Dansa i neon (song)

Dansa i neon is a Swedish language song, sung by Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson and finishing 5th at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1987. Dansa i neon was written by Tim Norell, Peo Thyrén and Ola Håkansson, and was first thought to have been performed by Lili & Susie. Ola Håkansson proposed that, but Sveriges Television said not.

Lena Philipsson released it as a single in 1987, which reached a 9th place as best on the Swedish singles chart. The song was also at Svensktoppen for 13 weeks during the period 22 March to 14 June 1987, with a second place during the debut week as best result there.

In 2011 Lena released a new version of the song in English entitled "Dance in the Neon Light" featuring the Swedish metal band Dead by April.

Cover versions

• Swedish heavy metal group Black Ingvars covered "Dansa i neon" on their 1998 album Schlager Metal.
• The dansband Barbados covered "Dansa i neon" on the 2000 album "Kom hem" .
• Thorsten Flinck and Ola Salo recorded the song in a duet on the 2004 Thorsten Flinck album Vildvuxna rosor.

External links

• "Dansa i neon" at the Swedish singles chart.