Single:
Moviestar entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 March 1976 peaked at #3. The song was #30 on the Top 100 of 1976.
Album:
The song is on Moviestar which entered the Australian albums chart* on 9 August 1976 and peaked at #65.
Songwriter:
Harpo
Producer:
Bengt Palmers
Record label of Australian release:
EMI
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
Moviestar by Swedish pop singer Harpo is about someone who thinks he’s a real big star, but in reality only did some acting in a TV commercial.
Jan Harpo Svennson started working as an actor in the late 1960s but music remained a distraction.
1972 he visited London and linked up with English producer Mickie Most, who was sure international success was beckoning. Harpo recorded Moviestar with ABBA’s Anni-Frid Lyngstad on backing vocals.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/harpo/moviestar
Lyrics:
You feel like Steve McQueen
When you′re driving in your car
And you think you look like James Bond
When you’re smoking your cigar
It′s so bizarre, you think you are
A new kind of James Dean
But the only thing I’ve ever seen of you
Was a commercial spot on the screen
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