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First Band on the Moon by The Cardigans
First Band on the Moon is an album by The Cardigans, released in 1996. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 36 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Lovefool”, on 36 lists with a best position of #14.
First Band on the Moon, the third album from Jönköping's Cardigans, came out on Stockholm Records in 1996, and it's the one that carried the Swedes far beyond home. Tore Johansson produced, and the band, Nina Persson on vocals, Peter Svensson on guitar, Magnus Sveningsson on bass, Bengt Lagerberg on drums and Lars-Olof Johansson on guitar and keys, serve up candy-colored lounge pop with a wink, all breezy guitars and Persson's sweet, cool-as-ice delivery.
"Lovefool" is the sugar rush everybody knows, and its trip onto the soundtrack of Romeo + Juliet that same year sent the band's profile soaring. The album turned out to be their biggest seller in America, moving roughly 664,000 copies there by September 2010.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from First Band on the Moon on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovefool | 36 | #14 | – | 1996–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.