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The band was originally called " BlÄblus " ( Swedish for " blue blouse ", a pun on the word " blues ") and featured Skifs singing the lead vocals.
The band got their international breakthrough in 1974 with their cover of the 1969 B. J. Thomas song " Hooked on a Feeling ".
Released that same year on their album Hooked on a Feeling, Blue Swede's version was adapted from British pop eccentric Jonathan King, using his ooga-chaka ooga-chaka background on a version he had earlier recorded of the same song.
" Hooked on a Feeling " was released in Sweden in May 1973 and in the United States in February 1974, and reached # 1 for one week in the U. S. staying in the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 18 weeks.
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