"Gå & fiska!" ("Go and/to fish") is a song written by Per Gessle, and recorded by Gyllene Tider for their Gyllene Tider EP, as well as their Återtåget '96 tour. The song appeared at the re-release of the Gyllene Tider compilation album Halmstads pärlor.

The song was awarded given a Grammis award for "Song of the year 1996" and the song also won a Rockbjörnen award in the "Swedish song of the year 1996" category.

Gå & fiska!

Scoring a Svensktoppen hit for seven weeks between 20 July and 31 August 1996, it peaked at number five on the chart. The song also charted at Trackslistan.

Gå & fiska!

Lyrical, the song asks for relaxing with leisure activities, like fishing, to escape stress, today (1996) as well as back in the 17th century.

Gå & fiska!

Other version

The "Väder-Annika" ("Weather-Annika") character from the Rally radio program performed the song in August 1996 as "Slå och smiska" ("Hit and spank"), using the stage name "Läder-Annika" ("Leather-Annika") causing controversies in newspapers.

At Smurfhits 4 in 1998, a version of song called "Gå och smurfa" ("Walk and smurf") was recorded.

References

1996 songs

Gyllene Tider songs

Songs written by Per Gessle

Swedish-language songs