Curly Sue (song)

"Curly Sue" is a song by the Swedish rock band Takida and was the second single released from their second album, Bury the Lies. The song was released as a single on 10 October 2007. The song was co-produced by Takida and Patrik Frisk at Sidelake Studios in Sundsvall, Sweden.

"Curly Sue"
Single by Takida
from the album Bury The Lies
Released10 October 2007 (swe)
RecordedFebruary–April 2007
GenreRock
Length3:53
LabelNinetone Records
Songwriter(s)Patrik Frisk, Mattias Larsson, Fredrik Pålsson, Robert Petterson, Kristoffer Söderström, Tomas Wallin
Producer(s)Patrik Frisk, Takida
Takida singles chronology
"Halo"
(2007)		 "Curly Sue"
(2007)		 "The Dread"
(2008)

Reception

The track received varied reviews from the press. Örnsköldsviks Allehanda called the song "one of the albums low water marks" and "plain".[1]

Chart performance

According to IFPI it went gold in Sweden in May 2009.[2]

The song entered the Swedish Top 60 at fifty-two on 4 October 2007 and peaked at number one on 24 July 2008. All and all it spent a total of 63 weeks on the chart[3] which makes it the longest-running single ever on the chart, and puts the single as #1 of the Top 100 of all Singles in the Swedish charts since 1975.[4]

The band also had a huge success with the song on the Tracks chart. The song entered the chart at spot twenty on 20 October 2007 and had climbed to number one ten weeks later, a spot that it held for ten weeks. It spent 50 weeks and over a year on the chart and was the most successful song of 2008.[5] As of 21 June 2009 it holds the longevity record on the chart as well.[6]

The song had a huge success on Svensktoppen where it entered the chart on the second of February 2008, later on peaking at number two and spending a total of 54 weeks on the chart. Making it the ninth longest-running single there.[7]

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[10] Gold 10,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Okonstlad och publikfriande postgrunge". Örnsköldsviks Allehanda. 23 May 2007. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  2. "Guld och Platina-certifikat - Ifpi" (PDF). IFPI. www.ifpi.se/. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  3. "Takida - Curly Sue (Song)". Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. swedishcharts.com/. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  4. "Best of All Time - Singles". Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. swedishcharts.com/. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  5. "Tracks hits 2008 - Melodier topp 100". Sveriges Radio. www.sr.se/p3/tracks/. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  6. "Takida: Vi är besvikna". Aftonbladet. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  7. "Flest veckor på Svensktoppen". Sveriges Radio. www.sr.se/. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  8. "Takida – Curly Sue". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  9. "Årslista Singlar – År 2008" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  10. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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