Our journey moves north again to Copenhagen the capital of Denmark. Originally a Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century, it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences, and armed forces. Since the turn of the 21st century, Copenhagen has seen strong urban and cultural development, facilitated by investment in its institutions and infrastructure.
“Wonderful Copenhagen” is a song and single written by Frank Loesser performed by Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra and released in 1953. Loesser had never visited the city when he wrote the song. The Danish people took to the song and Loesser was greeted as a national hero when he later visited the country. It was taken from the 1952 film, Hans Christian Andersen and is considered to be the best known song in the film. It occurs in the film where Andersen, played by Kaye, is about to be expelled from Odense and his apprentice Peter advocates going to Copehagen. The single reached number five in the UK in 1953 during a 10-week stay on the chart.
“Copenhagen” is the second track on Scott Walkers third album Scott 3. About the track Walker commented: “Written for my girlfriend. I always think of Copenhagen as a city of children. They’re all children there. It makes me feel like a child. One of my mushy love songs!” Scott Walker was married to a Danish woman named Mette Teglbjaer. She was from Copenhagen. You can see her image in the gatefold of this album.
“Copenhagen” In 2011, this beautifully haunting song, written and sung by the immensely talented Lucinda Williams, appeared on her album, Blessed. Williams wrote “Copenhagen” after the sudden death of her manager, Frank Callari. In Lucinda Williams’ own words, “We were in Copenhagen when we heard of his death. The song is very literal. I’m proud of that one, lyrically. It was snowing a little bit and we had the night off and found out about it. Tom and I and our tour manager at the time walked down the street from the hotel and went to a bar and I ended up talking to these people all night, drinking and crying and trying to deal with the suddenness of it.”
“Copenhagen” is a track from her 2010 album ‘Welcome Back Colour’ by Tina Dickow (aka Tino Dico) a Danish singer and songwriter, inspired by artists such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. In her home country of Denmark, she’s well known for her collaboration with the lead singer of the band TV-2, Steffen Brandt. She won a Steppeulv and a Danish Music Award in 2004 for her album, Notes, and the award for best female vocalist at Danish Music Awards 2006.In September 2008 Tina Dickow was awarded the Kronprinseparrets Kulturpris and 500,000 DKK by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
“Copenhagen” is a song by 015B. In 1988, Jeong Seok-won formed a band called “Endless Orbit (무한궤도)” with Shin Hae-cheol, competed in a song contest and won the grand prize with the song, “To You.” After the contest win, the band’s debut album was warmly received but Jeong Seok-won and Shin Hae-cheol parted ways due to musical differences. Shin Hae-cheol debuted as solo singer and Jeong Seok-won, Jo Hyung-gon, the bassist of the band, and Jeong’s brother, Jang Ho-il, created the band 015B. The Chinese characters of the band’s name, 015B(空一烏飛), means ‘a crow flies across the sky.’
