A-side "Varning på stan" Format grammophone record "Varning på stan"(1977) "Jag skiter" (1977) | Released 1977 Genre punk, rock | |
Varning på stan is a song written by Magnus Uggla and recorded by himself on the album Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt in 1977. He also recorded the song with lyrics in English by Colin Griffin, as "Hit the Girls on the Run".
The single peaked at second position at the Swedish singles chart.
When played in radio, Sveriges Radio were reported to Radionämnden when some listeners considered the song lyrics being too vulgar and sexist. The English language-version was used in the 1978 film En vandring i solen, and the Swedish language original version was used in the 1997 film Adam & Eva.
In 1990, Asta Kask covered the song on live album Sista dansen.
Magnus Uggla has later reused lyrical references to the song in others of his songs, like "Stockholms heta nätter" from Där jag är e're alltid bäst in the year 2000 and "Varning på stan enligt Bellman" from Den tatuerade generationen (2004).
Magnus Uggla stated that the song was an honest description of the lives of many young guys, but many parents became upset and during evenings, the topic was taken to TV debates.