The song is widely considered a schlager classic in Sweden , mainly because of its - for the genre - highly unconventional title , its use of onomatopoetic expressions and slang and Peter Himmelstrand 's humorous lyrics , including phrases like : '' The day before yesterday I suddenly turned down the guys , when they invited me to a party and instead I spent a whole evening conversing with your mother , being polite . '' '' Last night I went with you and watched a tearjerker , although I wanted to watch " bang bang " . And then I sat listening to a string quartet - me , I only used to like " twang twang " . '' '' It 's beginning to look like love , damn it . The kind of thing you read about in books , imagine that . I just do n't get it , I guess I 'm a little stupid . But by all means , I could be wrong ... '' The song was succeeded as Swedish representative in the 1969 contest by Tommy Körberg , singing " Judy , min vän "
1969 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1969
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