Manboy

"Manboy"
Single by Eric Saade
from the album Masquerade
Released28 March 2010
Recorded2009
GenreDance-pop
Length2:57
LabelRoxy Recordings
Songwriters
Eric Saade singles chronology
"Sleepless"
(2009)		 "Manboy"
(2010)		 "Break of Dawn"
(2010)
Music video
"Manboy" (Acoustic) on YouTube
Eric Saade performing in Melodifestivalen 2010

"Manboy" is a song performed by Swedish singer Eric Saade. It is the second single from Saade's first album, Masquerade, and was first released on 28 March 2010 in Sweden.

Background

The song was written by Fredrik Kempe and Peter Boström.

Melodifestivalen 2010

In 2010, Saade competed in Melodifestivalen with the song and reached third place.

Other versions

Awards, nominations and certifications

The song was nominated for two Scandipop Awards 2011 in the categories Best Single from a New Artist and Best Male Single.

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)1

Certifications

Certifications for Manboy
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) Platinum 40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Sweden 28 March 2010 CD single, digital download Roxy Recordings
Sweden (Acoustic version) 10 May 2010

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "iTunes - Music - Manboy - Single by Eric Saade". iTunes. 2010-03-24. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. 1 2 3 "iTunes - Music - Eric Saade". iTunes. 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
  3. 1 2 "iTunes - Music - Manboy (Acoustic Version) - Single by Eric Saade". iTunes. 2010-05-10. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  4. ↑ "Pensionär" (in Swedish). Swedish Mediadatabase. 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Jan Andersson (11 November 2017). "Sabina Ddumba tolkade Saade bäst" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Scandipop.co.uk - The 2011 scandipop awards: THE WINNER!". scandipop.co.uk. 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  7. ↑ "Eric Saade – Manboy". Singles Top 100.
  8. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2010" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 11 June 2021.