"You and Me Song" is a song by Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 band The Wannadies

The Wannadies

The Wannadies were an alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Skellefteå, northern Sweden. The band's initial line-up featured Pär Wiksten , Christina Bergmark , Stefan Schönfeldt and his younger brother Fredrik Schönfeldt with Gunnar Karlsson and Björn Malmquist .Early influences...

. Originally released as a single in 1994, it became the group's biggest UK hit two years later when it reached number 18 in the singles chart in April 1996.

Appearing on the band's third album, Be A Girl

Be a Girl

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, the song was also included on their next album, Bagsy Me

Bagsy Me

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, due to the success of the re-released single and the song's appearance on the soundtrack of Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann

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's film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

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For the second UK single release, the song's title acquired an ampersand

Ampersand

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. The B-side, "Blister in the Sun

Blister in the Sun

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", is a cover of a song by The Violent Femmes.

The song was used in Coronation Street

Coronation Street

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's climax to their biggest plot, in which serial killer Richard Hillman

Richard Hillman

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 drove into a canal with his family in the car, the song was used again in 2007 when David Platt did the same thing, but with only him in the car.

Single Releases

Original Swedish Release (1994)

1. "You and Me Song"
2. "Let Go Oh Oh"

First UK Release (1995)

• 7" (DIE001)

1. "You and Me Song"
2. "Blister in the Sun"

• CD (DIE001CD)

1. "You and Me Song"
2. "Blister in the Sun"
3. "Lift Me Up (Don't Let Me Down)"

Second UK Release (1996)

• 7" (DIE005 - Limited Blue Vinyl)

1. "You & Me Song"
2. "Blister in the Sun"
3. "Everybody Loves Me"

• CD (DIE005CD)

1. "You & Me Song"
2. "Everybody Loves Me""
3. "I Like You a Lalalala Lot"
4. "You & Me Song" (Lounge Version)

Third UK Release (1997)

• 7" (DIE011 - Limited to 3,000 copies)

1. "You & Me Song"
2. "Just Can't Get Enough"