One of the great injustices in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest was the fact that the Swedish Herrey brothers won the 1984 edition with 'Diggi loo diggi ley', a simple popsong with nonsensical lyrics. So what else is new...But when I found this single six months ago at a record fair, I was curious enough to want to buy it. The 'original disco cover version' by the Swedish Delay brothers is exactly what it promises to be: a disco cover version of the song that won their country the contest. Released in 1984 like the original, this is probably a novelty record with the aim of cashing in on a popular song.
Even in this day and age of internet, no details about the Delay brothers can be found. Not even a chart statistic of their homeland! The single contains the Swedish and the English version of the song.
My collection: 7" single no. 3452
Found: Record fair, Utrecht, 2008
Cost: 1 euro
Tracks: 'Diggi-loo diggi-ley (Swedish version)' / 'Diggi-loo diggi-ley (English version)'
Download: here.
I HAD to download this,simply because the cover photo for the sleeve looks so awful and fabulous at the same time.
ReplyDeleteThe song,while not as good as the original, is still enjoyable.
It's so bad,it's good.