TOP 40 | Songs Written / Co-Written by Swedish Composers | Official Results | Eurovision 2008 - 2021

[@michellesmirnova4471]

As much as y’all hate on Sweden within Eurovision you can’t deny that they’ve got some great ass songwriters

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

Its just there are so many great Swedish-written or self-written songs that people found better that they think should need more attention

[@malinw3235]

I don’t know how many times I hear the Swedish commenters say that a song is written by a Swede

[@ggsin1528]

Yeees please!!!

[@axsos]

In English though

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

Perhaps to convince the public to vote for that country

[@mieroth]

@@arvinroidoatienza7082 Not sure it's needed, Sweden does often vote for Swedish-written entries anyway. Which perhaps isn't so surprising because those composers tend to write the type of songs that are popular in Sweden. Like when Sweden "randomly" gave Cyprus (La La Love) 12 points (a song that wasn't especially popular at all in the rest of Europe).

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

@@mieroth I mean I was surprised as well that Sweden only liked that song (and of course, Greece) Lalalove deserved more

[@Wailmur]

Sweden: we have some extra songwriters. How many do you want? Azerbaijan: yes Edit: I have never got more than 10 likes on a comment before so this is kinda fun

[@ukrnika]

Bolgaria: yes yes

[@Wailmur]

Norway: wait a minute

[@22nd_Place_Vasil]

My country♥️♥️

[@giovanniscg8540]

Yeah, they can't write a song themselves so they rely on Swedish-produced songs 🤣🤣🤣

[@AzizAlizade-nf4dz]

​@@giovanniscg8540 bruh but i understood you you didn't listened to Azerbaijan song

[@cupcakewithouttheicing]

Benjamin Ingrosso basically pulled a reverse of everyone else. In the other entries, the only non-Swede was often the artist, meanwhile Benjamin was the only Swede working on Dance Your Off

[@Sisselynn]

don't forget about John Lundvik

[@grasschannel5272]

@@Sisselynn But John wasn't alone Swede working on Too Late For Love

[@jausephry3080]

Eurovision in a nutshell: Sweden competing against itself.

[@henning1152]

Its very true

[@ДмитроВоронов-у4ш]

I need a top "selfmade entries", when singer, dancers, songwriter, directing from the country who they represent

[@finnsalsa9304]

Such as this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2a3emynjZqYgKM

[@ДмитроВоронов-у4ш]

@@finnsalsa9304 no, not self writing songs by artist. For example if we see entry from Ukraine all sinrers, dancers, songwriter, directors may be ukrainians

[@finnsalsa9304]

@@ДмитроВоронов-у4ш Aah, now I get it! So it doesn't need to be the artist themselves rather just someone from the same country

[@han-oq6bo]

Every swedish song ever...

[@ДмитроВоронов-у4ш]

@@han-oq6bo not only swedish

[@ASamuel89]

I'm proud of my country for always taking local writers and composers

[@andreasfreyer8569]

Are you russian, just wonder?

[@Asa...S]

@@andreasfreyer8569 Probably not: 4:20 0:43

[@hellokate75]

Portuguese I guess

[@ASamuel89]

to everyone who ask I'm Israeli

[@hellokate75]

@@ASamuel89 ok I was wrong, sorry :D

[@jausephry3080]

It's actually kinda sad to realise that 2010 was the only year Sweden ever failed to qualify while Sweden was also responsable for two top 5 entries of this year

[@MrJazzCat38]

Damn, I had no idea Italy 2012 was written by swedes.

[@orangebear280]

Same, it sounded so Italian lol

[@hellokate75]

Spain 2012 too

[@lauretta8458]

Me too

[@orangebear280]

@Rebecca Woolf well the song has completely Italian version...

[@henning1152]

Swedes dont only dominate in eurovision, but also in pop music in general. Max Martin among many others has made Sweden the country with most billboard placings per capita So i guess it has reached eurovision too

[@crsx1861]

We have to put restrictions on how many songs are written by a Swedes

[@mieroth]

@@crsx1861 Ultimately each country decides what song to represent them. It seems most countries care more about the act being local rather than the song. It's funny that in Melodifestivalen it's the other way around - the singers can be from anywhere but at least one of the song-writers needs to be Swedish. I think this is a good rule that could be implemented across Europe. But that's something different delegations need to decide, not the EBU. And the EBU absolutely can't restrict Swedish song-writers especially, LOL.

[@crsx1861]

@@mieroth I think Melodifestivalen should be abandoned in favor of an internal selection

[@newperspective5918]

@@crsx1861 That sounds stupid. I am sorry but Melodifestivalen has been a cultural phenomena dear to Swedes for the last 20 years. Removing Melodifestivalen in Sweden would be like removing the Super Bowl in the US. Most people in Sweden care more about Melodifestival than Eurovision so despite what the internet might tell you the average Swede just votes for their favourites no matter how Eurovision friendly they are. I think the only thing people in Sweden want to see changing is a higher diversity among the entries in the semifinals.

[@crsx1861]

@@newperspective5918 Then why can't you make Melodifestivalen an independent song contest, so that it doesn't decide the Eurovision entry

[@charmlove6162]

And not only in Eurovision, even Kpop and American songs are filled with songwriters from Sweden.

[@paklurganteng]

Also many Chinese songs also written by Swedish songwriter

[@konstantinossss]

Azerbaijan loves songs written by swedish... Almost every Azerbaijani entry has one.

[@dynamofanKyiv]

Please make top with songs written by Swedish composers that didn't qualify to the Grand final

[@melissa9905]

can we have the most successful Kirkorov/Kontopoulos songs next?

[@crsx1861]

There were only a handful of those entries to date

[@starrynight1657]

X My Heart and Sugar are great

[@mattiassollerman]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but Arcade cowriter Joel Sjöö is Swedish.

[@Asa...S]

Yes, I was expecting it to be there in the top, it must be one of the most successful ones. From 2019 are also Azerbaijan (8th place), Denmark (12th), Cyprus (13th) and Malta (14th) missing as far as I can tell. (Other songs by Swedish songwriters from that year, Estonia, Moldova and the UK wouldn´t be high enough on the ranking to be on that list)

[@cassi1010]

@@Asa...S the funny thing is that the uk song was written by John Lundvik!! Ps I actually liked uk’s entry from 2019😅

[@Asa...S]

@@cassi1010 Yeah, he sent both songs to Melodifestivalen originally. My favorite song written by John Lundvik is "When You Tell The World You're Mine" which he wrote with Jörgen Elofsson for our Crown Princess Victoria's wedding. It´s almost like a Disney song. Very cute and romantic. A bit cheesy, but cute. ( Video: Björn Skifs & Agnes - When You Tell The World You're Mine )

[@escestonia]

Just wanted to say I really enjoy your content in general. Literally so interesting and original af. Keep up the good work!

[@mittertag1864]

How about a list, that only entails songs, which weren't written, but only performed by the artists? Songs like Perfect Life for example. Don't actually know if there are enough songs, that fit this criteria, but who knows :-D

[@henning1152]

Its very common

[@kaW3_4]

Sweden Malta Azerbaijan :👁️👄👁️

[@12irissu14]

My favorites Walk on Water (Malta 2016) La La Love (Cyprus 2012) I've Waiting for This Night (Lithuania 2016) Dance You Off (Sweden 2018) Shine (Georgia 2010) If I were Sorry (Sweden 2016) Je Me Casse (Malta 2021) Voices (Sweden 2021) If Love Was A Crime (Bulgaria 2016) Skeltons (Azerbaijan 2017) You (Sweden 2013) When The Music Dies (Azerbaijan 2012) Bones (Bulgaria 2018) Drip Drop (Azerbaijan 2010) Birds (The Netherlands 2013) Growing up Is Getting Old (Bulgaria 2021) Higher Ground (Denmark 2018)

[@commentor3485]

Interesting note on 2012. Peter Borstrom wrote both Sweden's and Norway's entry that year. So he won and lost the final.

[@rsadsultanov3071]

Skeletons is our own song composed by Malikov. Only lyrics being written by Swedish does not mean it was composed by them

[@torillatavataan143]

Yeah but the title of the video is literally "Songs Written / Co-Written by Swedish Composers" so it's included

[@Asa...S]

Lyrics is a pretty huge part of making a song though. Without lyrics, it´s not much of a song. In addition, four of the people singing Skeleton on Eurovision was also Swedes.

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

Almost al of the entries are masterpieces or good pop songs. And then, theres Wolves of the Sea

[@paklurganteng]

Wolves of The Sea is good tho, if you don't enjoy the original version, there's metal cover version by Alestorm

[@nocturne7371]

In Eurovision the expression of "bying a song from Sweden" is a real thing!

[@ebbabbyby1]

Sweden is one of the biggest exports in music and has the biggest songwriter in the world, honestly why are y’all surprised

[@AB-tl6se]

Sweden knows how to win juries' hearts.

[@georgemylonas647]

Fortunately Swedish writers have written also for their own country🤣

[@mieroth]

There's a rule in Melodifestivalen that Swedish song-writers need to be involved in writing every entry to qualify. Few other broadcasters seem to have similar rules, and in general it seems more important that the singer is a local. Which I get, since they are who the audience sees, but out of every rule that gets copycatted from Melodifestivalen to Eurovision I think this would be one of the best ones. Foreign song-writers can be involved (especially since it's such an international business these days), but I think it would be nice to have a rule in place that at least one song-writer needs to be a citizen of the country in question. Could give newer (especially pop) song-writers a chance against the more established names.

[@azarazimov8538]

without Swedish composers Azerbaijan wont exist in Eurovision

[@nocturne7371]

I remember in 2011 when Azerbaijan won and Sweden came 3rd, the Swedish commentator said that it had to be Sweden's time to win soon because the Azerbani entry had Swedish songwriter, choreography, clothes designers and dancers (I don't know if that is all true btw). And in 2012 Loreen came entered the contest and the rest is history.

[@johnskamanis5349]

A video on highest scoring silver dresses ever might be good to continue the joke from this year.

[@kingofthesands]

This is why points are always thrown to Sweden from the juries, they need to owe them for all the songs they make...This is why i'm proud of my country being purely made of local writers

[@Asa...S]

Azerbaijan is one of the countries that has competed with Swedish songs the most. Let´s look at the jury scores from Azerbaijan to Sweden the years they competed with song co-written by Swedes, to see if your claim holds any truth, and is based on facts, or if you just made it up: 2019: 0 p from their jury to Sweden 2018: 0 p from their jury to Sweden 2017: 0 p from their jury to Sweden 2016: 0 p from their jury to Sweden No, it doesn´t seem at all they feel like they "owe" Sweden any points for the songs they made...

[@kingofthesands]

@@Asa...S Ok? this is literally just one country tho. You’ve seen how many other countries had to dickride Sweden because of they can’t keep their noses out of other countries’ songs

[@nice143]

0:14 1:42 1:03 Nooo those songs are in my favorites D:

[@Whatever-de9jb]

I love swedish composers but their songs are too safe. Like it's just pure crystal pop

[@Jontor11]

Exactly. Too safe, and it's like the songs are soulless.

[@johnkkin9230]

Not I feed you my love

[@Whatever-de9jb]

@@johnkkin9230 Oh yes that's totally true. I feed you my love is one of the most unique songs on Eurovision lately

[@dimidrugg9592]

@@Jontor11 I wouldn't call Bulgaria 2021 soulless.

[@dimidrugg9592]

@@Whatever-de9jb Couldn't agree more.

[@vincentesc]

But you can't deny that are great

[@Asa...S]

2022-2023: 2023 "Tattoo" (Loreen, Jimmy Jansson, Jimmy Thörnfeldt, Moa Carlebecker, Peter Boström and Thomas G:son are Swedish) "Queen of Kings" (Linda Dale is Swedish) "Solo" (Julia Sundberg and Maria Broberg are Swedish) "Break a Broken Heart" (Jimmy Jansson, Jimmy Thörnfeldt are Swedish) 2022 "Hold Me Closer" (Cornelia Jakobs, David Zandén and Isa Molin are Swedish) "Halo" (Rasmus Flyckt is Swedish) "Ela" (Geraldo Sandell and Viktor Svensson are Swedish) "Fade to Black" ( Andreas Stone and Anderz Wrethov are Swedish) "I am what I am" (Dino Medanhodzic is Bosnian-Swedish)

[@Asa...S]

2024 "The Code" (Linda Dale is Swedish) "Unforgettable" (Jimmy Thörnfeldt,Joy Deb, Linnea Deb are Swedish) "(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" (Kim Wennerström is Swedish) "We Will Rave" (Jimmy Thörnfeldt, Anderz Wrethov are Swedish)

[@Asa...S]

Ja Ja Ding Dong! Play it!!! Also written/co-written by Swedes. Just like most of songs in the Eurovision movie. I know. It has no place on this list. I just wanted to mention it.

[@Jontor11]

But all the songs in that movie sucks though...

[@_loss_]

käften

[@LenaleeLee]

Good video, though maybe it would have been better to make a more obvious difference between written and co-written since it seems people still get the idea that all these songs are mainly written by the Swedish person in the credits when that definitely is not always the case. As a Dutch person I know “Birds” is written by Anouk originally. She is a talented singer-songwriter herself. But Tore Johansson helped to compose it.

[@tobish4636]

What about top songs by % of points in Semi-Final 2004-2021?

[@ilovemcharts9992]

sweden’s like a factory for great pop music lol

[@Asa...S]

Yeah, check out the video " Top 50 Songs Written by Swedish Songwriters & Producers! (so far) " . It´s a bit old, from 2016, but there are a lot of well known hits there that a lot of people don´t know was written by Swedes.

[@ukrnika]

A conveyer

[@crsx1861]

For cheap pop songs

[@ilovemcharts9992]

@@crsx1861 there’s a reason cheap pop songs have done well on the charts worldwide tho

[@starrynight1657]

Some here are good, but most aren't.

[@sannev8407]

Wow i literally like them all except Azerbaijan 2017, Italy 2012, Ukraine 2014, Sweden 2016, Malta 2021 and Sweden 2014 well done Swedish musicians

[@crsx1861]

How can you like Sweden 2017

[@starrynight1657]

Skeletons is one of the more interesting ones, many here are very average.

[@rsadsultanov3071]

Skeletons was composed by Malikov Azerbaijani

[@ukrnika]

People, let's be honest: Eurovision becomes so boring because of so many Swedish songs. Celebrate, finally, diversity!

[@kepapathanas]

I’d love to see one of those, but about the “Dream Team”! Like Dimitris Kontopoulos, Fokas Evaggelinos, Philip Kirkorov etc.

[@starrynight1657]

What about top songs at least co-written by the singers.

[@gokbole]

Maybe you should’ve excluded entries from Sweden itself.

[@Copyrightbreaker22]

I wasn't expecting Sweden to have so many songs by Swedish composers...

[@mieroth]

Sweden has a rule in Melodifestivalen that songs entered must be co-written by at least one Swedish composer to be allowed to compete, so Swedish entries always have at least one Swedish composer involved (and in reality nearly always completely Swedish teams). They have no such rules about singers though, and as we've seen MF has included participants that aren't even Swedish residents. Some broadcasters seem to have the opposite rule - or at least have it as an unofficial rule - that they want the singer to be a local (resident or citizen), but it doesn't matter as much where the song composer is from... that's an interesting difference.

[@oyunaskieurovision]

Bulgaria and Azerbaijan... I'd choose their songwriters songs.

[@turtel65]

I don't know, Bulgarias Songs were pretty good since Swedish songwriters were involved in them

[@robbe.t.r.o]

Beginning of the Video: **East European Twerking**

[@alvdansen7172]

didn't a swede co-write Arcade the song that the netherlands won with in 2019?

[@Asa...S]

Yes, Joel Sjöö who co-wrote "Arcade" is Swedish.

[@96Natasja]

How have the Swedish songwritters written the Spanish and Italian songs on this list, I don't understand that

[@joelhenriksson06]

You mean the songs in other languages than Swedish and English? They could've written the music 🔥

[@Asa...S]

Is that really that hard to understand? In the case of the Italian one they sent the song in English to that manager of the artist, and the artist translated it into Italian. Thomas G:son who wrote "Quédate conmigo" has written 10 in Spanish that has competed in Misión Eurovisión (The Spanish selection show for Eurovision). It's also possible for Swedes to learn Spanish and Italian. They can also co-write the song with someone who speaks those language, who translate the song.

[@creepsgamingcraft6223]

Do songs that are written by Dutch composers

[@Baku-dj3wd]

You have forgotten "Bigger than us"

[@Asa...S]

No, he didn´t. This isn´t _all_ Songs Written / Co-Written by Swedish Composers. It´s just the most successful ones, the top 40. Notice the one that is on 40th place. It came 17th. "Bigger Than US" wouldn´t be able to be on the top 40, since it came 26th. Perhaps it would make it into a top 100 or something like that.

[@naewsqrg]

L'amore è femmina was definitely not composed by a Swede: the Italian verion came out earlier than the Eurovision one and was totally in Italian. So, no way a Swede composed it... Maybe the english lyrics were set up by a Swede, but composition is another thing.

[@Asa...S]

Just because the version in Italian came out earlier doesn´t mean that there were no Swedes composing it. It just means that the Italians artist chose to translate it to Italian and release that version first. "Maybe the english lyrics were set up by a Swede, but composition is another thing." It was the other way around, the Italian lyrics was written by an Italian, the artist herself, after she was sent the song in English, composed by Christian Rabb, Kristoffer Sjökvist, Frida Molander who are Swedish and Charlie Mason who is American. Wikipedia: "The song was originally written in English by Christian Rabb, Kristoffer Sjökvist, Frida Molander and Charlie Mason. A demo of the song was later sent to Zilli's manager, Fabrizio Giannini. After hearing the song, Zilli translated the lyrics in Italian and recorded it with the title "L'amore è femmina"."

[@naewsqrg]

@@Asa...S Yes, you are right. I didn't know.

[@ebbabbyby1]

And these are only a few

[@opi7488]

Me for literally every music beyond top 20 : It was sure !!

[@johnkkin9230]

Wait ..heroes better than euphoria?

[@charmlove6162]

Swedes should be proud. These countries rely you guys to have a good song to perform.

[@Егор-ъ1ш4о]

I hate Swedish composers. They write a typical Europop, rarely something interesting comes from them. They turned Eurovision into the assembly line. Don't you want to bother with the song? Buy a song from the Swedes. They write them on a regular basis and try to sell them every year. Every year one can hear "This song was wanted to be sent from (any country) or (any country), but it was bought by (any country). Respect for the countries that attract their composers to write songs.

[@Егор-ъ1ш4о]

I didn't mean to offend the Swedes or anything like that. Yes, and I will not lie, I like many songs from Swedish composers, the only drawback is that they do not stand out in anything and are similar in style.

[@Wailmur]

Excuse me?

[@Asa...S]

Seems a bit extreme to HATE someone for being successful and creating someting someone else wants to buy.

[@axsos]

@@Asa...S music is not a product. It is art.

[@Asa...S]

@@axsos Yeah, and you can create it and sell it. You know that people sell art, right? I didn´t say "product", I said "something". But if it annoyed you so much, I'll change it: "Seems a bit extreme to HATE someone for being successful and creating _art_ someone else wants to buy." Happy now?

[@frenchhufflepuffie83]

Gosh, can't you guys just let people of YOUR country compose your song?? I'm sorry, I'm French and I know that many singers there are many singers-songwriters there, as you might have noticed in the recent Eurovision song contests, and I tend to prefer when the singer participated enough so that the song can be authentic

[@frenchhufflepuffie83]

(Also yeah people from small countries like Malta, Cyprus and San Marino have a joker, but they could at least take composers from their diaspora or neighbouring countries, or countries whose culture is close...

[@camsssr4035]

Mon alliée from Tom Leeb

[@Asa...S]

It never competed in Eurovision, since it was in 2020. And even if it did, I doubt it would have been in the top.

[@camsssr4035]

@@Asa...S I agree. Maybe one of the worst French songs

[@Asa...S]

@@camsssr4035 So why did you leave a comment that it should´ve been in the top..?

[@camsssr4035]

@@Asa...S where? I didn't say that. I said Mon alliée was written by a Swedish, John Lundvik, and that maybe it would have finished in the last places

[@youraveragelanadelreystan]

as a Sweden in Eurovision hater, I hate the fact I love some songs here xd

[@alvdansen7172]

Why you hating on Sweden in Eurovision?

[@autumn3686]

You have to admit, swedes can write songs, but not when they send one themselves. 💀

[@viggodannstedt5885]

We are one of the best countries in the contest ever

[@pontus7153]

6 wins. What were you saying again?

[@autumn3686]

@@pontus7153 I mean in the recent years. They've had many annoyingly overrated songs in between though, not talking about the winners.

[@starrynight1657]

You was the last good one, before that Hero.

[@panagoun5772]

Azerbaijan you smart

[@felix01575]

Every country should write their own song, not buy songs from songwriters

[@Elena-ij5gy]

Am I the only one who thinks Sweden deserves an award or smf loll loll??

[@robinwrld0]

we just got the best songwriters that’s all 😅

[@Sara-fd3dd]

You have the most productive songwriters*

[@robinwrld0]

@@Sara-fd3dd and the best ones

[@robinwrld0]

@@Sara-fd3dd Sweden is called the capital of music for a reason. also we even made bluetooth and spotify lol

[@Sara-fd3dd]

@@robinwrld0 "Most productive" does not mean the best. The best are those who write beautiful lyrics, with a particularly ingenious message and rhymes. Of these 40 songs, maybe 1 or 2 have nice lyrics. Sweden the capital of music? Since when? For the past 10 years, perhaps. Apart from ABBA, how many internationally recognized Swedish musicians are there? The fact that Spotify was invented there does not mean anything: it is an app, which means that you have good technologies, not that you are the capital of music. Incidentally, all the texts that are brought from Sweden to Eurovision are in English. You simply have famous and recognized songwriters throughout Europe who write lyrics for Eurovision songs from other countries.

[@jakemason5462]

@@Sara-fd3dd yeah produce some junk too😂 just watch Melfest

[@ionbalan7425]

It wasn't necessary to put here Sweden

[@escpikayohann4760]

I usually don't trust songs made by swede artists Especially because of our trashy entry from 2020 + UK 2019

[@Jontor11]

The only ones that I like is 'She got me', 'I feed you my love' and 'Fuego'. Swedish music is sooo overrated imo.

[@ebbabbyby1]

Then maybe you just don’t like Eurovision 😭

[@giovanniscg8540]

Such boring the presence of literally every Azeri entry. They feel like ashamed of their authors🙄

[@nikialtman8335]

No, it's because they are the best in pop songs. This is the reason

[@giovanniscg8540]

@@nikialtman8335 mmmm no, they are not since almost every Azeri entry isn't even Azeri, is just a Swedish rejected song from Melodifestivalen bought for the occasion for Azerbaijan

[@lucaswallo8127]

Unfair