Hits In Sweden, Flops In The U.K.

[@PopUnlimited]

E-Type's This Is The Way was UK #53

[@ExplorHits]

Oh I was sure I was typing it :o( Thanks for pointing it out!

[@ltd1980]

Alphavilles Forever young only hitting 98 in the UK is a scandal. It's my favourite song of all time. So beautiful and still sounds amazing 40 years later

[@ExplorHits]

Yeah, It's really shocking. Same goes for Sandra.

[@Beckford4000]

Honestly, I can understand why it wasn't a hit. I really can't stand the song

[@fnafpapercraft2153]

Totalmente de acuerdo.

[@fnafpapercraft2153]

@@ExplorHitsSi , en lo particular a mi también me sorprende

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! Fantastic singles, my taste is very similar to those in Sweden!

[@DavyNZ]

In semi related news, in 2003 Christine Milton released her #1 song SUPERSTAR in her native Denmark 🇩🇰 shortly after that, Jamelia released her cover and it was a huge hit #3 UK 🇬🇧 #1 Australia and New Zealand 🇳🇿 😮

[@elrastrillo1]

Almost all of those songs that were successful in Sweden were also successful in Latin America.

[@andrewbloom7637]

Roxette's 1999 single "Stars" reached #13 in Sweden, but only peaked at #56 in the UK. Likewise, Tove Lo's 2016 song "Cool Girl" charted at #15 in Sweden, but stalled at #46 in the UK.

[@alexo_dream]

Capital of world music hits 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@godsgroove94]

I love the swedish charts

[@fnafpapercraft2153]

Wow, no sabia que Sandra estaba en esta lista, muy bien, para mi la mejor.

[@PopUnlimited]

Worth noting In-Grid was #200 on import sales - UK release was cancelled

[@fabb4i2]

The first two realky shocked me. 😮

[@mikeauld9177]

Interesting. Will you be doing "hits in (country), flops in UK" for other European countries as well?

[@ExplorHits]

Yes, I'm currently going over the charts of France, The Netherlands and Israel.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@ExplorHits I have noticed Israel seems to have interesting music tastes and I mean that in a good way (like a lot of No 1s in only one country have Israel where it only hit No 1).

[@ExplorHits]

@@dhenderson1810 The israeli charts from the 80s and 90 were very interesting, many songs had success only there. I'll try to include the most unique ones when I'll do a video about it.

[@fabb4i2]

0:57 and 1:16 😮 I thought they had literally "top 5 in the UK" written all over.

[@planeixolivier9167]

Many thanks 🙏 very interesting

[@mathewbowen1753]

I think Some of these had poor distribution in the uk . I bought both Somebody Dance With Me by DJ Bobo and Obsession by Army Of Lovers at the time and both were on pretty small labels with not much availability outside the big cities and only got airplay on MTV Europe which a lot of people in the uk still didn’t have in the early 90’s.

[@ZeroCool-NT]

This issue is straight into my heart

[@ivorb8835]

Promises - Baby It's You also reached Number 2 in Australia (3 wks April 1979). Kept from No.1 by Blondie - Heart Of Glass. Cannot understand how it never charted in the UK. Still a great tune 45 years on.

[@pigimiss6577]

so many great songs

[@Beckford4000]

"Highland" by One More Time is a fantastic song. I had never heard of it until I moved to Czechia, where it regularly appears on the radio. That's one song the UK really missed out on. Twisted Sister's track is great too. "Shame Shame Shame" by whoever this Izabella is, wasn't a hit in the UK in 1992 because Sinitta had a top 30 hit with the song. It's amazing how artists like DJ Bobo, Kate Ryan & Sandra were huge across the rest of Europe and never had a single hit in the UK. With Bobo, it was probably connected to how stupid his name sounds in English (e.g. Bobo the Clown).

[@tennisvideos1180]

Izabella is Izabella Scorupco, known as the Bondgirl Natalya Simonova in GoldenEye.

[@dhenderson1810]

Does "Mary Malagna" from Sarah sample "Lose Control" by Laura Branigan, as the backing track sounds similar and the backing singer says "Creatures of the night", which is also in "Self Control".

[@PennyAfNorberg]

Well swedish acts not going htis in uk isn't that strange, quite many here are swedish acts.

[@paulojrneto]

The Izabella of "Shame Shame Shame" is Izabella Scorupco a.k.a. Natalya Simonova of Goldeneye!

[@wesleyvalk9129]

UK and USA should both be ashamed for disliking on I promised myself from Nick Kamen, they hated it only because of the hit of Erasure (a little respect)

[@stef8073]

There is only one Italian song on the list which, however, has reached number 1. (In-Grid) I'd be curious to know if the Eurodance cover of Crime of Passion (by the Italian project Blamble B) entered the charts in Sweden since the original was a good success.

[@cameronhamilton3717]

I counted about 5 that were hits in Australia but not UK.

[@wesleyvalk9129]

I’m glad I’m from the netherlands, most good songs charted in the top 40, spare for a few I really don’t understand why they never entered (chain reaction, how long, don’t stop believing, sister golden hair, the boys are back in town and stars from roxette)

[@ronifriman5498]

Would you doing "Hits in Finland, flops in UK" next?

[@paulojrneto]

Lou Bega " I Got A Girl" #2 in Finland, #55 in the UK

[@ExplorHits]

Depends on the amount of the material I can find there, will check the Finnish charts for sure.

[@jensstalberg8968]

I would argue a few of these are wrong. Like Jessica Folcker who is Swedish and mostly famous here. To be no 7 in Sweden and 47 in UK is not bad. The same goes for Leila K, September, E-Type and a few more.

[@fabb4i2]

1:23 At least this song has then gotten another chance.

[@indiansoul1633]

Rob'n'Raz ,,In Command" is also one example. Charts in Sweeden is slighty better than UK one :)

[@jannie80066]

Many of these were popular in Denmark too

[@btetschner]

x Watched the music video "The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)" by Peter Schilling, fantastic music video! x Watched the music video "Voyeur" by Kim Carnes, fantastic music video! o Kim Carnes is one of my favorite musical artists! x "I Hate Myself For Loving You" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts is one of my favorite singles of all time! o Joan Jett is one of my favorite musical artists! x "We're Not Going To Take It" by Twisted Sister is one of my favorite music videos of all time! o Twisted Sister is one of my favorite musicl artists! x Watched the music video "Baby It's You" by Promises, fantastic music video! x Watched the music video "Oh Susie" by Secret Service, fantastic music video! x Watched the music video "Crime of Passion" by Mike Oldfield, fantastic music video! x Watched the music video "Highland" by One More Time, fantastic music video! x Watched the music video "Oh Baby" by Sonic Dream Collective, fantastic music video! x "Bad Boys" by Inner Circle is one of my favorite singles of all time! x "You're The Storm" by The Cardigans is one of my favorite music videos and singles of all time! o The Cardigans are one of my favorite musical artists! x "When The Children Cry" by White Lion is one of my favorite singles of all time! x Listened to "Rok The Nation" by Rob'n'raz (from a music video), fantastic single! x Watched the music video "Shame Shame Shame" by Izabella Scorupco, fantastic music video! x Watched the music video "Flying High" by Captain Hollywood Project, fantastic music video! x Watched the music video "Satellites" by September, fantastic music video! x Watched the music video "How Will I Know (Who You Are)" by Jessica Folcker, fantastic music video! x Watched the music video "Look Who's Talking" by Dr. Alban, fantastic music video!

[@TheGKFront]

DJ BOBO didn't chart in the UK AT ALL? :O how crazy. a lot of the songs were hits in Israel too.

[@puukko68]

Swedish Bands. It’s all about promotion.

[@lancekerslake2488]

About 70% of these were hits in Australia

[@wingsofabe]

Most of them are just Swedish artists singing in English, not that surprising they would peak in Sweden.

[@bengtolsson5436]

It is due to bad taste in music in the UK.

[@Zakarias89]

For a country that produces so much music (the UK), they don't know anything about music