Vida Loca by poppostergirl
Speaking of Melodifestivalen, I'd guess if you know of this four-person group it's from that contest, though they released several singles prior their appearance on that stage. Cosmo4 competed in Sweden's national selection for Eurovision in 2007 with the fantastic "What's Your Name?" and, though they didn't make it out of their semifinal, they gave us an infernally catchy eternal summer Swede-pop anthem, bubblegum pop full of lots of cutely assertive lines ("cruisin' the land/lookin' for somebody/not a wimp with a tan/not a boy thinkin' he's a man") and a whistled hook."Vida Loca" doesn't stomp with quite the same gusto as "What's Your Name?" but it's still a lot of fun for those of us who love the cheesy pop side of Swedish music. Despite the title, it's not really all that Latin in flavor; sure, it's got a little shimmy to it, some "ey-oh-ey-oh-ey-oh"s, but it's mainly just a youthful, glossy, poppy song that, though it's by different writers, would have sat easily on an album with "What's Your Name?". Plus, it manages to run through a bunch of traditional Eurovision rhymes in the first verse alone. If only they'd managed to fit in "desire" to go along with "fire" and "higher"...
Cosmo4's album All Around The World can't be purchased anywhere that I know of, but you can buy some of the group's singles--"What's Your Name?", "Peek-A-Boo," and "Adios Amigos"--here (digital).
