Manboy

"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]

"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

Eric Saade performing in Melodifestivalen 2010

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