Freestyle (Swedish band)

Freestyle was a short lived Swedish electronic music group active in the early 1980s. The original line-up consisted of Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin, Gigi Hamilton, Joakim Hagleitner, Anders Uddberg and Kayo Shekoni, but Kayo left the group with the release of the fourth single "Vill ha dej" and was replaced by Diane Corinne Söderholm, a half-sister of Rita Marley. The most notable hits of the group include "Vill ha dej", "Fantasi", "Ögon som glittrar" and "Rider omkring". "Vill ha dej" (also spelled "Vill ha dig") stayed on top of the Swedish Singles Chart for five consecutive weeks and was covered by Swedish solo project Drömhus in 1998. Freestyle disbanded in 1983 with Ekman, Sandelin and Hamilton continuing as Style. Söderholm formed DaYeene with her sister Jeanette. Freestyle reformed for the Summer of 1998 to re-record "Fantasi" and "Ögon Som Glittrar" and to release a new compilation album. "Fantasi" became a huge hit once again and Freestyle made a one-off concert in Stockholm.

Freestyle
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Electronic, pop, post-disco, bubblegum pop, Europop, dance-pop
Years active	1980–1983
Labels	Sound of Scandinavia, Warner Music Sweden
Associated acts	Style, DaYeene
Members	Tommy Ekman Christer Sandelin Gigi Hamilton Joakim Hagleitner Anders Uddberg Diane Corinne Söderholm
Past members	Kayo Shekoni

Discography

Albums

• Fantasi (1981) #1
• Modiga agenter (1982) #13
• 10 (1990) #47

Compilations

• Freestyle's Bästa (1986)
• Guldkorn-Den Kompletta Samlingen (1998) #2
• Golden Hits/2CD (1998)

Singles

• "Take Me Home" (1980)
• "Running Away" (1980)
• "Vill ha dej/I Want You" (1980) #1
• "Fantasi" (1981) #13
• "Rider omkring" (1981)
• "Nära dej" (1981)
• "Bubblar" (1981)
• "Är det värt..." (1981)
• "One More Ride/Fantasy" (1981)
• "Ögon som glittrar" (1982) #3
• "Att leka med känslor" (1982)
• "Modiga agenter/Vill du ha en del av min sommar" (1982) #13
• "Mission Impossible/Hard to Handle" (1982)
• "Fingers in Motion" (1983)
• "Musiken gör mig vild/Nattens dockor" (1983)
• "Fantasi/10" (1991)
• "C&N Medley '98/DJ Promotion" (1998)
• "Fantasi '98" (1998) #37
• "Ögon som glittrar '98" (1998)

References

• Freestyle discography in Hitparad (in Swedish)
• Free Style discography at Discogs