"The Danish Way to Rock" is a 2010 Danish language

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

 World Cup 2010-song and hit single by Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

  band Nephew

Nephew (band)

Nephew is a Danish rock band, formed in 1996, in Århus. They had their breakthrough in 2004 with the release of their second album USADSB. The release coincided with lead singer Simon Kvamm's highly successful appearances on Danish television in the cult comedy show Drengene fra Angora, which...

 featuring Landsholdet

Denmark national football team

The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...

 (meaning the national football team in Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

). The song went straight into #1 in the Tracklisten

Tracklisten

Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl...

, the Danish Singles Chart.

"The Danish Way to Rock" was a song written in Danish (despite its English language title) by Nephew band member Simon Kvamm

Simon Kvamm

Simon Kvamm , is a Danish-Faroese actor and singer.He is most well known as member of the Danish rock band Nephew, where he is the lead vocalist and keyboard player. The band has had several hits in Denmark such as Igen & Igen &, Superliga, En Wannabe Darth Vader and Movie Klip, which have won them...

 and music by the band Nephew and arranged and produced by Nephew and Carsten Heller. The song was released in cooperation with the Dansk Boldspil-Union

Danish Football Association

The Danish Football Association is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA...

 (DBU), the Danish Football Association for the support of the 2010 Danish National Football Team.

Recording

The song was recorded on 1 March 2010. That day, the members of the Danish band Nephew and vocalist Simon Kvamm

Simon Kvamm

Simon Kvamm , is a Danish-Faroese actor and singer.He is most well known as member of the Danish rock band Nephew, where he is the lead vocalist and keyboard player. The band has had several hits in Denmark such as Igen & Igen &, Superliga, En Wannabe Darth Vader and Movie Klip, which have won them...

 and guitarist Kristian Riis accompanied by song producer Carsten Heller travelled to Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, where the Danish national team was scheduled to compete and briefed the team of the song and their part. Some players notably Daniel Jensen

Daniel Jensen

Daniel Monberg Jensen is a Danish professional football player who is currently a free agent. He most recently played as a midfielder for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. He has played more than 40 matches and scored three goals for the Danish national team, and represented his country at...

 and Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner

Nicklas Bendtner , is a Danish international footballer who plays for Sunderland on loan from Arsenal as a striker...

 recorded their parts separately, then a collective take was made of the entire group singing in a hotel room. Footage of the recording process was made available.

Credits

• Lyrics: Simon Kvamm
• Music: Nephew
• Arrangement: Nephew and Carsten Heller
• Drums: Søren Arnholt
• Bas: Kasper Toustrup
• Vocals and keys: Simon Kvamm
• Guitars: Kristian Riis
• Keys: René Munk Thalund
• Chorus vocals by Landsholdet (Danish National Football Team)
• Additional vocals: Søren Arnholt and Kristian Riis
• Production, recording and mix: Carsten Heller
• Recorded at Carsten Heller
  • Player chorus recorded at Courtyard Vienna Messe Hotel
  • Additional recordings at Walkie Talkie Boy Studio, Coach Studio and Funkydev Studio

Chart performance

The single was released in March 2010 and reached #1 on chart of 23 April 2010 staying 1 week at the top of the Danish Singles Chart.
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Tracklisten (2010)	Highest position

External links

• "The Danish Way to Rock" Facebook page