"Curly Sue" is a song by the Swedish rock band Takida and was the second single released from their second album, Bury the Lies. The song was released as a single on 10 October 2007. The song was co-produced by Takida and Patrik Frisk at Sidelake Studios in Sundsvall, Sweden.
| "Curly Sue" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Takida | ||||
| from the album Bury The Lies | ||||
| Released | 10 October 2007 (swe) | |||
| Recorded | February–April 2007 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:53 | |||
| Label | Ninetone Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Patrik Frisk, Mattias Larsson, Fredrik Pålsson, Robert Petterson, Kristoffer Söderström, Tomas Wallin | |||
| Producer(s) | Patrik Frisk, Takida | |||
| Takida singles chronology | ||||
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Reception
editThe track received varied reviews from the press. Örnsköldsviks Allehanda called the song "one of the albums low water marks" and "plain".[1]
Chart performance
editAccording to IFPI it went gold in Sweden in May 2009.[2]
The song entered the Swedish Top 60 at fifty-two on 4 October 2007 and peaked at number one on 24 July 2008. All and all it spent a total of 63 weeks on the chart[3] which makes it the longest-running single ever on the chart, and puts the single as #1 of the Top 100 of all Singles in the Swedish charts since 1975.[4]
The band also had a huge success with the song on the Tracks chart. The song entered the chart at spot twenty on 20 October 2007 and had climbed to number one ten weeks later, a spot that it held for ten weeks. It spent 50 weeks and over a year on the chart and was the most successful song of 2008.[5] As of 21 June 2009 it holds the longevity record on the chart as well.[6]
The song had a huge success on Svensktoppen where it entered the chart on the second of February 2008, later on peaking at number two and spending a total of 54 weeks on the chart. Making it the ninth longest-running single there.[7]
Charts
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Sweden (GLF)[10] | Gold | 10,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ "Okonstlad och publikfriande postgrunge". Örnsköldsviks Allehanda. 23 May 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Guld och Platina-certifikat - Ifpi" (PDF). IFPI. www.ifpi.se/. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Takida - Curly Sue (Song)". Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. swedishcharts.com/. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Best of All Time - Singles". Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. swedishcharts.com/. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Tracks hits 2008 - Melodier topp 100". Sveriges Radio. www.sr.se/p3/tracks/. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Takida: Vi är besvikna". Aftonbladet. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Flest veckor på Svensktoppen". Sveriges Radio. www.sr.se/. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Takida – Curly Sue". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Årslista Singlar – År 2008" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 29 November 2021.