TITLE / LYRICS | LISTEN | RECORDED BY | AUTHOR | COMMENT |
12, West 44th Street | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Ok,
this is the address of a cheap hotel in New York. I spent a night here
and promised never to return. I used it as a title 'cause it sounded
cool. The room number used to be 208 (like the frequency of Radio
Luxemburg) but was changed at the last minute. |
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747 for New York | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | We
had an argument about the lyrics: It used to say "50000 feet off the
ground". I also had to remove the line "heading for the speed of sound"
as Dougie said it was bad English....he replaced it with "feeling like
I'm heaven bound". Well.... |
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Adios, My Belle | | | Caj Högberg | In the 70's everybody made their own Eviva Espana - this is mine..... |
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Adios, My Belle - Swedish | | | Caj Högberg | In the 70's everybody made their own Eviva Espana - this is mine..... |
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Aha Uhu Mhm | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | This was during my Eddie Rabbit period. I liked his "I Love a rainy night" and did something similar |
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Another Night | | | Caj Högberg | It's about a friend of my wife's. She used to hang out quite a lot and I was asked to write a song about her. |
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Are You Old Enough | | | Caj Högberg | Wrote this one for Jerry. He never called back. I suppose he has more important things to do than recording hits... |
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Baby Doll | | | Högberg-Lawton | Dougie
got a request from Lasse Svensson, who needed a song for his wife, who
was doing quite well in Germany. The song was to be named Baby Doll. |
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Baby Doll - Alternative | | | Högberg-Lawton | Dougie
got a request from Lasse Svensson, who needed a song for his wife, who
was doing quite well in Germany. The song was to be named Baby Doll. |
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Bareback rider | | | Högberg-Lawton | Dougie sent me the words after I had left the band. I made this devious music for them to figure out... |
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Beautiful and Only 17 | | Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | I
wrote this for the Roadwork album. We had just been to LA for holidays
and all these names like Barney's Beanery, Sunset and Malibu called for a
fictious story about a young girl getting lost in the business. |
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Big Bad Wolf | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Caj Högberg | Just
a couple of days before we went to Rockfield to record "I can jive" I
made this demo that was initially called "Instant Death". I pictured it
as making instant coffee: "Stir it into water, pump it in your arm".
Don't really know anything about the stuff, it was just an idea for a
song. The Instant Death thing got confusing so I changed it into Big Bad
Wolf at the last moment. |
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Billy Jean, Charlie Brown & Suzie Q | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork, Pippis, Rolandz | Högberg-Lawton | Dougie wrote the lyrics and I put music to it. The way it should be. Good one! |
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Born Again | | | Högberg-Reilly | William Reilly and I pulled some rabbits out of his head. This is one. |
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Burn Out | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork, Rockfolket | Högberg-Lawton | We
were talking about racing and Jerry mentioned burn-outs. Dougie came up
with words and I finished it including the "B-B-B-Burn" Out bit. We
invented a funny groove in the studio combining a basic rhythm with a
"Memphis" guitar line. |
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Bättre Sent Än Aldrig | | Tonix, Thor-Erics | Högberg-Lawton | These are my Swedish lyrics for "Leaving On The First Train". It was a quick job just to get it recorded by a dance band. |
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Can't Make It Without You | | Björn Skifs, Lill-Babs, Svenne & Lotta | Högberg-Lawton | I
played the original demo for Skifs in the car. He flipped and it was
recorded a couple of weeks later. I played the bass and Palmers
produced. They wrote Swedish lyrics for it: "Jag Blundar och Drömmer". I
never liked the English verses. Time to make a new version? Come on,
Dougie! |
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Can't Stand All That Jazz | | | Caj Högberg | I
wrote this when I was living in Ireland around 1992. Good idea for a
song. I had this terrible sax-jazz-loop running on the demo. Can't stand
the stuff. |
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Captain | | | Gessle-Högberg | My English lyrics for a Swedish Per Gessle song. I liked it but it was never recorded. This was pre-roxette, of course. |
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Cold In The Night | | | Caj Högberg | My idea of a soul ballad. When will we see Luther Vandross doing it? |
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Cold In The Night - Alternative | | | Caj Högberg | My idea of a soul ballad. When will we see Luther Vandross doing it? |
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Cold Winds Are Blowin' | | Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | I wrote this for the Roadwork album. It was during a bad time of my life. |
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Den Gamla Tiden | | | Caj Högberg | Another try for the Eurovision. Didn't pass the audition. |
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Dependent Lover | | | Caj Högberg | Neil Sedaka Forever. I have numerous demos of this. They're all missing something, don't know what. Ideas? |
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Dependent Lover -alternative | | | Caj Högberg | Neil Sedaka Forever. I have numerous demos of this. They're all missing something, don't know what. Ideas? |
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Det brinner inom mig | | Pippis | Caj Högberg | The Swedish version of "You're Not In Love". I always liked this song. |
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Det är mamma som bestämmer | | Growing Girls, Anita Skorgan, Annyca Hagberg | Högberg-Lawton | Swedish
lyrics for "Mother Wouldn't Let Me". Recorded by Anita Skorgan. It used
to contain a line about being rich and a millionaire that we had to
change for some reason.... |
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Diddle I | | Shakin Stevens | Högberg-Lawton | aka Without You |
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Doktor Kärlek | | | Caj Högberg | Done for the Eurovision Song Contest. Nobody like it. |
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Don't Ever Let A Good Thing Down | | Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Wow, these were bad days of my life! Brought out all the sad songs I had inside. This is my Eagles ballad. |
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Dunka Till | | | Caj Högberg | Wrote this during my time with the Beatmakers. we played it live every night. |
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Då Vill Jag Drömma Mig Bort | | | Högberg-Palmers | Co-written by Bengt Palmers. We recorded the demo in my apartment in Stockholm. It was meant for Elisabeth Andreasson. |
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En Gammal Evergreen | | | Caj Högberg | Swedish words for Oldfashioned Melodies, written for Lill-Babs. She didn't like them. |
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Feel It | | | Caj Högberg | Old song from the sixties. What is it all about? Don't have a clue. |
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Feel It - Alternative | | | Caj Högberg | Old song from the sixties. What is it all about? Don't have a clue. |
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For His Lady Dear | | | Högberg-Lawton | Very English medieval words from Dougie, mixed with my Steely Danish music. |
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Frihetsgudinna | | | Caj Högberg | Political statement at last. Written for Annelie Rydé who wanted to do completely different material.... |
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Ge Mig En Man | | | Caj Högberg | This is obviously meant to be sung by a female singer..... |
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Ghostwriter | | | Caj Högberg | Hank B. Marvin for president |
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Gimme Love | | | Caj Högberg | Actually
a very old song, probably from the sixties, that I recorded with an 8
track Fostex and some cheap synths around 1981. Phil Collins - eat your
heart out! |
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He Died From a Broken Heart | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Another
one I wrote for Roadwork. I needed four lines that Dougie supplied. One
was "His face was always void of expression" - Try to say that quickly! |
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Heading For The Road Again | | Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | We needed something heavy for the Roadwork album. I came up with this over night. Dougie put some words to it and - done. |
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Hej Okej | | Beatmakers med Boris | Caj Högberg | This was written for an album with Boris & Beatmakers for CBS. It never made it to the charts. |
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Hey Kate | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Dougie wrote the lyrics - I supplied the music. Period. |
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Hollywood | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | This
is Dougie dreaming about a career in Hollywood. We made the demo in
Decibel Upstairs and it ended up on the "No creases" album for some
reason...Dream on. |
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Hooked On You | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | I
wanted to do a good Elvis number. Told Dougie I wanted a story like the
one in "HighClassed" by Hollies. You know, like: "you drink champagne -
I drink cheap wine, you're rich - I'm poor." |
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Hot Rock'n'roll Band | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Moon Martin was a hero at the time. We actually made a video of this. Terrible stuff - I hope I never get to see it again! |
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How did you do it? - Alternative | | | Caj Högberg | This is me in the eighties trying to figure out new chords and lines. I got lost in this world for quite a while. |
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How did you do it? | | | Caj Högberg | This is me in the eighties trying to figure out new chords and lines. I got lost in this world for quite a while. |
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I Cane See Your Face | | | Högberg | Old demo from my teenage room |
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I Came For Love | | Janne Önnerud & Co | Högberg-Lawton | It's about an old girlfriend that moved to Paris. Dougie wrote the words to this "Ti Amo" carbon copy |
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I Came For Love - Alternative | | Janne Önnerud & Co | Högberg-Lawton | It's about an old girlfriend that moved to Paris. Dougie wrote the words to this "Ti Amo" carbon copy |
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I Can Jive | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork, Flamingokvintetten etc. | Högberg-Lawton | The
greatest hit of all times for Jerry. We actually played this live for a
year before it was recorded. We tried to cut it in Polar Studios with
Michael B Tretow (great guy!), but there was something missing
feelingwise, so we ended up in Rockfield in Wales again. |
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I Can't Go On Livin' Without You | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Jerry
wanted a screaming ballad for an album. I wrote this for my wife. You
can hear Tom Jones singing Delilah if you really try.... |
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I mina ögon | | Svenska Lyxorkestern & Niklas Strömstedt | Högberg-Larson-Larson | A song that they forgot to write in the sixties. Brilliant stuff! |
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I need you | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Doo-wop for the seventies. We recorded the actual track at Rockfield studios in Wales for the "I Can Jive" album |
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I Wanna Be With You | | | Caj Högberg | Love song for my wife. |
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I Wanna Be With You - Alternative | | | Caj Högberg | Love song for my wife. |
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I Was Right, She Was Wrong | | Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | A paper referred to this as a discussion about rape? I never though about the words, as long as they were rhyming. |
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I'm a rock'n'roller (Yes I am) | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | One
of the weakest spots of the "I can jive" album. We beefed it up with
background vocals but it didn't help much. The title was a cut-and-paste
from all the Gary Glitter songs. |
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Is there something I should know? | | | Caj Högberg | I
found this demo as I was going through the archives for this Internet
project. It's actually very good! Hall and Oates wouldn't mind? |
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It's Never Too Late | | | Högberg-Lundblad | Me and Peter Lundblad wrote this a sunny day at home - stll waiting for a recording |
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Jag Ger Mig | | | Caj Högberg | Yet another entry for the Eurovision that didn't make it. I always liked this. |
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Jag Vill Aldrig Vakna | | | Högberg-Lawton | My original Swedish lyrics for Can't Make It without You, also known as Jag Blundar Och Drömmer. I like them.... |
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Jag vill bara va' med dig | | Svenska Lyxorkestern & Bengt Jansson | Caj Högberg | Song for my wife. Gilbert O'Sullivan should do it in English! |
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Jennifer | | | Caj Högberg | One of my first songs written to my teenage girlfriend Mick. |
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Lazy Summer | | | Högberg-Lawton | We tried to do something like 10cc on this demo. We recorded lots of songs this day in history at the old Decibel Upstairs. |
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Leaving On The First Train | | | Högberg-Lawton | Got
the lyrics off Dougie and finished the music on one single night. We
used to call each other on the phone and play the results. |
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Lifetime Love | | | Caj Högberg | I was thinking about Bryan Adams doing this. Can you spot him? |
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Lonely People Cry | | | Caj Högberg | I
had just bought a synthesizer, can't think of the model. Yamaha
something. Have to check that out. Mono synth. This was pre-MIDI of
course. I triggered a lot of effects, one by one and added some Jeff
Lynne/Roy Wood vocals...... |
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Lotta Love | | | Högberg-Lawton | Another 92 reunion try from me and Dougie. Have to do a re-make of this demo.... |
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Love Hole | | | Caj Högberg | John
Hiatt was my favourite at the time. This could be one of the songs on
his "Overcoats" album. I actually sent the demo to him. He never
replied. |
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Makin' Love To You | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | We
wrote this to have something that we could use live on stage and go on
vamping forever. I suggested the line about "Maybelline was a cow" after
watching a documentary on Chuck Berry. |
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Mary Anne | | | Högberg-Lawton | This is actually a great ballad that noone really bothered to listen to. |
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Maria Maria Maria | | | Caj Högberg | One of my first songs written to my teenage girlfriend Mick. |
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Mary Mary (Once isn't enough) | | Tom, Dick & Harry | Caj Högberg | Haha,
I wrote this for Tom, Dick and Harry, a band consisting of only two
members: Me and Leif Larson. I used a composer-alias for this: "Caj
Roder", as suggested by Skogis |
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Mitt Hjärta Blöder | | | Caj Högberg | Swedish lyrics for "How Did You Do It". I had Mats Ronander in my mind while writing them. Never told him..... |
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Mother Wouldn't Let Me | | | Högberg-Lawton | The
music came one night and I was sure it must have been an old song. I
asked people I knew but nobody had heard it before. Strange
stuff....Good lyrics by Dougie. |
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NaNaNaNaNaNaNa | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | This
was based on the chanting people started at our concerts. After adding
some Sweet drums it became the opening track on the No Creases album. |
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Nancy Nancy | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | This is about a dancer that I met once. |
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Not For The First Time | | | Högberg-Reilly | William goes rock'n'roll. |
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Oh Lady | | Annyca Hagberg | Högberg-Lawton | I
always pictured Frank Sinatra doing this in a big band style, you know
like Lady Is A Tramp. Lasse Wellander popped into Decibel Studios and we
asked him if he wanted to play a guitar solo on the demo, and he sure
did.... |
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Oldfashioned Melodies | | | Högberg-Lawton | Engelbert Humperdinck or someone should do this and have a big hit in Vegas. Dougie wrote the verses for this. |
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Please Send Me A Letter | | | Caj Högberg | One of my first songs written to my teenage girlfriend Mick. |
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Pyromaniac | | | Gessle-Högberg | Per
Gessle was sending demos to USA and needed English lyrics. I was asked
to help and this is one of the songs. Can't remember the original title
in Swedish, "Galning" was it?. |
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Queen of The Night | | Svenne & Lotta | Högberg-Lawton | Disco, BeeGees and flourecent lights! |
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Queen of The River | | | Högberg-Lawton | This
was recorded at Decibel, but got
lost in all the overdubs and sound effects.
Could be a good song if you re-record it. Anyone? No? |
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Queen of The River -alternative | | | Högberg-Lawton | This
was recorded at Decibel, but got
lost in all the overdubs and sound effects.
Could be a good song if you re-record it. Anyone? No? |
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Rock me, Roll Me | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Sonet
provided me with a bunch of albums from Sun Records. I came out with
this song in the line of Carl Mann, Carl Perkins and the rest. Dougie
wrote the words |
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Rock'n'Roll Music Time | | Roadwork, Schytts, Lonzo | Högberg-Lawton | One of the few funny happy songs of the Roadwork album. Dougie performed it playback on his wife's TV show. |
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Rocka som en Rocka | | | Caj Högberg | I sent this to Lasse Åberg of Electric Banana Band, but they were not recording at the time. |
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Rockabilly Willy & the Dang-a-Lang Band | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Another
song that came out of my diving into old Sun records. Dougie came up
with good lyrics! If you look at the cover of the "I can jive" album,
the name of the band is on the bass drum. |
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Rolls Royce | | Svenne & Lotta | Högberg-Lawton | We'd
just got a deal with Sweden Music and we were convinced our songs would
sweap the Atlantic. They didn't. This was an ABBA rip-off. |
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RoseMary | | | Caj Högberg | Nice one. Me, playing live drums in my apartment in Stockholm. Where would I be without Paul Mccartney and Gilbert O'sullivan? Wrote the song trying to reunite with my first girlfriend Mick. |
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Running I'm Running | | | Caj Högberg | This one's about my wife, who is constantly late for buses, meetings, dinners, you name it. |
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Rör mig (Du är allt jag vill ha) | | | Caj Högberg | I
bet you this one will be recorded before the turn of the millenium. Any
takers?? Well, it's too late now and I lost the bet anyway... |
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Say Goodbye to Johnny | | | Caj Högberg | Kim Fowley called me from a limo in LA, playing this demo. He wrote new lyrics "Dancing With A Stranger". It never happened. |
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Scandinavian Dynamite | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Found
the title in a dictionary. It's supposed to mean Swedish snuff. Never
heard the expression before. We wrote a song for Jerry anyway. |
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Schoolyard | | Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | This one ended up on the Roadwork album. |
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Serving Time | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | We
brought the lyrics for this to Rockfield and I figured out how to
record it in the easy chair in front of the fire. The drums were
actually put down to tape from the toilet with all the lights out
because of the humming sound. Peder, our drummer, had a candle and a
snare drum in there. Amazing! |
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She | | | Högberg-Lawton | This is all about Dougie's wife, he told me. I played slap bass for the first time on this demo. |
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She's Crying On The Phone | | | Caj Högberg | Wrote this one for my wife when we were calling each other long distance |
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She's Too Much For You | | Bortalaget | Högberg-Lawton | A
re-union with Dougie in 1992. I lived in Ireland and sent him a DAT
with the background to finish vocals and mixing in Stockholm. It was for
a duet between Jerry and Shakin Stevens that never occured. |
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Shot Down In Action | | | Högberg-Palmers | Me
and Palmers wanted to write something for Frida of ABBA who was
recording a solo album with Phil Collins. There was actually a
documentary on TV about the making of the album, and all through it they
were playing this song. Of course, it didn't make it all the way..... |
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Sixteen And Ready | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Caj Högberg | Song
for an ex-girlfriend. Nick Lowe was hip at the time. I did this for a
Jerry Williams album. Got he idea for the words from "She's Leaving
Home" |
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Sommar För Mig | | Birgitta Wollgård | Högberg-Lawton | Swedish words for Wait Till Tomorrow. Quick job for a sick brain. |
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Stay 'Til The Morning Light | | Tommy Nilsson | Högberg-Palmers | Me and Palmers doing a contemporary ballad. Great stuff, and Tommy Nilsson's recording is superb. Bengt made the demo. |
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Stop Me When I'm Falling | | | Högberg-Reilly | Another good one from William's head. |
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Sweet Caroline | | | Högberg-Lawton | Högberg-Lawton finally strikes again! |
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Sweet Inspiration | | | Caj Högberg | One
of the old seventies numbers I don't have much relation to. I remember
the middle bits were inspired by "It's In her Kiss" or "shoop Shoop
Song". |
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Syster Karin | | | Caj Högberg | This was actually written for Sune Mangs. He never heard it..... |
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Ta mig hem till Gamla Stan | | Polarna | Caj Högberg | I
was just sitting at the keyboard of a Yamaha CX-5 computer and started
the Auto-rhythm. Wrote the melody and words *real* fast. I haven't got a
clue where "....Gamla Stan igen Där finns Ann-Marie och kärleken..."
came from. Out of the blue. People keep asking me "who is Ann-Marie?". |
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Take A Ride | | | Caj Högberg | I played this for Swinging Blue Jeans in my apartment. They liked it. Nice guys. Hi Ray! |
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Take Me Back | | | Högberg-Lawton | Me
and Dougie doing ABBA. This is the song that gave us a publishing
contract with Sweden Music. We got 50 pounds each for signing that line.
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Talk To Me | | | Högberg-Palmers | Me and Palmers. Recorded in my apartment on a Portastudio. We never finished the lyrics on this. |
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That'll Be All | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Us
doing Status Quo. This is actually a better song than I Can Jive, but
noone ever realized that, because of the poor recording quality. |
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That's The Day | | | Högberg-Lawton | Got the lyrics off Dougie and put this one together, inspired by Stevie Wonder at his worst. |
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That's Why we Keep Fallin' In Love | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | I
made this demo playing drums on my knees singing a capella in front of
the radio recorder in the kitchen. You can hear the traffic outside. |
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The Echoes of My Mind | | | Caj Högberg | Wrote
the lyrics in my head while driving the van on tour between Umeå and
Sundsvall. This was actually the day I quit the band Roadwork. |
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The Little Things You Do | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | A ballad for Jerry. I played the acoustic guitar on the record, and me and Dougie added Jordanaires background vocals. |
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The Little Things You Do - Alternative | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | A ballad for Jerry. I played the acoustic guitar on the record, and me and Dougie added Jordanaires background vocals. |
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The Man in the Gabardine Suit | | | Caj Högberg | Music publishing in a song. The music demo got lost. |
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The Mirror | | | Caj Högberg | Kraftwerk has nothing on this. Bad times.... |
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There's A Guy on the corner | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Dougie wrote this. There's a guy down at the chip shop looks just like Elvis? |
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There's something 'bout you girl that I like (I just can't put my finger on it) | | Diggy Tal & Numbers, Robbie Rae | Caj Högberg | This
is such a funny song. I actually think I saw this joke in Playboy ages
ago, and used for an idea of a song. the talking bit came off "Flash In
The Pan" who always used this phone-voice. |
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Those Eyes | | | Caj Högberg | For my wife, written on her birthday without knowing it. |
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Touch | | | Högberg-Palmers | Me and Palmers. My oroginal demo. There is two other versions recorded at EMI studios. One of them is a funky version with Elisabeth Andreasson singing.. |
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Two Renegades | | | Högberg-Lawton | We recorded this demo upstairs at Decibel studio. Cool place, is it still around? |
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Utan Dig | | | Högberg-Lawton | Quick and dirty Swedish words for "Without You". |
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Vi kompletterar Varann | | | Caj Högberg | This is one of those "you'll do this, I'll do that - and together we'll do better"-songs. Any dance-bands around these days? |
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Wait Till Tomorrow | | | Högberg-Lawton | Beg
Steal and Borrow was the original title off Dougies lyric sheet. We
recorded this demo on our own, Dougie playing drums in OAL studio. |
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Walls Come Tumblin' Down | | | Caj Högberg | I had just moved to Ireland when the Berlin Wall came down. This was also in the deep days of recession. Hence the lyrics! |
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Will You Still Love Me In The Morning | | | Caj Högberg | OK, this demo is speeded up to emulate a girl singing. The idea is a mixture between Carol King and Fleetwood Mac. |
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Without You | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork, Shakin Stevens | Högberg-Lawton | Wrote
this one for my wife. Dougie and I had a "Lennon-McCartney"
relationship at the time, so he's also named as a composer, but he was
never involved. |
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Wo-Bop Baby | | Jerry Williams & Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | This one is all Dougie. Good one! |
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Won't you tell me what you see | | | Högberg-Lawton | Me and dougie - long forgotten gem |
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Wonderland | | | Högberg-Lawton | My original demo. There is another demo recorded at Decibel. |
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Wonderland -Decibel | | | Högberg-Lawton | Demo recorded at Decibel. |
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You're A Big Boy Now | | Roadwork | Högberg-Lawton | Roadwork doing the Who. Dougie wrote the words. |
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You're Not In Love | | | Caj Högberg | This is me doing Shakin Stevens. He wasn't interested... |
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Yours Ever | | Roadwork | Caj Högberg | I wrote this for the Roadwork album. I had big problems trying to sing it. We finally double-tracked it to have it finished. |
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