In 1993, He started his musical career as the singer in Planet Waves, a group which released only one album, Brutal Awakenings before splitting up due to internal conflicts. He then turned to a solo career, releasing the debut solo album Cottonfish Tales. In 1999, he had an international hit with the single Glorious, which later featured on the album Liebling, which has been used in a number of advertisements including Volvo, Nutella and Vauxhall. Deadly Happy, his third solo album, was released in 2002, and Mr Johnson, Your Room Is On Fire was released in 2005. 2007 he gave out a greatest hits CD called The Collector.
Bio from the poet site written by Unbry, Mysty and Bending:
March 22nd, 1970 - Lund, Southern Sweden: a wonderful baby starts to let the world hear his phenomenal voice: his name is JON ERIK ANDREAS JOHNSON. His mummy is called Marie, his daddy Gigge; they're both jazz musicians. He also has an older brother called Olof who's now a lawyer. Since they were children, the Johnson brothers have travelled throughout the world with their parents, always in a tour: "I've grown up on the stage, surrounded by instruments, scores and dressing-rooms sometimes not decent. [...] I was the group's mascot and to joke or because I liked it, I always ended up with taking a microphone in my hands, often on daddy's knees..." Music becomes a natural yearning for Andreas: as a kid he used to fall asleep listening to his mother singing jazz songs instead of traditional lullabies, believe it or not! In his early teens he moves with his family in a Stockholm suburb: "There was not so much to do, I only had three choices: sport, drugs or music and I chose the last!". He starts joining small bands and making his first experiences; his first band Silver Arrow made its debut in an assembly-hall at school "It was my first gig ever, It ended up with that I and the two guitarists went up and played without drummer. The guitarists were so nervous that they played with their back against the public". But his parents disagree with him having seen many friends quitting their musical career pretty soon. "So you don't want me to be in the music world? I'll prove you wrong!"
Andreas releases his first album with Planet Waves, "Brutal Awakenings", published by EMI only in Scandinavia. The band seems to take inspiration from Bob Dylan, and also the title is the same of a Dylan's album (Andreas will later confess that they didn't actually know anything about that album!). Between 1993 and 1995 love brings him with the band to New York, where he finds his first personal inspirations for his songs; back in Stockholm the band splits up "We didn’t come to agree. It became a total conflict. Also physical confrontations, fights".
Under the American influence Andreas releases, again with EMI and only in Scandinavia, his first solo album, "Cottonfish Tales". And here problems begin, he fight with EMI because they don't give him enough freedom, he takes a period off in Berlin and in this magic city the new album "Liebling" starts to breathe in only 2-3 months.
The album is dedicated to Debbie Starlight, mysterious inspiring muse, dead before her time but somehow still present in his songs' sounds. Italy brings inspiration too: he spends a couple of weeks in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, and, inspired by green Tuscanian hills, he writes 8 songs, 3 included in the album (the last three). As a final gift he gets a new contract with another recording house, WEA. Tales say that when Andreas went to WEA he brought with him three sample songs in DAT format, but the player jammed right at the proof moment; he took a guitar and decided to make a live performance, with an acoustic version of "The Games We Play": the editor was immediately crazy about it and signed the contract the same day! The POET's talent strikes back!
After the album conclusion, comes the single choice: for about two weeks Andreas and his band try to choose a song to be released as a single, but everyone has his own favourite and the choice is not easy; in the end the album opening song is chosen: "Glorious". In Gothenburg, during the first months of 1999, in an old dismissed gas container, Karl-Johan Larsson directs the video of "Glorious"; in interviews Andreas always says that it was "quite frightful: I was 80 metres above the ground and we were even without permissions!". The song is published just before summer, but it doesn't reach immediate success: "This song is too distressing for summertime" the POET says. But during autumn it becomes the biggest success of the season: it reaches the third place in Italian singles chart and also the fourth place in the "difficult" English chart, which is a quite good result for a debut single! Andreas receives two nominees for the Swedish Grammy Awards, as best single and best video for 1999. Critics unanimously recognise that "Glorious" is "the most beautiful song of the last decade". Concerts in Germany, England, Spain and Sweden are always sold out.
..At the end of 1999 the new single, "The Games We Play", is published in Sweden, reaching 7th place in the chart. Unsatisfied with the video shot in Praga, Andreas decides to shoot a new version during the weekend 4-5 march 2000, with the same director of "Glorious", Karl-Johan Larsson, and again in Gothenburg waiting for the new single to be published in the rest of Europe on May 15..
..In Autumn 2000 “People” video was ready and directed by Karl-Johan Larsson too in Kiev/Ukraina. At our advise the best video of our POET..
..After a long European tour from 1999 till Autumn 2000 till the presentation of the best hip hop MTV Europe Award, a long working period gets him ready to conquer the world..
...15/12/01 he is ready to enter in all charts with the new single Shine. A little taste coming from the new album Deadly Happy, third work of the Swedish singer songwriter, that will be released in Europe between March and April...
.. No one will ever stop the POET)
Glorious
Andreas Johnson Lyrics
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And I'm starting to lose control
Here she comes to this trash of man
And I'm ready to taste it all... when
She's bringing me in
Checking me out
Making me Glorious
Here she comes like a brand new day
Belly dancing across the room
In the moonlight I watch her sway
To her rhythm I?ll go as groom... with grace... tonight...
She's bringing me in
Checking me out
Making me Glorious
Well
Here she comes
She's bringing me in
Checking me out
Making me Glorious
She's bringing me in
Turning me on
Making me Glorious
Andreas Johnson's song Glorious is a passionate and energetic expression of a man who is deeply attracted to a woman he cannot resist. He is entranced by her allure and charm and is willing to do anything to make her happy. From the beginning of the song, he describes how the woman comes with a "master plan" that he finds hard to resist. Despite his initial misgivings, he is ready to taste everything she has to offer. The woman then takes the lead, bringing him in and checking him out, making him feel "glorious."
As the song progresses, the man continues to be infatuated with this woman. He portrays her as a brand new day full of promise and hope, and as someone who can make him feel alive. The woman's magical presence is portrayed through the metaphor of belly dancing across the room, creating a mystical moonlit ambience. The man is hopelessly enamored by her and is ready to go as her groom, even if it means surrendering himself to her.
In summary, Glorious is a song that portrays a powerful attraction between a man and a woman. The song's imagery and poetic lyrics describe how the woman makes the man feel alive and glorious. Despite the man's initial hesitation, he is completely entranced by the woman's charm and allure.
Line by Line Meaning
Here she comes with a master plan
She's approaching with her strategic ideas
And I'm starting to lose control
I'm beginning to lose my grip on the situation
Here she comes to this trash of man
She's coming to me, someone who feels worthless
And I'm ready to taste it all... when
I'm excited to experience everything she has to offer
She's bringing me in
She's attracting me
Checking me out
She's assessing my worth
Making me Glorious
She's enhancing my self-importance
Here she comes like a brand new day
She's approaching like a fresh start
Belly dancing across the room
She's dancing with her belly across the room
In the moonlight I watch her sway
I see her moving gently in the moonlight
To her rhythm I'll go as groom... with grace... tonight...
I'll follow her lead with elegance and poise tonight
Turning me on
She's arousing me
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ANDREAS JOHNSON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@TreCool28993
One of those GLORIOUS moments when you find a song you've been trying to find for all eternity.
@johnyare8576
Found it at last, brilliant.
@uzigames1185
I hear ya, it all started with a Ben Fogle series ...
@sammiii00
TreCool28993 you posted this 3 years ago. Today I totally agree xx
@WelcomeLeo
Same
@clairemangan3235
Nobody else knew this song when I was teenager. I felt like I was the only person who had heard it...now I’ve found it again. And I just had to google him to see what he looks like, yep, still hot.
@Jamesmlvc
I never understood why this wasn't a bigger hit than it was. It still sounds fresh and amazing all these years later.
@LAURA11.
You gotta be kidding. This was a super hit back in the days
@Jamesmlvc
@LAURA I acknowledge it was a hit, but I don't understand why it wasn't BIGGER than it was.
@LAURA11.
@James Monaghan Maybe it was bigger in my country