. The song was performed by Lasse Lindbom Band. It finished last. Per also wrote the lyrics to Lena Philipsson’s song “Kärleken är evig” in 1986, and in 2000 he wrote the song “Högt i det blå” for Sven-Ingvars, but the fact that Per had written the song was leaked to the public so the song was cut. This time, however, Per may be a stronger candidate, but that’s only if he decides to take part.
The Swedish contest, also called Melodifestivalen, will take place in February. The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, in May.
Daniel Alvedahl contributed to this article.
- Expressen article (in Swedish)
- List of selected songs
Other articles with the same topic
- Happy birthday, Per (January 12, 2011)
- Per tells TDR that he and Marie are "thrilled" with what's to come in 2011 (January 3, 2011)
- Radio Halland’s annual interview with Per Gessle today (December 28, 2010)
- Macca at the Apollo (December 14, 2010)
- Per Gessle one of Sweden's most played songwriters (October 8, 2010)
27 comments
joy_ride said on October 24, 2003 07:16:
If gessle would sing by himself... he will definitely win!!!
onlywhenidream said on October 24, 2003 08:19:
I think if Marie was feeling up to it - then both per and marie would shoot staright back to stardom.....ahhh well - here’s wishing.
daniel_alv said on October 24, 2003 10:49:
yeah, a Roxette single at the same time as they release things solo and with Gyllene would be so GREAT!
mattias said on October 24, 2003 16:25:
Gessle performing HIMSELF? Oh God no. He totally does NOT fit into that.. hm, group of people. I thought he was just gonna write a song for someone else. That would be ok I guess. But performing himself would... nah, that can’t be the idea. He’d never do that.
gyllene_tjej said on October 24, 2003 17:51:
oh gosh, hope you say no Per, the contest sucks and you’re worth MUCH more than that!
daniel_alv said on October 25, 2003 01:49:
Why so negative response? If Per writes a song and perform it (by himself or with Roxette) that would be great for him!
mattias said on October 25, 2003 08:41:
@Daniel
Performing there with ROXETTE? That would, if possible, be ever worse. Can anyone please confirm that he is NOT going to take part in this garbage?
CRIZ said on October 25, 2003 15:57:
ooooh..no..Per don’t do that. That’s not your style at all..Schlager...?? nej tack! And if you do that than start creating a very tricky pseudonym please....*thumbdown*
maiken said on October 26, 2003 12:11:
I think it would be okay, if he wrote a song for it, which is what he is invited to do. To just write a song. Someone else would then perform it. That’d be cool!!
daniel_alv said on October 26, 2003 15:58:
I think he should perform it him self! That would be very good for his popularity...
tevensso (moderator) said on October 27, 2003 08:13:
@danielalv: I would say quite the contrary. Yes, Per may end up getting more Svensktoppen hits, but who the hell would want that?? No, let’s keep Per out of this pitiful contest.
misdreavus said on November 7, 2003 11:38:
Why all complaints? It says black on white: He is only invited to write a song, thats it. Besides, it would be much better than all the other crap songs.
onlywhenidream said on October 23, 2003 18:05:
go Gessle go...only that is missing from Roxette’s trophy cabinet!