STAD I LJUS
TOMMY KÖRBERG
SONGWRITER: Py Bäckman
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
WHERE: EUROVISION 1988
ALBUM: ...ÄR...
LABEL: LITTLE BIG APPLE RECORDS
GENRE: POP(SCHLAGER)
YEAR: 1988
Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg(Swedish
pronunciation:[ˈtɔ̌mːʏ ˈɕœ̂ːrbærj]; born 4 July 1948) is a Swedish singer, actor,
and musician. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role as
Anatoly/"The Russian" in the musical Chess. He
played the role on the 1984.
Körberg has also played the lead role in many
Swedish productions of other musicals.
From 1965 to 1968, Körberg was a singer in
the Swedish pop group Tom &
Mick & Maniacs, which went through several name
changes. In August 1967, the group released the single "Somebody's
Taken Maria Away", a cover of an Adam Faith song
from 1965. The song went on to top the official Tio i Topp record chart
for six consecutive weeks. The group had two additional hits on the chart:
"Please, Please, Please" reached number five in April 1967 and
"I (Who Have Nothing)" peaked at number eight in February 1968.
Following Tom & Mick & Maniacs'
break-up in 1968, Körberg released his first solo album Nature Boy.
Körberg has represented Sweden in the Eurovision
Song Contest on two occasions. In 1969 he finished ninth with "Judy, min vän" and in 1988 he finished twelfth with "Stad i ljus".
He has also appeared in the Swedish
productions of other musicals, usually in a starring role, including The Sound of Music and Les
Misérables. He was a supporting actor in
the 1984 Swedish fantasy film Ronia, the
Robber's Daughter, based on the novel by the same
name by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.
Körberg voiced the Beast in the Swedish dub of Beauty and
the Beast, and also sang the Swedish version of the
title song on the soundtrack. In the 1990s and 2000s, he took time off from
other projects in order to recreate the role of Anatoly/"The Russian"
in subsequent productions of Chess, including the 1994 tenth anniversary
concert and the 2002 Stockholm production.
For years, he collaborated with Monica and Carl-Axel Dominique in the
experimental group Solar Plexus. In his own performances, he has worked
extensively with Stefan Nilsson, and including songs by Jacques Brel.
Stad i ljus is a
ballad song written by Py Bäckman. Tommy Körberg sang it when he won the
Melodifestivalen in 1988 and then came in twelfth place as a representative of
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988.
Min resa var mot solen, långt bortom alla slutna
rum
Där allting är oändligt, och alla gränser har
förevigt suddats ut
Jag ville se miraklet och höra ord som föder liv
Bli buren av en styrka, som bara växer när jag
anat mitt motiv
Stad i ljus, i ett land utan namn
Ge mig liv, där allting föds på nytt
Och så när allt förändrats, när tiden inte
längre finns
Så ser jag oss tillsammans, och då är resan
slut
Det enda som vi minns
Stad i ljus, i ett land utan namn
Ge mig liv, där allting föds på nytt
Stad i ljus, i ett land utan namn
Ge, ge mig liv, där allting föds på nytt.
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