1) Finnish singer Ilkk… Read Full Bio ↴Danny is a mononym of at least seven artists:
1) Finnish singer Ilkka Lipsanen
2) American rapper
3) Swedish singer Danny Saucedo
4) USA exotica band
5) Daniel Siulapwa from Zambia
6) Danny is a Japanese emo punk rock 3 piece band from Japan.
7) Danny portuguese afrobeat artist.
1) A mononym of Ilkka Lipsanen (b. 24 Sept 1942, Pori, Finland) is a Finnish singer and guitarist. He started his career with the band Islanders who released a couple of singles, among them Danny's first recording which was in English: East Virginia by Joan Baez in 1964. During his national service Danny switched to his native Finnish and recorded two hits, "Kauan" ("Downtown" by Petula Clark) and "Piilopaikka" ("You've Got Your Troubles"). After the army in 1966 Danny launched his own management company D-Tuotanto and started his hugely popular and spectacular "Danny-Shows" which toured around Finland every summer all the way to the late 1970s, with a different theme every year and an entourage of other well-known singers and entertainers. During the 1960s Danny recorded a number of hits, among them "Kesäkatu" (Loving Spoonful's "Summer In The City"), "Vähän ennen kyyneleitä" ("El angel de la guarda"), "Tuuliviiri", "Rebecca" and "Se eikö todista että muutuin" ("If I Promise").
Some of the best known hits for Danny in the 1970s were "Vai niin, vai niin" ("How Do You Do"), "Maantieltä taloon" ("Son of My Father" by Chicory Tip) and "Kuusamo" ("L'ete Indien - Africa" by Joe Dassin). In 1977 Danny joined together with former Miss Finland, Armi Aavikko, with whom he had the extremely popular hits "Tahdon olla sulle hellä" and "Kaiken sulle antaisin".
A song by Jukka Kuoppamäki, "Tämä taivas, tämä maa", was a big hit for Danny in 1992. In 1997 performed in China and in 1988 in Turkey. These days Danny is considered an elder statesman in Finnish popular music, still active in music business and touring.
Danny achieved some notoriety outside Finland in 2006 when the 1978 music video duet with the late Armi Aavikko, "Tahdon olla sulle hellä", sung in English as "I Wanna Love You Tender" became an internet meme. The choreography of this video was particularly noteworthy. While it was apparently intended to be "erotic and tantalizing", in the eyes of many it principally succeeded in being hilarious.
Albums: Se olla voi toisinkin päin (1966, Scandia), Danny (1968, Scandia), D (1971, Scandia), Käärme (1972, Scandia), Mentävä on (1973, Scandia), Danny in Beat (1974, Scandia), Elämän maku (1976, Scandia), Tahdon olla sulle hellä (1977, Scandia), Danny & Armi (1978, Scandia), Danny & Armi – Toinen LP (1979, Scandia), Ninja (1986, M&T Production), Elämän sävel (1988, GoldDisc), Tämä taivas, tämä maa (1992, Finnlevy), Vielä sä syleilet mua (1995, Finnlevy), Valoa & energiaa (1996, Finnlevy), Taikaa (1997, Finnlevy), Nainen (2002, Edel) and Tunteiden Danny (2010).
2) A mononym of Swedish pop singer Danny Saucedo (b. Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski, 25 February 1986, in Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden).
Saucedo embarked on his journey in Idol 2006 by auditioning with the song "I Swear" by the vocal quartet All-4-One. He was praised by the jury for his touching and convincing voice. Saucedo joined his fellow contestant Felicia Brandström in a duet, singing Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do", which, according to the jury, was the best performance until then in the Idol contest. The jury was unanimous in its opinion that if both were to continue at the level of that performance, they would easily end up in the Idol final. The jury's comments were harsh after Danny's performance of Nick Lachey's single "What's Left of Me" in the semi-final, however, as they claimed his voice did not suit this song. In the top 11 final, Danny sang The Jacksons' "Blame It on the Boogie" while doing some Jackson moves. In the top 10 final, Danny stormed the stage and even made a jury member Kishti Tomita weep in tears, while he sang the ballad "Öppna din dörr" by Swedish singer Tommy Nilsson.
In 2006, after the end of the Idol season, he released his first single, a cover of "Öppna din dörr". The debut single charted at #24 on the Swedish Singles Chart. Danny formed the trio E.M.D. with the previous Idol contestants Erik Segerstedt and Mattias Andréasson, at the same time putting his solo output as well.
Danny was one of the participants in the television show Let's Dance 2008 (Swedish version of Dancing with the Stars). In September 2008, Danny along with professional dancer Jeanette Carlsson took part in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. The couple placed 12th in the final on 6th September in Glasgow.
Danny participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 as a solo artist, singing the song "In the Club". He won the first semi-final and qualified for the final, which was held on 12th March in Stockholm. He placed second (placing also second in the rankings of both the international juries and televoters), behind Eric Saade's song "Popular". Danny received a total of 149 points, whereas Saade received 193 points.
Danny has released 3 albums: "Heart.Beats", "Set Your Body Free" (which includes the single "Radio", which stayed at the top of the Swedish chart for 2 weeks) and "In the Club" (which includes his Melodifestivalen 2011 entry, "In the Club").
3) A New Orleans / Los Angeles, USA exotica band with members including: Courtney Asztalos, Heather Lee Smith, Danny Clifton and Ryan O'Malley. They débuted with EP Pontchartrain Beach (Jul 2014).
Sites: SoundCloud, BandCamp and Twitter
5) Danny is a Japanese emo punk rock 3 piece band from Japan.
6) Danny is a portuguese artist whose based on AfroBeat, R&B and Reggae genres. His path through music started in 2020 with his first single “Why you nervous”which was produced in his hometown. Danny challenged himself by digging onto AfroBeat roots and creating his second single “Wine pon me”.
Kauan
Danny Lyrics
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Niin aina levy silloin soi kauan
Ulos kun iltaisin mä odotan sua,
Sä aina viivyt niin kauan
Vaan yhdessä kun ollaan,
Aika saa kuin siivet selkään,
Kaupunkimme kellojen
Miksi on niin
Mä nähdä sun, armahin
Jo heti aamulla aikaisin haluaisin,
Ja sun kauan kanssani kulkevan,
Kauan kellojen seisovan,
Kauan haluan jatkuvan niin
Kauan, kauan
Hymysi tuo, mä jonka sinulta sain,
Se säilyy mielessäin kauan
Muistoilla noilla, jotka yhdessä saimme,
Elän eteenpäin kauan
Vaan miksi jossain kirjoitettu oisi, että saisin
Muistoissain vain elää tanssi-illoin lauantaisin
Suostu mä en vain tyytymään haaveisiin,
Kun kanssas elää mä voisin kai loputtomiin
Ja niin kauan kaikesta nauttisin,
Kauan kanssasi armahin,
Kauan elää niin tahtoisin vain
Kauan, kauan, kauan
Vaan yhdessä kun ollaan, aika saa kuin siivet selkään,
Kaupunkimme kellojen mä edistävän pelkään
Suostu mä en vain tyytymään haaveisiin,
Kun kanssas elää mä voisin kai loputtomiin
Ja niin kauan kaikesta nauttisin,
Kauan kanssasi armahin,
Kauan elää niin tahtoisin vain
Kauan, kauan, kauan, kauan, kauan...
Danny’s song “Kauan” is a love song about the longing for spending time with a lover. The first verse talks about the pain of waiting for the beloved while he/she is out dancing with someone else, and the sadness that comes with the long wait. However, once they are together, time flies by like wings on their back, and they fear the town’s clock ticking away the moments they have left together.
In the chorus, the singer expresses his desire to spend as much time as possible with his beloved, and not just on Saturday dance nights, but every day of the week. He talks about savoring every moment they have together, preserving their memories, and not settling for just daydreaming about it.
The song speaks to the universal experience of longing for a loved one’s company, and the joy that comes with spending time together. The lyrics are simple and heartfelt, and the melody is beautiful, creating a sense of longing in the listener’s heart.
Line by Line Meaning
Toisien kanssa kun sä tanssit,
Niin aina levy silloin soi kauan
When you dance with others,
The music always plays for a long time
Ulos kun iltaisin mä odotan sua,
Sä aina viivyt niin kauan
When I wait for you outside in the evenings,
You always take so long
Vaan yhdessä kun ollaan,
Aika saa kuin siivet selkään,
Kaupunkimme kellojen
Mä edistävän pelkään
But when we are together,
Time flies like wings on our back,
I fear the city clocks
will make us move forward
Miksi on niin
Mä nähdä sun, armahin
Jo heti aamulla aikaisin haluaisin,
Ja sun kauan kanssani kulkevan,
Kauan kellojen seisovan,
Kauan haluan jatkuvan niin
Kauan, kauan
Why is it so?
I would like to see you, my dearest,
Already early in the morning,
And walk with you for a long time,
The clock ticking long,
I want this to continue for a long time,
Long, long
Hymysi tuo, mä jonka sinulta sain,
Se säilyy mielessäin kauan
Muistoilla noilla, jotka yhdessä saimme,
Elän eteenpäin kauan
The smile you gave me,
It stays in my mind for a long time
With memories that we shared,
I will live forward for a long time
Vaan miksi jossain kirjoitettu oisi, että saisin
Muistoissain vain elää tanssi-illoin lauantaisin
Suostu mä en vain tyytymään haaveisiin,
Kun kanssas elää mä voisin kai loputtomiin
But why would it be written somewhere,
That I should only live in my memories on dance nights on Saturdays?
I can't just settle for dreams,
When I could live with you endlessly
Ja niin kauan kaikesta nauttisin,
Kauan kanssasi armahin,
Kauan elää niin tahtoisin vain
Kauan, kauan, kauan
And so I would enjoy everything for a long time,
Long with you, my dearest,
I would want to live like this forever,
Long, long, long
Vaan yhdessä kun ollaan, aika saa kuin siivet selkään,
Kaupunkimme kellojen mä edistävän pelkään
Suostu mä en vain tyytymään haaveisiin,
Kun kanssas elää mä voisin kai loputtomiin
But when we are together, time flies like wings on our back,
I fear the city clocks will make us move forward
I can't just settle for dreams,
When I could live with you endlessly
Ja niin kauan kaikesta nauttisin,
Kauan kanssasi armahin,
Kauan elää niin tahtoisin vain
Kauan, kauan, kauan, kauan, kauan...
And so I would enjoy everything for a long time,
Long with you, my dearest,
I would want to live like this forever,
Long, long, long, long, long...
Contributed by Parker B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.