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A-side
  
"Dover–Calais"

Released
  
1986

Genre
  
pop, schlager

B-side
  
"Camera Action"

Format
  
gramophone record

Label
  
Alpha

Dover–Calais

"Dover–Calais" is a ballad song written by Tommy Ekman and Christer Sandelin, and originally performed by Style on 22 March 1986 at Melodifestivalen where the song ended up third.

The song lyrics describe a love meeting between two people on board a ferryboat moving across the English Channel between the UK and France in a pre-"Chunnel" era.

The song topped the Swedish singles chart, and peaked at 6th position in Norway. At Svensktoppen the song stayed for 18 weeks between the period of 13 April–29 June 1986, topping the chart during the seven first weeks.

On 29 March 1986 the song also entered Trackslistan, reaching the first position on 5 April that year.

Recordings

  • In 1986 Gothenburg band Di få under bordi recorded the song Domus–Paleys. The title refers to the Evas Paley cafe and the Domus Avenyn.
  • In Ernst-Hugo Järegård cited the lyrics in the radio program Eldorado, accompanied by music. This version became aviable on the 1987 compilation album Eldorado. Äventyret fortsätter....
  • References

    Dover–Calais Wikipedia