The Swedes were coming. In April of 1974, Max Martin, the absurdly efficient songwriting scientist whose glittering vision would come to colonize American pop radio in the years ahead, was three years ...

I nominate “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede (1974). The original, by B.J. Thomas, was a sappy, unmemorable love song. This cover version is one of the strangest songs ever to hit to the top of the ...

Last year, the Hives released their sixth studio album The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons. Today, the Swedish rock band is sharing a cover of fellow Swedish rock band Blue Swede, tackling none other than ...