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Blinkar blå

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A-side
  
"Blinkar blå"

Released
  
November/December 1981

Genre
  
synthpop

B-side
  
"Rum för dig"

Format
  
7" single

Length
  
4.34 + 4.20

"Blinkar blå" ("Flashing Blue") was the breakthrough single for the Swedish synthpop band Adolphson-Falk when it was played in the Swedish radio show Eldorado in 1981. The single was their first synth-single (with Greg FitzPatrick controlling the synths).

Contents

Original release 1981

"Blinkar blå" was recorded on 4–5 November 1981 in Riksradions studio 7 in Stockholm. "Rum för dig" was an older acoustic song recorded in 1980 in KMH Studio.

Track listing

  • "Blinkar blå" 4.34
  • "Rum för dig" 4.20

    • English version

    The song was released in 1982 in an English version, "Flashing Blue".

    Track listing

  • "Flashing Blue"
  • "Astronaut"

    • Re-release

    In 2006 an acoustic version of "Blinkar blå" was released.

    References

    Blinkar blå Wikipedia
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