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"Gå & fiska!" ("Go and fish") is a song written by Per Gessle and recorded by Gyllene Tider for their 1996 eponymous EP. The song, together with the rest of the EP, was added to the 1996 re-release of the band's compilation album Halmstads pärlor, originally issued the year before.

"Gå & fiska!" won Song of the Year at the 1997 Grammis as well as Swedish Song of the Year 1996 at the Rockbjörnen awards.

Scoring a Svensktoppen hit for seven weeks, between 20 July and 31 August 1996, the track peaked at number five on the chart. It also charted on Trackslistan.

Other versions

In 1998, the song was adapted and its title changed to "Gå & Smurfa" (go and Smurf) for the Smurf soundtrack album Smurfarna – Smurfhits 4.

References

1. "Alla Rockbjörnsvinnare sedan 1979" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
2. Svensktoppen – 1996
3. "Smurf Hits: 4 / The Smurfs". smdb.kb.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.

• 1996 songs
• Gyllene Tider songs
• Songs written by Per Gessle
• Songs in Swedish