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Per Gessle’s new double A side summer single is out!

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Per Gessle surprises us with a double A side single for midsummer. Henrys gitarr / Boken om ditt liv is now available on all streaming platforms. Listen HERE!

Tracklist

1. Henrys gitarr
2. Boken om ditt liv
3. Henrys gitarr (instrumental)
4. Boken om ditt liv (instrumental)

A limited edition 7-inch vinyl is also on its way to be released on 11th July. Pre-order HERE!

The instrumental tracks are available only on streaming sites.

In the press release Per says:

I wrote the lyrics to “Henrys gitarr” several years ago. It’s about the magical power of music, how it felt to grow up and be enchanted by all the fireworks of pop and get stuck in that light forever. The music is new and a tribute to a style I’ve always loved. Classic pop band setting with long bangs and a touch of country fiddle by Malin-My.

“Boken om ditt liv” has also been around for a while. I’ve always liked it and tried to record it in the studio, but haven’t been really satisfied. Until now. Ola Gustafsson’s 12-string guitars and mandolins have really helped it come together. Thank you.

Henrys gitarr

Henrys gitarr har ett ljud
Man inte trodde fanns
Och Henrys band är det bästa
Av alla banden som jag kan
Sha la la la

Och Henry han sjunger:
-“Varje natt skriver månen ditt namn
Om du blundar i ro kan du tro
Att du är någon annanstans!”
Sha la la la

Och Henrys gitarr tar mig långt härifrån
Dit där jag är född
Dit alla drömmarna går
Den söta doften av vår
Den söta doften av vår

Henrys gitarr spelar toner
Man inte trodde fanns
Och Henry har bandet som är bäst
Av alla banden som jag kan
Sha la la la

Henrys gitarr tar mig långt härifrån
Till gamla kvarter
Till Hannas böljande hår
Den mjuka doften av vår
Den mjuka doften av vår

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, April / May 2025 + Sweetspot, Harplinge, April 2025 + Ola’s Place, Stockholm April / May 2025 + SkyClose Studio, Stockholm May 2025

Engineers: Mats Persson (T&A) + Staffan Karlsson (Sweetspot) + Ola Gustafsson (Ola’s Place)  + Jonas Wall (SkyClose)
Mixed at T&A, Halmstad by Mats Persson + Per Gessle in May 2025

Per Gessle: electric guitar + piano + synth + hand clap + vocals
Moa Bondesson: vocals
Ola Gustafsson: acoustic guitar + electric guitar + lap steel
Magnus Helgesson: drums + tambourine + hand clap
Fredrik “Gicken” Johansson: bass + hand clap
Mats Persson: electric guitar + high strung acoustic guitar
Malin-My Wall: violin

 

Boken om ditt liv

Varför tror du hon vill komma iväg?
Varför tror du hon vill komma iväg?
Varför tror du hon vill komma iväg från dig?

Hon är gammal nog att kasta sig ut
Hon är gammal nog för egna beslut
Varför tror du hon vill ge sig iväg från dig?

Du ser tågen gå förbi
Du ser filmen om ditt liv
Du borde tagit lite tid
Att vara med i den

Varför tror du hennes säng gapar tom?
Varför tror du ingenting står i blom?
Varför skulle hon komma tillbaks till dig?

Förr var hon vacker så att tiden stod still
Nu är hon vacker nog att få som hon vill
Varför skulle hon komma tillbaks till dig?

Du ser sommaren gå förbi
En rad i boken om ditt liv
Du borde tagit dig lite tid
Att vara med i den

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, May 2010 + Sweetspot, Harplinge, April + May 2025 + Ola’s Place, Stockholm May 2025

Engineers: Mats Persson (T&A) + Staffan Karlsson (Sweetspot) + Ola Gustafsson (Ola’s Place)
Mixed at Sweetspot, Harplinge by Staffan Karlsson + Per Gessle in May 2025

Per Gessle: acoustic guitar + piano + Solina string ensemble + hand clap + vocals
Ola Gustafsson: acoustic guitar + electric guitar + lap steel + mandolin + synth
Magnus Helgesson: drums + tambourine + hand clap
Fredrik “Gicken” Johansson: bass + hand clap

 

Boken om ditt liv was known as Filmen om ditt liv (Gyllene Tider) and Henrys gitarr was Jimmys gitarr (that transformed into Spegelboll) in the past.

Per Gessle’s new single, a duet with Uno Svenningsson is out!

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Per Gessle has released the last single from his duet album, Sällskapssjuk. Har på känn is a duet with Uno Svenningsson. This is not the first song Per and Uno sing together. Uno appeared as a duet partner on Per’s Gammal kärlek rostar aldrig album in 2020 and they sang Du kommer så nära (du blir alldeles suddig) together. Then Uno released a duet, Bara få höra din röst, with Per in 2022. Mr. Svenningsson also performed as the support act on Gyllene Tider’s Hux Flux tour in 2023.

Har på känn is the fifth single from the album and it contains three songs:

Side A
Har på känn

Side B
Blazer
Kvar i min bil (MP Remix 2024)

Listen to it on any streaming platform (Spotify) and don’t forget to order the physical copy (out on 14th March), 7″ vinyl HERE!

The B sides are now added to the Deluxe version of Sällskapssjuk.

Per says in the press release:

Uno Svenningsson is one of my absolute favourite singers and I feel incredibly honoured to release another duet with him. “Har på känn” is on my latest album “Sällskapssjuk” which came out last fall. Now we are approaching spring by leaps and bounds and “Har på känn” feels just right with its beautiful swing and soft breeze.

To RoxBlog’s question if Blazer is anyhow related to an early Mono Mind session, Per replies:

Yes, “Blazer” was recorded during the Mono Mind-sessions. There are several instrumental tracks I (we) made as “musical passages” between songs. In the end I didn’t use that many. “Mile-Melter” was one of them (it was an instrumental when we started working on it…). “Away Away Away” was another. And “Lap Dancing”. There are a few more that might pop up. “The Peace Patrol”. “Tap Dancing”. Some good, some not so good…

As there were a couple of MP 2024 remixes released during the past months, I asked PG if MP was doing anything else during 2024 than remixing his songs.

I try to keep MP busy. He’s doing some other remixes at the moment. Stay tuned…

 

Har på känn

Det finns en lag
Som gör mig svag
Som lägger skulden på min skuldra jag blundar
Och drunknar i ditt hav

Jag kan ha fel
Jag vill vara hel
Att hitta viljan som förlåter är svårast
Jag är en bit på väg

Jag har på känn
Att du kommer tillbaka
Kommer tillbaka som om ingenting hänt
Jag har känt
Att du kommer tillbaka
Du kommer tillbaka som om inget har hänt

Och sanningen
Vad döljer den?
Ju mer jag undrar ju mindre förstår jag
Vad som händer sen

Men jag har på känn
Att du kommer tillbaka
Kommer tillbaka som om ingenting hänt
Jag har känt
Att du kommer tillbaka
Du kommer tillbaka som om inget har hänt

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, December 2022 + January + February # April 2023 + Sweetspot, Harplinge, January + February 2023

Engineers: Mats Persson (T&A) + Staffan Karlsson (Sweetspot) + Christian Olsson (blås Sthlm)
Mixed at T&A, Halmstad by Mats Persson + Per Gessle in April 2023

Per Gessle: vocals
Uno Svenningsson: vocals
Ola Gustafsson: electric guitar + acoustic guitar + slide guitar
Magnus Helgesson: drums + percussion
Fredrik ”Gicken” Johansson: electric bass + lap steel
Per ”Ruskträsk” Johansson: tenor saxophone + baritone saxophone
Helena Josefsson: backing vocals
Goran Kajfes: trumpet
Linnea Olsson: backing vocals
Clarence Öfwerman: Fender Rhodes + Hammond organ

 

Blazer

Music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Christoffer Lundquist + Per Gessle + Clarence Öfwerman

Recorded at Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, October 2013

Engineer: Christoffer Lundquist
Mixed by Christoffer Lundquist at Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, 2014

Per Gessle: programming
Christoffer Lundquist: bass + guitar + keyboards + programming
Clarence Öfwerman: keyboards + programming

 

Kvar i min bil (MP Remix 2024)

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Christoffer Lundquist + Per Gessle + Clarence Öfwerman

Recorded at Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, April 2007

Engineer: Christoffer Lundquist
Remix by Mats Persson at T&A, Halmstad, April 2024

Per Gessle: vocals + hand clap
Christoffer Lundquist: bass + electric guitar + hand clap
Clarence Öfwerman: handclap

Kvar i min bil was included in the movie Låt den rätte komma in (Let The Right One In). It was not written for the movie itself, it was a leftover from En händig man. It can be found on The Per Gessle Archives – Demos & Other Fun Stuff Vol. 2. That recording is from AGM, 28th April 2007. Mr. G released it as a limited edition single (500 pcs) on 7″ vinyl in April 2014 for Record Store Day.

Photo by Fredrik Etoall

Per Gessle’s new single, a duet with Amanda Ginsburg is out!

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Per Gessle has released a new duet, Plåster from his upcoming album as the fourth single. The single contains two songs:

Side A
Plåster

Side B
Jupiter Calling (2024)

Listen to it on any streaming platform HERE and don’t forget to order the physical copy, a 7″ vinyl at Bengans! (B side HERE!)

The video to Plåster premieres at 9 am CET on 4th October.

Per says:

I have already released three singles from the album, duets with Molly Hammar, Lena Philipsson and Albin Lee Meldau. Now it’s time for another duet, this time together with one of my favorite Swedish singers, Amanda Ginsburg. I have admired Amanda for several years, both through her outstanding concerts and records, and was extremely happy when she agreed to sing on “Plåster”, a key song on my new album. Amanda has a wonderful voice to sink into and it fits the “Plåster” message perfectly.

Amanda says:

Being invited into Per’s music has been an enormous joy and honor all the way through! What a star! For me, “Plåster” is a reminder of the power of words and to dare to say both the small and the big kind words. We always need them, but perhaps now more than ever.

Per to RoxBlog:

Amanda’s certainly got an amazing voice. So happy she wanted to sing along.  “Plåster” is, for me, the standout track on the new album. It’s not very commercial nor radio friendly, but it’s a very special composition and I do love the way it turned out. Ola G played some fab guitars on this one. And I love the brass section.

“Jupiter Calling” is part of all the recordings I did with MP + Micke Syd way back in 1995. I’ve added new backing vocals and fixed one line in the lyrics. Otherwise it’s still how it was recorded with a new mix by MP. He surprises me sometimes with new mixes of old analogue stuff. “So many songs, so much time” is the MP way of living these days.

That one change in Jupiter Calling (2024) is “the batteries ran out” instead of “the batteries were down”.

 

Plåster

Om du hade suttit intill
Och jag kunde gjort vad jag vill
Så hade jag berättat för dig
Vad du betyder för mig
Jag vet att
Ord kan vara så små
Och göra skada ändå
Men mina är starka som stål
Och blir plåster på dina sår
Mjukt på dina sår

Om du hade suttit bredvid
Det hade knappt tagit någon tid
Innan vi skrattat i kör
Åt världen som bor utanför
Jag vet att
Ord kan skapa magi
Men också ställa till krig
Mina är harmlösa barn
Inga frågor som kräver svar
Du får allt du vill ha

Ord kan bygga magi
Mirakel fyrverkeri
Jag hoppas de går att förstå
Och blir plåster på dina sår
Mjukt på dina sår

De blir plåster
På dina sår
På dina sår

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, February + March + April 2023 + Sweetspot, Harplinge, March 2023

Engineers: Mats Persson (T&A) + Staffan Karlsson (Sweetspot)
Mixed by Mats Persson + Per Gessle at T&A, Halmstad, May 2023

Per Gessle: acoustic guitar + piano + vocals
Amanda Ginsburg: vocals
Ola Gustafsson: electric guitar + slide guitar + mandolin + dobro
Magnus Helgesson: drums + percussion
Fredrik ”Gicken” Johansson: electric bass + lap steel + dobro
Helena Josefsson: backing vocals
Mats Persson: mandolin + synths + dobro
Per Thornberg: tenor saxophone + baritone saxophone

 

Jupiter Calling (2024)

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, 3rd August 1995 + 31st July 2024

Engineer: Mats Persson
Mixed by Mats Persson at T&A, Halmstad, August 2024

Per Gessle: electric guitar + acoustic guitar + piano + synth + vocals
Micke Syd Andersson: drums
Mats Persson: electric guitar + electric bass

Photo by Fredrik Etoall

Jupiter Calling (2024) got its own digital sleeve so that this song doesn’t pop up on the duet partner’s page as well.

Per Gessle’s new single, a duet with Albin Lee Meldau is out!

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Per Gessle has released a new duet, Nyper mig i armen from his upcoming album as the third single. The single contains three songs:

Side A
Nyper mig i armen

Side B
72 (MP Remix 2024)
Varje gång (T&A demo 1986)

Listen to it on any streaming platform HERE and don’t forget to order the physical copy (out on 20th August), 7″ vinyl at Bengans!

The video to Nyper mig i armen premieres at 9 am CEST on 16th August.

Per says:

“Nyper mig i armen” is one of nine duets that are included on my new album “Sällskapssjuk” which will be released in October. I’ve always been weak for duets. It’s always fascinating to observe how a song and the lyrics change both meaning and feeling when several people sing it.

Albin Lee Meldau has a particularly personal voice, so when I wrote “Nyper mig i armen” last Christmas, I immediately thought of him. There’s a sort of Swedish country troubadour character in there in Albin who could be right in the middle of my happy little song with violin intro and all! He didn’t disappoint me. He is a lovely person and now a good friend with magical vocal cords.

Albin Lee continues:

When I was asked to sing on Per’s song, I thought it was a joke at first and am very happy that it was a real question! I liked “Nyper mig i armen” immediately when I heard it. It’s a wonderfully sunny and country-smelling song. Per is a fantastic songwriter and artist, but above all he is a very nice person who I am very happy to have gotten to know.

 

Nyper mig i armen

Hon satt nöjd i sin stol
På en terrass där man bojkottar sol
Hon kunde lika gärna låtsats som det regnar

Och hur jag blev intressant
Har jag funderat på på min kant
Det måste finnas vassare val där hon hör hemma

Ett ögonkast och sen
Är jag van att dörren slås igen
Men nu är hon min, jag nyper mig i armen
Det pratas lite grann
Sen lämnar man varann
Nu är hon min, jag nyper mig i armen

Och ibland när hon ler
När hon inte vet att jag ser
Då svävar jag, det känns som jag kan flyga

Ett ögonkast och sen
Är jag van att dörren slås igen
Men nu är hon min, jag nyper mig i armen
Det pratas lite grann
Sen lämnar man varann
Nu är hon min, jag nyper mig i armen

Jag får nypa mig i armen

Words & music: Per Gessle (25th+27th December 2023, Halmstad)
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, December 2023 + January + February 2024 + Sweetspot, Harplinge, December 2023

Engineers: Mats Persson (T&A) + Staffan Karlsson (Sweetspot)
Mixed at T&A, Halmstad by Mats Persson + Per Gessle

Per Gessle: acoustic guitar + organ + hand clap + vocals
Albin Lee Meldau: vocals
Ola Gustafsson: acoustic guitar + electric guitar
Magnus Helgesson: drums + percussion
Fredrik ”Gicken” Johansson: electric bass + lap steel + dobro
Helena Josefsson: backing vocals
Staffan Karlsson: harp
Mats Persson: mandolin
Adam Sass: trumpet + flugelhorn
Malin-My Wall: violin
Clarence Öfwerman: piano

 

72 (MP Remix 2024)

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, July 2002

Engineer: Mats Persson
Remix by Mats Persson at T&A, Halmstad, March 2024

Per Gessle: keyboards + vocals
Mats Persson: electric guitar + keyboards + bass + programming
Jimmy Monell: programming

72 was released on Gyllene Tider’s Finn 5 fel! album in 2004.

 

Varje gång (T&A demo 1986)

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad, 4th December 1986

Engineer: Mats Persson
Mixed by Mats Persson + Per Gessle at T&A, Halmstad

Per Gessle: keyboards + vocals
Mats Persson: electric guitar + keyboards + bass + programming

Varje gång was released by Anna (Anna-Carin Borgström) in 1987 and by Wizex also in 1987.

Photo by Fredrik Etoall

72  and Varje gång get their own digital sleeve so that these songs don’t pop up on the duet partner’s page as well.

Per Gessle’s new single, a duet with Lena Philipsson is out!

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Per Gessle has released the title song, Sällskapssjuk from his upcoming album as the second single. The single contains two songs:

Side A             Sällskapssjuk
Side B             Hjärta av glas

Sällskapssjuk is a duet with Lena Philipsson. Per and Lena’s paths already crossed in the mid ’80s when Per, among other things, wrote the lyrics to Lena’s breakthrough song Kärleken är evig. Now it’s time again.

Listen to the single on any streaming platform HERE and don’t forget to order the physical copy, 7″ vinyl that is released also on 3rd May at Bengans!

A video to Sällskapssjuk is also out!

Sällskapssjuk

Om du var här
Så skulle dagen vara spektakulär
Och hela natten ungefär
Likadan

Om du var här
Så skulle inget vara något besvär
Din speciella atmosfär
Tog över stan

Ring någon gång när du känner dig sällskapssjuk
Jag har inget viktigt för mig alls
Jag finns för dig
Ring till mig om du känner dig sällskapssjuk
Jag kan vara nära där du är
Jag väntar här

Din doft är klar
På din kudde som fint ligger kvar
En souvenir från de dagar
När allt var bra

Ring någon gång när du känner dig sällskapssjuk
Jag har inget viktigt för mig alls
Jag finns för dig
Ring till mig om du känner dig sällskapssjuk
Jag vill vara nära där du är
Jag längtar här

Ring någon gång när du känner dig sällskapssjuk
Jag har inget viktigt för mig alls
Jag finns för dig
Ring till mig om du känner dig sällskapssjuk
Jag kan vara nära där du är
Jag väntar här

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle + Andreas Broberger + Anton Ekström

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad December 2022 + January + April 2023 and Lost Boy Studios, Umeå January + February 2023

Engineers: Mats Persson (T&A) + Andreas Broberger + Anton Ekström (LBS)
Mixed at T&A, Halmstad by Mats Persson + Per Gessle April 2023

Per Gessle: acoustic guitar + keyboards + vocals
Lena Philipsson: vocals
Andreas Broberger: electric guitar + keyboards + programming
Anton Ekström: keyboards + programming
Ola Gustafsson: electric guitar
Fredrik ”Gicken” Johansson: electric bass + lap steel
Helena Josefsson: backing vocals

 

Hjärta av glas

Du,
Jag tog med mig allt jag sa
Jag lämnade nästan inget kvar
Jag tog ditt hjärta av glas
Jag har det här, du får det tillbaks

Och jag står kvar när taxin far
Och jag blundar med allt som jag har
När du långsamt ger dig av
När du långsamt ger dig av

Du,
Jag har trott på allt jag sa
Jag har trott på allt som var
Du har ett hjärta gjort av glas
Jag har det här, du får det tillbaks

Ingen början vill ta slut
Men ingenting här är som förut
Jag är ledsen det gick itu
Jag är ledsen att vi gick itu

Hjärta av glas
Hjärta av glas

Jag tog med mig allt jag sa
Jag lämnade nästan inget kvar
Du har ett hjärta gjort av glas
Hjärta gjort av glas

Words & music: Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Per Gessle

Recorded at Tits & Ass, Halmstad November 2022 and Sweetspot, Harplinge December 2022 + February 2023

Engineers: Mats Persson (T&A) + Staffan Karlsson (Sweetspot)
Mixed at T&A, Halmstad by Mats Persson + Per Gessle March 2023

Per Gessle: acoustic guitar + electric guitar + Hammond organ + mellotron + organ + piano + pedal organ + Wurlitzer piano + vocals
Magnus Helgesson: drums + percussion
Fredrik ”Gicken” Johansson: electric bass + lap steel
Helena Josefsson: backing vocals
Mats Persson: electric guitar + 12-string electric guitar
Malin-My Wall: backing vocals

 

Photo by Fredrik Etoall

Hjärta av glas won’t be on the album. The reason this song gets its own digital sleeve is because otherwise it will pop up on the duet partner’s page as well.