Not that I've been obsessively checking iTunes for this single or anything, but...Here it is!
(For a short time, as usual.)
Do you know, I've been thinking for a while (and may have actually said on here at some point) that it's probably actually criminal that I've never posted any Alcazar song. I mean, I posted a song featuring them, but they weren't technically the main artists.
Unfortunately, until they bless us with another track (please let it be better than "Inhibitions"!), that probably won't change; I expect most readers with any interest in Swedish pop already have quite an extensive Alcazar collection.
Until then and even once that happens, we can enjoy today's artist. Even beyond his work with Alcazar, he has a back catalogue filled with gems. His solo Melodifestivalen entries, "Lev Livet!" and the Bosson-does-"Take On Me" "Live Forever" were both excellent top-shelf pop (with the latter being significantly better than Bosson's own version of the track) and tracks like "Crazy Summer Nights" (should have been the second single and released in summer 2007), "Don't You Worry" (should have been the third single and released in fall/winter 2007...that "Christmas single" type of thing), and "What About Love" (what the heck, only a bonus track?) are real treats that everyone should own.
News about "Walking In My Shoes" posted on his official site was illustrated with this picture...
...and that really sums up this song (though that's not the single cover--this is). It's modern pop-disco and totally proud of that fact, and I wouldn't have it any other way. And since I now know what that sample is from (thank you, commenter!), I can listen to it without any distractions. That chorus, in all its parts, is pure perfect Swedish pop. You all have no idea how happy it makes me that somewhere in the world, people make music like this. Everything, from the disco clangs and swooshes and "oh oh oh"s and "woah-oh-oh"s to that chorus melody to Magnus's voice, brings a smile to my face.
Incidentally, the writers of this song are Anton Malmberg and Felix Persson. If you visit Anton's MySpace, you'll find that his discography includes a 2008 song called "Jump Straight Into The Fire" by Alcazar! I know absolutely nothing about that track beyond that, though.
I imagine by tomorrow or Wednesday, you'll be able to buy this single from here (digital). Maybe most important, though, is buying the greatest hits album it's meant to promote; you can preorder here (physical) or presumably from the same digital link as above. It comes out November 12. I'm not kidding about everyone needing to own "Live Forever," "Crazy Summer Nights," "Don't You Worry," and "What About Love," either--pick up Live Forever - The Album for those (though you'll need to buy the digital version for that last track).
Next up: maybe I'll finally get to that boy band song.
