The Hives and the Swedish Rock Wonder

50 years ago, "Hooked On A Feeling" by Blue Swede became the first ever Swedish Billboard number one. Today, half a decade later, Sweden is one of the world’s biggest music exporters. To commemorate the outset of the country’s remarkable global success in music, Spotify invited the Swedish rock quintet The Hives to our Stockholm studio to record a Spotify Singles cover of “Hooked on a Feeling". In this episode of Spotify Dok, we hear the singer Howlin' Pelle Almqvist talk about the secret behind Swedish music creation, why The Hives have stayed together for 30 years and the magic about playing in a rock band.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices