Скачать или смотреть 1988 Sweden: Tommy Körberg - Stad i ljus (12th place at Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin)

Performed by: Tommy Körberg
Music by: Py Bäckman
Lyrics by: Py Bäckman
Conductor: Anders Berglund
Language: Swedish
Placing: 12th (52 points)
Other versions: English

"Stad i ljus" ("Unchained Light") is a ballad, which was the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1988 winning song and entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, where it finished 12th. The song was written by Py Bäckman performed by Tommy Körberg. Correct translation from the Swedish title to English would be "City in light".

The song entered the 1st place on the Swedish hitlist Svensktoppen on 17 April 1988. Stad i ljus was also released as a single in 1988. It peaked at #8 at the Swedish singles chart.

At first, it was thought that Jan Malmsjö would sing this song.

In relation to Swedish Melodifestivalen 2010, Timo Räisänen performed the song.

Here is the English version of the song: "Unchained light"

   • Tommy Körberg- Unchained Light (Stad i Lju...  

Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmːʏ ²ɕœːrbærj]; born 4 July 1948) is a Swedish singer, actor, and musician.[1] English-speaking audiences know him best for his role as Anatoly/"The Russian" in the musical Chess. He played the role on the 1984 concept album, and again on stage in the 1986 world première West End production in London. He has also performed the role several more times since then.

Körberg has also played the lead role in many Swedish productions of other musicals.

He represented Sweden in the 1969 and 1988 Eurovision Song Contests.

He has also appeared in the Swedish productions of other musicals, usually in a starring role, including The Sound of Music and Les Misérables. He was a supporting actor in the 1984 Swedish fantasy film Ronia, the Robber's Daughter, based on the novel by the same name by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.

Körberg voiced the Beast in the Swedish dub of Beauty and the Beast, and also sang the Swedish version of the title song on the soundtrack. In the 1990s and 2000s, he took time off from other projects in order to recreate the role of Anatoly/"The Russian" in subsequent productions of Chess, including the 1994 tenth anniversary concert and the 2002 Stockholm production. For years, he collaborated with Monica and Carl-Axel Dominique in the experimental group Solar Plexus. In his own performances, he has worked extensively with Stefan Nilsson, and including songs by Jacques Brel.

Körberg is also a frequent performer with Benny Andersson's band, Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO), singing mostly dance music and music by Andersson. In 2008 he starred in the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at Cirkus in Stockholm, and in 2009 he played Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady in Stockholm acting opposite Helen Sjöholm, who portrayed the role of Eliza Doolittle.

In the autumn of 2010 Körberg and his long-time friend Claes Malmberg gave a show in Gothenburg called The Big Bang Show. He was one of three judges on the Swedish reality television singing competition True Talent, which ran for one season in 2011. In 2013 he tried out for Eurovision in Melodifestivalen 2013 with the song "En Riktig Jävla Schlager" with the group Ravaillacz. They ended up in 10th place in the final.

In 1995, he was invited as one of the seventeen Jean Valjeans from around the world to perform the encore of the Les Misérables 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

In 2017, he appeared as a guest performer on the album "Worlds Collide" by Swedish metalcore band Dead By April, singing on the last song on the album "For Every Step".


Körberg was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in the category Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical, for his role in the 1986 world premiere of Chess.


Lyrics:

Stad i ljus
Min resa var mot solen
Långt bortom alla slutna rum
Där allting är oändligt
Och alla gränser har för evigt suddats ut

Jag ville se miraklet
Och höra ord som föder liv
Bli buren av en styrka
Som bara växer när jag anat mitt motiv

Stad i ljus i ett land utan namn
Ge mig liv där allting föds på nytt

Och så när allt förändrats
När tiden inte längre finns
Så ser jag oss tillsammans
Och då är resans slut det enda som vi minns

Stad i ljus i ett land utan namn
Ge mig liv där allting föds på nytt

Stad i ljus i ett land utan namn
Ge... ge mig liv där allting föds på nytt


ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

City of light
My journey was towards the sun
Far away from all the closed rooms
Where nothing ever ends
And where there are no borders anymore

I wanted to see the miracle
And hear the words that give birth to life
I want to be carried by a force
Which will grow stronger when I know what I want

The city of light, in a country without a name
Give me life, where everything is born again

And when everything has changed
When time does no longer exist
I can see the two of us together
And then the end of the journey is all we remember

The city of light, in a country without a name
Give me life, where everything is born again.