Curly Sue (song)

"Curly Sue"
Single by Takida
from the album Bury The Lies
Released	10 October 2007 (swe)
Format	CD single, Digital Download
Recorded	February - April 2007
Genre	Rock
Length	3:53
Label	Ninetone Records
Producer	Patrik Frisk, Takida
Certification	Gold
Takida singles chronology
"Halo" (2007) "Curly Sue" (2007) "The Dread" (2005)

"Curly Sue" is a song by the Swedish rock band Takida and was the second single released from their sophomore effort Bury the Lies. The song was released as a singe on 10 October 2007. The song was co-produced by Takida and Patrik Frisk at Sidelake Studios in Sundsvall, Sweden.

Reception

The track received varied reviews from the press. Örnsköldsviks Allehanda called the song "one of the albums low water marks" and "plain".^[1]

Chart performance

According to IFPI it went gold in Sweden in May 2009.^[2]

The song entered the Swedish Top 60 at fifty-two on 4 October 2007 and peaked at number one on 24 July 2008. All and all it spent a total of 63 weeks on the chart^[3] which makes it the longest-running single ever on the chart.^[4]

The band also had a huge success with the song on the Tracks chart. The song entered the chart at spot twenty on 20 October 2007 and had climbed to number one ten weeks later, a spot that it held for ten weeks. It spent 50 weeks and over a year on the chart and was the most successful song of 2008.^[5] As of 21 June 2009 it holds the longevity record on the chart as well.^[6]

The song had a huge success on Svensktoppen where it entered the chart on the second of February 2008, later on peaking at number two and spending a total of 54 weeks on the chart. Making it the ninth longest-running single there.^[7]

Chart (2009)	Peak Position	Certification	Sales/Shipments
Sweden	1	Gold	10,000+

Preceded by I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

Swedish Singles Chart July 24, 2008

Succeeded by Pick Me Up by Emilia de Poret

References

1. ^ "Okonstlad och publikfriande postgrunge". Örnsköldsviks Allehanda. 2007-05-23. http://allehanda.se/noje/skivor/1.196155. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
2. ^ ""Guld och Platina-certifikat - Ifpi". IFPI. http://www.ifpi.se/. http://www.ifpi.se/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-20082.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
3. ^ "Takida - Curly Sue (Song)". Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. http://swedishcharts.com/. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Takida&titel=Curly+Sue&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
4. ^ "Best of All Time - Singles". Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. http://swedishcharts.com/. http://swedishcharts.com/bestall.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
5. ^ "Tracks hits 2008 - Melodier topp 100". Sveriges Radio. http://www.sr.se/p3/tracks/. http://www.sr.se/p3/tracks/a08melodi.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
6. ^ "Takida: Vi är besvikna". Aftonbladet. 2008-12-29. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article4080849.ab. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
7. ^ "Flest veckor på Svensktoppen". Sveriges Radio. http://www.sr.se/. http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p4/programsidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2023&Artikel=454899. Retrieved 2009-06-21.