Wannadies

The Wannadies came out of Skellefteå, Sweden, with a big, sprawling first lineup: Pär Wiksten singing lead and playing guitar, Christina Bergmark on backing vocals, melodica and keyboards, Micke Herrström on keyboards, the brothers Stefan and Fredrik Schönfeldt on guitar and bass, Gunnar Karlsson on drums and Björn Malmquist on violin. That's a lot of hands for alternative rock, and you can hear it in their bright, busy guitar pop.

"You and Me Song", released in 1994 on the album Be a Girl, is the one they are best known for, a giddy rush of a single that got a second life two years later when it turned up in the film Romeo + Juliet and climbed to number 18 on the UK Singles Chart in 1996. Erik Dahlgren later took over the drums, and the band kept going until 2009, briefly reuniting in 2016 before getting back together in earnest around 2020. They recorded for Cooking Vinyl.

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