Miss Decibel (song)

Miss Decibel, written by Lasse Holm and Gert Lengstrand, is a song in Swedish, which finished 2nd at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978. It was performed by the Swedish "dansband" Wizex, back then including Kikki Danielsson as lead vocal singer, together with Lasse Holm. The song, which lyrical describes about a little singing-screaming girl and her parents who see her screaming abilities as an opportunity to become a singing star in the future, ends with a refrain in English including the words "Decibel, you gonna be a star".

"Miss Decibel"
Single by Wizex
from the album Miss Decibel
Released	1978
Genre	Dansband music Schlager
Label	Mariann
Songwriter(s)	Lasse Holm, Gert Lengstrand,
Wizex singles chronology
"Miss Decibel" (1978) "En tokig sång" (1978)

Björn Skifs won that year's Melodifestivalen with the song "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten".

The single peaked at #10 at the Swedish singles chart. The song was also at Svensktoppen for eleven weeks during the period April 16-June 25, 1978, peaking at #2.

The song was covered by Eva Rydberg later in 1978, on her album "Sång á la Rydberg". In 1979, musician Nils Dacke recorded the song for his album "Nils Dacke spelar partyorgel".

In 2008 the song was performed at Dansbandskampen by Martinez.[1]

At Så mycket bättre 2017, the song was recorded by Uno Svenningsson as "Prins Decibel".[2]

Chart performance

Sweden Top 20
Week	10 March 1978	21 April 1978	5 May 1978
Position	10	17	18

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3]	10

References

1. "Sveriges Television". 22 November 2008. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
2. Johanna Hagström (18 November 2017). "Icona Pop gjorde slut i baktakt" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
3. "Miss Decibel". Swedishcharts. 1978. Retrieved 7 October 2007.