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999 (Kent song)

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"999"
Single by Kent
from the album Jag är inte rädd för mörkret
Released28 March 2012 (2012-03-28)
StudioStudios la Fabrique,
(Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France);
Park Studio,
(Älvsjö, Sweden)
GenreAlternative rock
Length6:53
Label
Composer(s)Kent
Lyricist(s)Joakim Berg
Producer(s)
  • Kent
  • Stefan Boman
Kent singles chronology
"Ismael / Varje gång du möter min blick"
(2010)
"999"
(2012)
"Jag ser dig"
(2012)
Music video
"999" on YouTube

"999" is a song by Swedish alternative rock band Kent from their tenth studio album Jag är inte rädd för mörkret (I am not afraid of the dark). It was released as the album's lead single on 28 March 2012.[1] The song peaked at number ten in Sweden, becoming Kent's sixteenth top ten single but their lowest-charting lead single in the band's career.

Music video

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On 19 March 2012, it became known that Kent could have performed the song on the Swedish-Norwegian TV talk show Skavlan, but when SVT wanted Kent to play a shorter version of the song, the band chose instead to not appear at all.[2] In order for Kent's fans to still see a live version of the song, a video was released on YouTube on 27 March where the band performed the song in a studio.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2012) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 10

Year-end charts

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Chart (2012) Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 92

References

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  1. ^ "PREMIÄR: Nya singeln 999 i liveversion" (in Swedish). Kent.nu. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  2. ^ Kent hoppar av "Skavlan" Expressen
  3. ^ "Kent – 999". Singles Top 100.
  4. ^ "Årslista Singlar – År 2012" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 14 February 2020.