Manboy

2010 single by Eric Saade

"Manboy"

Single by Eric Saade

from the album Masquerade

Released

28 March 2010^[1]

Recorded

2009

Genre

Dance-pop

Length

2:57^[1]

Label

Roxy Recordings

Songwriter(s)

Fredrik Kempe
Peter Boström^[2]

Eric Saade singles chronology

"Sleepless"
(2009)

"Manboy"
(2010)

"Break of Dawn"
(2010)

Music video

"Manboy" (Acoustic) on YouTube

"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.^[1]

Background

The song was written by Fredrik Kempe and Peter Boström.^[2]

Melodifestivalen 2010

In 2010, Saade competed in Melodifestivalen with the song and reached third place.^[2]

Other versions

An acoustic version of the song was released on 10 May 2010 in Sweden.^[3]
During a pause at Melodifestivalen 2013 the song was performed by Ann-Louise Hanson, Towa Carson and Siw Malmkvist as "Maj-Gull". It was also released on an EP the same year.^[4]
In 2017, a cover version was released by Sabina Ddumba as a part of the eighth season of Så mycket bättre.^[5]

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.^[6]

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[7]	1

Certifications

Certifications for *Manboy*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)^[8]	Platinum	40,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Sweden^[1]	28 March 2010	CD single, digital download	Roxy Recordings
Sweden^[3] (Acoustic version)	10 May 2010	CD single, digital download	Roxy Recordings

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "iTunes - Music - Manboy - Single by Eric Saade". itunes.apple.com. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c "iTunes - Music - Eric Saade". itunes.apple.com. 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
^ ^a ^b "iTunes - Music - Manboy (Acoustic Version) - Single by Eric Saade". itunes.apple.com. 2010-05-10. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
^ "Pensionär" (in Swedish). Swedish Mediadatabase. 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^ Jan Andersson (11 November 2017). "Sabina Ddumba tolkade Saade bäst" (in Swedish). Göteborgsposten. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^ "Scandipop.co.uk - The 2011 scandipop awards: THE WINNER!". scandipop.co.uk. 2011-01-14. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
^ "Eric Saade – Manboy". Singles Top 100.
^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2010" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 11 June 2021.