"Story of a Heart" | ||||
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Single by Steps | ||||
from the album Tears on the Dancefloor | ||||
Released | 12 May 2017EP) | (Remix|||
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Genre | Europop | |||
Length | 4:16 | |||
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Producer(s) | The Alias | |||
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"Story of a Heart" (Swedish: Sommaren du fick) is a song co-written by Swedish musicians Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and recorded by Benny Andersson's Band for their first compilation album of the same name (2009); it features vocals from Swedish singer Helen Sjöholm. British group Steps covered the song for their fifth studio album, Tears on the Dancefloor (2017). It was released as the second single from the album in the form of a remix EP on 12 May 2017, with a radio release slated for 16 June.
"Story of a Heart" was co-written Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus – the former composed the music and the latter wrote the lyrics – and recorded by Benny Anderssons Band for their first compilation album of the same name (2009). Included as a new original recording for the compilation, it appears as the third song on the track listing with a running time of five minutes, seven seconds and features vocals from Helen Sjöholm. It was recorded at various recording studios in Stockholm, Sweden, including Polar Studios, Sveriges Radios Studios, Atlantis Studio and Mono Music Studio, while it was mixed by Andersson and Bernard Löhr at Polar Studios and Mono Music Studios. It was also mastered by Björn Engelmann at the Cutting Room in Stockholm. In addition to composing the music, Andersson produced the song and also played the piano, accordion and synthesizer.
A variety of instruments and musicians were used and involved in the recording process; the accordion was played by Lars Rudolfsson and the acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, violin, mandolin and bouzouki were all played by Kalle Moraeus. It also features Jörgen Stenberg on the drums and percussion, Jogga Ernlund on the electric and double bass, Janne Bengtson on the flute, piccolo flute, baritone saxophone and crumhorn, and Göran Arnberg on the keyboards. Additional musicians included Pär Grebacken on the saxophone, clarinet and recorder, Leif Lindvall on the trumpet and cornet, Calle Jakobsson on the tuba, trombone and trumpet, Leif Göras, Nicke Göthe, Perra Moraeus and Olle Moraeus on violin and mandolin, with Perra Moraeus also playing the alto saxophone and clarinet and Olle Moraeus on the viola.