Freestyle (Swedish band)

Freestyle

Company type	Pop group
Industry	Music
Founded	1979
Founder	Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin, Joakim Hagleitner, Gigi Hamilton, Anders Uddberg, Kayo Shekoni
Defunct	1983
Successor	Style (band formed by Ekman, Sandelin, and Hamilton)
Area served	Sweden
Key people	Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin, Joakim Hagleitner, Gigi Hamilton, Anders Uddberg, Kayo Shekoni, Diane Corinne Söderholm
Products	Pop music singles and albums

Freestyle was a Swedish pop group established in 1979. The principal members consisted of Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin, Joakim Hagleitner, Gigi Hamilton, Anders Uddberg, and Kayo Shekoni. After the release of their fourth single "Vill ha dej", Kayo departed and was succeeded by Diane Corinne Söderholm, who is the half-sister of Rita Marley. Their most notable tracks feature "Vill ha dej", "Fantasi", "Ögon som glittrar", and "Rider omkring". The single "Vill ha dej" held the number one position on the Swedish Singles Chart for five consecutive weeks and was later covered by the Swedish act Drömhus in 1998. Freestyle ceased activity in 1983, with Ekman, Sandelin, and Hamilton forming the band Style. Söderholm went on to create DaYeene alongside her sister Jeanette. The group briefly reunited in 1998 to re-record their hits "Fantasi" and "Ögon Som Glittrar" and to release a greatest hits compilation. The renewed interest in "Fantasi" prompted a special performance in Stockholm.

Albums

• Fantasi (1981)
• Modiga agenter (1982)
• Free Style (1983)
• 10 (1990, compilation)

Compilations

• Freestyle's Bästa (1986)
• Guldkorn-Den Kompletta Samlingen (1998) #2
• Golden Hits/2CD (1998)

Singles

• "Take Me Home" (1980)
• "Running Away" (1980)
• "Vill ha dej/I Want You" (1980) #1
• "Fantasi" (1981) #13
• "Rider omkring" (1981)
• "Nära dej" (1981)
• "Bubblar" (1981)
• "Är det värt..." (1981)
• "One More Ride/Fantasy" (1981)
• "Ögon som glittrar" (1982) #3
• "Att leka med känslor" (1982)
• "Modiga agenter/Vill du ha en del av min sommar" (1982) #13
• "Mission Impossible/Hard to Handle" (1982)
• "Fingers in Motion" (1983)
• "Musiken gör mig vild/Nattens dockor" (1983)
• "Fantasi/10" (1991)
• "C&N Medley '98/DJ Promotion" (1998)
• "Fantasi '98" (1998) #37
• "Ögon som glittrar '98" (1998)