Music moment 1974: ‘Hooked on a Feeling’ by Blue Swede hit number one in the US Billboard charts

The band Blue Sweden portrayed outdoors, in a wintry landscape, all wearing fur coats.
Björn Skifs and the Blue Swede band. Photo: Parlophone Music Sweden

Highlight Swedish music moments! Promote the reasons behind the Swedish music success story, and iconic moments from music history. This post is part of a social media campaign and the toolkit Swedish Music Moments. The campaign can be used when activating the toolkit or throughout the whole year.

On this day in 1974, Swedish pop comes of age internationally. The Swedish artist Björn Skifs and his band Blue Swede hit number one in the US Billboard charts with the song ‘Hooked on a Feeling’.

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Swedish Blue Swede band portrayed outdoors in a wintry landscape.

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Toolkit: Swedish Music Moments

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On 6 April 1974 Swedish pop comes of age internationally. The artist Björn Skifs and his band Blue Swede hit number one in the US Billboard charts with ‘Hooked on a Feeling’. The same day, on the other side Atlantic, ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Waterloo’.

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