"Burnin'" is a 1997 song by Anders Melander first released by Swedish music group Cue. The song was awarded a Grammis for "Song of the year 1997" (Swedish: Årets låt 1997), which was the first time a song performed in another language than Swedish won this award. The song was featured on the band's self-titled album which was released in 2000.

"Burnin'"
Single by Cue
A-side"Burnin'"
Released1997
Genrepop
Songwriter(s)Anders Melander
Cue singles chronology
"Burnin'"
(1997)
"Crazy"
(2000)

French Canadian singer Garou covered the song for his 2008 album Piece of My Soul.

History

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Anders Melander was a composer working for the Swedish TV and a theatre director at Angeredsteatern. He was also much earlier a member in the progg band Nationalteatern. Niklas Hjulström on the other hand was an actor. The two had cooperated before working on a song and Anders knew Hjulström was a skilled singer. So when Anders needed a singer to sing "Burnin'", a song composed by him for the Swedish TV series Glappet, he asked Hjulström and they formed together a band called Cue.

Although not strictly intended for release as a hit, just usage for the TV series, the song gained popularity and upon release as the first single for Cue, it hit the Swedish charts at #1 for 4 weeks (14 November to 12 December 1997. It eventually sold 90,000 copies making it one of the most successful singles in the 1990s in Sweden.[1] It also reached #4 in Norway and #9 in Finland.

Chart performance

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[7] Gold  
Sweden (GLF)[8] 3× Platinum 90,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Rate Your Music page on Cue
  2. ^ Finnishcharts - Burnin'
  3. ^ "Íslenski Listinn NR. 257 vikuna 29.1. - 5.2. 1998". Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ^ Norwegiancharts - Burnin'
  5. ^ Swedishcharts - Burnin' Archived 12 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Årslista Singlar – År 1997" (in Swedish). Hitlistan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  7. ^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 20 March 2024.