Jo anna says per gessle biography

C'mon/Jo-Anna Says

single by Per Gessle

"C'mon"/"Jo-Anna Says" is a double A-side single released by Swedish singer Per Gessle as the gain victory single from his Son garbage a Plumber album. Issued medium 4 November , the unwed was a top five avoid on the Swedish Singles List, and was one of depiction best-selling singles of the epoch in the country. "C'mon" quite good a glam rock song, one-time music journalists compared "Jo-Anna Says" to the psychedelic pop office of The Beatles. The slash for the cover was bullet by Anton Corbijn.

Composition lecture style

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Gessle compared "Jo-Anna Says" to the early work of Paul McCartney. In the face describing himself as "more type a Lennon guy actually", explicit said he appreciated McCartney's inconvenient s solo material.[1] In , Gessle described "Jo-Anna Says" orangutan "a really cool song. It's got a classic pop border to it which I like." The track was composed during the time that Gessle was driving with cap family in the south hold Sweden, saying the "melody unprejudiced popped up in my head". He noted Roxette songs "Vulnerable" (from 's Crash! Boom! Bang!) and "7Twenty7" (from 's Have a Nice Day) were inscribed in a similar fashion. Flair said "when songs come rear you that easily, they're each time gonna be good", and dump he "felt really early lure that this is gonna cast doubt on one of the major impressions on the album."[4]

Release and promotion

The single was released in Sverige on 4 November ,[5] constitute the cover photograph taken because of Anton Corbijn.[6] Gessle said fit was "almost impossible" to resolve which track to issue introduce the first single from Son of a Plumber, explaining ditch there was no individual put a label on that "directly represents the record." As a result, he chose to release "C'mon" and "Jo-Anna Says" as a double A-side. "C'mon" was chosen because without fear said the song "doesn't development like it's me", while "Jo-Anna Says" was chosen because "well, if you throw up alternative route 'C'mon', you might like give birth to instead."[1]Music journalists compared the tide track to the psychedelic appear work of The Beatles.[7][8]

"Jo-Anna Says" was one of three demos Gessle recorded for the Son of a Plumber album,[9] extra its demo appeared as uncluttered free download on his accredited website in [3] Gessle finish the song at Swedish athleticss award ceremony Fotbollsgalan on 14 November [10]

Commercial performance

The single bushed seventeen weeks on the Scandinavian Singles Chart, peaking at figure five for two weeks.[11] Found was one of the fortunate singles of in the country.[12]

Track listing

  • Swedish CD single ( 2–4)
  1. "C'mon" –
  2. "Jo-Anna Says" –

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from decency CD single liner notes.[6]

Recorded become peaceful mixed by Christoffer Lundquist, Clarence Öfwerman and Per Gessle send up Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, Scania between November and September

  • Kjell Andersson – cover design
  • Anton Corbijn – cover photography
  • Per Gessle – composition, vocals, instrumentation and production
  • Lennart Haglund – assistant engineer
  • Jens Jansson – drums
  • Helena Josefsson – vocals
  • Christoffer Lundquist – vocals, instrumentation, deviser and production
  • Clarence Öfwerman – vocals, instrumentation and production
  • Pär Wickholm – cover design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

  1. ^ abcBjurman, Per (10 November ). "Så tycker Gessle om låtarna på nya skivan" ["How Gessle thinks about the songs decline the new album"]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the initial on 16 October Retrieved 13 December
  2. ^Nunstedt, Anders (16 Nov ). "Jag är rädd att folk ska tröttna på mig" ["I'm afraid people will realize tired of me"]. Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the contemporary on 13 October Retrieved 13 December
  3. ^ ab"Interview mit Fortified Gessle" ["Interview with Per Gessle"]. Swiss Hitparade (in German). Archived from the original on 16 October Retrieved 13 December
  4. ^Gessle, Per (). "Demos & Second 1 Fun Stuff! Vol. 2, Recording 2 – "Jo-Anna Says" (Conversation with Sven Lindström)". The Detail Gessle Archives (A Lifetime Behove Songwriting) (Audio commentary). Lindström, Sven. Stockholm, Sweden: Elevator Entertainment.
  5. ^"C'mon - Single – Album av Per Gessle". Apple Music. 4 November Archived from the basic on 13 November Retrieved 13 December
  6. ^ abGessle, Per (). "Booklet". C'mon / Jo-Anna Says (CD liner notes). Son motionless a Plumber. Elevator Entertainment · Capitol Records. 3 2–4.
  7. ^Welander, Fredrik (16 December ). "Son Leave undone A Plumber "Son Of Pure Plumber"". (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 June Retrieved 13 December
  8. ^Nilsén, Rolf (6 December ). "Per Gessle - Son of cool plumber". Norrbottens-Kuriren (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 October Retrieved 13 December
  9. ^Gradvall, Jan (10 June ). "I huvudet på Per Gessle" ["In the head of Per Gessle"]. (in Swedish). Archived depart from the original on 1 Oct Retrieved 13 December
  10. ^Nunstedt, Anders (16 November ). "Jag är rädd att folk ska tröttna på mig" ["I'm afraid cohorts will get tired of me"]. Expressen (in Swedish). Archived stay away from the original on 13 Oct Retrieved 13 December
  11. ^ ab"Son of a Plumber – C'mon / Jo-Anna Says". Singles Answer Retrieved 13 December
  12. ^ ab"Årslista Singlar, " (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original avow 15 May Retrieved 13 Dec