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Gyllene Tider

{{Short description|Swedish pop group}}

{{about|the Swedish band|the Norwegian television series|Gylne tider}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

|background = group_or_band

|name = Gyllene Tider

|image = Gyllenetider 04.jpg

|caption = Gyllene Tider in 2004

|alias =

|origin = Halmstad, Sweden

|genre = Pop, rock

|years_active = 1976–1985 (reunions in 1995–1996, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2019, and 2023)

|label = EMI, Capitol

|website = {{url|gyllenetider.com}}

|current_members =

  • Per Gessle
  • Mats Persson
  • Micke Andersson
  • Anders Herrlin
  • Göran Fritzon

|past_members =

}}

Gyllene Tider ({{IPA|sv|ˈjʏ̂lːɛnɛ ˈtîːdɛr|lang}}; "Golden Times") is a Swedish pop group fronted by Roxette singer, guitarist, and songwriter Per Gessle. They are one of the best-selling Swedish bands ever and have had numerous hits in Scandinavia, starting with their breakthrough song "Flickorna på TV2", in 1980. Since breaking up in 1985, the band has held regular reunions, with the latest one taking place in 2023.

History

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In 1976, Per Gessle met Mats Persson, a member of the band Audiovisuellt Angrepp, and they formed the duo Grape Rock. They were joined by Micke Syd Andersson, Anders Herrlin, and Göran Fritzon, and the quintet was born. They changed their name to Gyllene Tider, an allusion to Mott the Hoople's song "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll". In 1980, they released their self-titled debut album, which became a success in Sweden. "Flickorna på TV2" was the record's biggest hit.

The band's second album, released in 1981 under the name Moderna Tider, also enjoyed success and was followed by a national tour. The following year, Gyllene Tider issued Puls, which included the hits "Sommartider" and "Flickan i en Cole-Porter-sång". In March 1985, the group broke up after releasing the English-language album The Heartland Cafe. Per Gessle continued with a solo career and formed Roxette with Marie Fredriksson in 1986.

Since Gyllene Tider's breakup, several Platinum-selling compilation albums have been released, and a number of live reunions have taken place, starting with the Återtåget tour, in 1996. In 2004, the band celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary with the first new album in over twenty years and a summer tour in July and August.

Gyllene Tider reunited again on 14 August 2010 as a surprise encore during Roxette's concert in Halmstad, both bands' hometown. They performed a three-song set consisting of "Juni, Juli, Augusti", "Sommartider", and "När alla vännerna gått hem", with Marie Fredriksson and Roxette's backing band joining onstage for the last number.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyroxette.com/node/18803|title=Roxette rocks Halmstad with Gyllene!|publisher=www.dailyroxette.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817232116/http://www.dailyroxette.com/node/18803|archive-date=17 August 2010}} In January 2013, the group announced a new album and summer tour in Sweden, both called Dags att tänka på refrängen. The record was released on 24 April 2013.

In January 2019, Gyllene Tider announced a farewell tour to celebrate forty years together. They released the album Samma skrot och korn the same year. In 2023, the band announced another tour as well as a new double album, titled Hux Flux, released in June.

Discography

=Albums=

==Studio albums==

class="wikitable"

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="200"|Album

!align="center" colspan="2" width="20"|Peak positions

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="90"|Sales

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="90"|Certification

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE
{{cite web | url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gyllene+Tider | title=Gyllene Tider discography | website=swedishcharts.com | access-date=5 May 2013}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NOR
{{cite web | url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gyllene+Tider | title=Gyllene Tider discography | website=norwegiancharts.com | access-date=5 May 2013}}

style="text-align:center;"|1980

|Gyllene Tider

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|27

|

  • SWE: 150,000{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1981/BB-1981-04-11.pdf|magazine=Billboard|title=Promo Ready for Swedish Group|page=60|date=11 April 1981|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=31 July 2022}}

|

style="text-align:center;"|1981

|Moderna Tider

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|2

|

  • SWE: 160,000

|

style="text-align:center;"|1982

|Puls

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|12

|

|

style="text-align:center;"|1984

|The Heartland Café

| style="text-align:center;"|18

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

|

style="text-align:center;"|2004

| Finn 5 fel!

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|26

| style="text-align:center;"|

  • SWE: 230,000{{cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/gyllene-tider-salde-mest-album-2004_127933.svd|title=Gyllene Tider sålde mest album 2004|trans-title=Gyllene Tider sold the most albums during 2004|date=11 January 2005|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|language=Swedish|accessdate=31 July 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210202601/http://www.svd.se/gyllene-tider-salde-mest-album-2004_127933 |archivedate=10 December 2015 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}

|

  • SWE: 3× Platinum
style="text-align:center;"|2013

| Dags att tänka på refrängen

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|14

| style="text-align:center;"|

|

  • SWE: 2× Platinum
style="text-align:center;"|2019

| Samma skrot och korn

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

|

style="text-align:center;"|2023

| Hux Flux

| style="text-align:center;"|1
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2023&dspp=27|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 27|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=28 July 2023}}

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

|

==Live albums==

class="wikitable"

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="240"|Album

!align="center" colspan="2" width="20"|Peak positions

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="90"|Certification

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NOR

style="text-align:center;"|1990

|Parkliv!
(Live at Mjölby Folkets Park on 31 July 1981)

| style="text-align:center;"|19
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2019&dspp=26|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 26|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=28 June 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

style="text-align:center;"|1997

|Återtåget Live!

| style="text-align:center;"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|Gold

style="text-align:center;"|2004

|GT25 Live!

| style="text-align:center;"|28

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

style="text-align:center;"|2019

|GT40 Live!

| style="text-align:center;"|18
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2019&dspp=45|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 45|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=9 November 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

==Compilations==

class="wikitable"

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="240"|Album

!align="center" colspan="2" width="20"|Peak positions

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="90"|Certification

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NOR

style="text-align:center;"|1989

|Instant Hits!

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|Platinum

style="text-align:center;"|1994

|Samlade Tider

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

style="text-align:center;"|1995

|Halmstads pärlor

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|5× Platinum

style="text-align:center;"|1997

| Ljudet av ett annat hjärta/En samling

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

style="text-align:center;"|2000

| Konstpaus

| style="text-align:center;"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

style="text-align:center;"|2004

| GT 25 – Samtliga hits!

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|Platinum

style="text-align:center;" |2013

| Soldans på din grammofon

| style="text-align:center;"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

style="text-align:center;" |2019

| GT40 Hits! Made in Halmstad

| style="text-align:center;"|26
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2019&dspp=50|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 50|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=14 December 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

style="text-align:center;" |2021

| Moderna tider (40 år)

| style="text-align:center;"|44
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2021&dspp=47|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 47|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=27 November 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|—

|

=EPs=

  • Gyllene Tider (EP) (aka "Billy" and "den gula EP:n") (1978)
  • Swing & Sweet (1981)

=DVD and VHS=

  • Återtåget (documentary from TV4, live, and interviews ) (1997)
  • Karaoke Hits! (2004)
  • Parkliv! (concert/documentary from 1981 filmed by Lasse Hallström'') (2004)
  • GT25 Live! (2004)
  • Live sommaren 2013 (2013)
  • GT40 Live Ullevi (2019)

=Singles=

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!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="200"|Title

!align="center" colspan="2" width="20"|Peak positions

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="90"|Certification

!align="center" rowspan="2" width="200"|Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NOR

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|1980

| "Himmel No. 7 / Flickorna på TV2"

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| Gyllene Tider

"Ska vi älska, så ska vi älska till Buddy Holly"

| style="text-align:center;"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

"När vi två blir en"

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|Moderna Tider

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|1981

| "(Kom så ska vi) Leva livet"

| style="text-align:center;"|13

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Ljudet av ett annat hjärta"

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

style="text-align:center;"|1982

| "Sommartider"

| style="text-align:center;"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|Gold{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=23|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 23|language=sv|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=16 June 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Puls

style="text-align:center;"|1989

| "Sommartider Remix '89"

| style="text-align:center;"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;"|Instant Hits!

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|1995

| "Det är över nu"

| style="text-align:center;"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|Halmstads pärlor

"Kung av sand"

| style="text-align:center;"|31

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

style="text-align:center;"|1996

| "Juni, juli, augusti"

| style="text-align:center;"|37

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;"|Gyllene Tider EP

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|2004

| "En sten vid en sjö i en skog/Tuffa tider (för en drömmare)"

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|Finn 5 fel!

"Solsken"

| style="text-align:center;"|20

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

style="text-align:center;"|2005

| "Jag borde förstås vetat bättre"

| style="text-align:center;"|23

| style="text-align:center;"|—

style="text-align:center;"|2013

| "Man blir yr"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;"|Dags att tänka på refrängen

style="text-align:center;"|2018

| "Bäst när det gäller"
{{small|(featuring Linnea Henriksson)}}

| style="text-align:center;"|—{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Bäst när det gäller" did not enter the Sverigetopplistan but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2018&dspp=21|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 21, 2018|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=24 April 2021}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;"| Non-album single

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|2023

| "Chans"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3| Hux Flux

"Gyllene Tider igen"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Dagar att dansa"

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

style="text-align:center;"|2024

| "Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång"

| style="text-align:center;"|—{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Flickan i en Cole Porter-sång" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart but peaked at number seven on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=30|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 30|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=26 July 2024}}}}

| style="text-align:center;"|—

| style="text-align:center;"|

| style="text-align:center;"| Non-album single

Notes

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References

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External links

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  • [https://www.gyllenetider.com/ Unofficial website]
  • {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000524246}}
  • {{discogs artist|266955}}

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