LA Run

"L.A. Run"
"L.A. Run"
Song by Carvells
Language	English
Genre	popular music
Songwriter(s)	Alan Carvell, Brian O Shea

L.A. Run is a song written and composed by Alan Carvell and Brian O Shea, and recorded by the Carvells in 1977 which reached number 31 in the UK charts in November of the same year. The song is about the then-new craze of Skateboarding which had crossed-over from the US to the UK that same year.

With new lyrics in Swedish by Björn Håkanson and Stefan Schröder as Skateboard, Magnum Bonum scored a 1978 success with the song.^[1]

Charts

Carvell's version

Chart (1977)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[2]	31

Magnum Bonum version

Chart (1978-1979)	Peak position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[3]	1

References

^ Joakim Tegblom. "Låtar du trodde var svenska" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ "Carvells Songs (Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-06.
^ Swedish singles chart

[1] Joakim Tegblom. "Låtar du trodde var svenska" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[2] "Carvells Songs (Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-06.

[3] Swedish singles chart

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