News - Denmark: Olsen Brothers' Respect climbs the charts | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2009 Moscow, Russia 

Twenty six years after releasing their first album, eight years after they won the Eurovision Song Contest and three years since their latest CD, the Olsen brothers are again climbing the Danish charts, currently at # 2, with their newly released album, Respect. What seems to be the most important feature of this album for the duo is their collaboration with Sir Cliff Richard, an artist they have admired and respected all their lives.

In a radio interview, a few years back, Sir Cliff Richard stated that if the Olsen Brothers ever needed a third singer they could simply pick up the phone. And so they did, which resulted in the three of them recording together Look up, look down for Respect. Jørgen and Noller Olsen flew to Portugal to Sir Cliff's vineyard where they worked together recording the song, something which they state was a dramatically rewarding and inspiring experience for them. "We were genuinely touched. If anyone had told us when we were little that we were going to publish anything with him, we would have asked this person to sit down and relax", says Jørgen Olsen who agrees with Noller in that "an artist having sold over 250 million records deserves deep respect".

Respect contains fourteen tracks in total, all of them classic hits from the international music scene. Among them, two tracks by the Beatles, The Mamas and the Papas and the Supremes. Sir Cliff Richard also thought up and recorded a new line for his own Livin' doll, "I know I'll never be lonely, I got the one and only", which is also included in the album. The album title is meant to convey the brothers' feelings towards the old tunes and lyrics that they have grown up with and developed a very special relation to. "It has been our intention all along that Respect should reflect the past, of course, but at the same time, it has been designed to spin a thread into the future by introducing old tunes in a modern arrangement", as Jørgen Olsen explains.

Respect can be currently found at #2 in the official IFPI Danish charts, moving up five places since last week.

Full track list

Look up look down, written by Jørgen Olsen, originally published on their CD Walk right back
Obladi oblada, original soundtrack by The Beatles
Livin' doll, by Cliff Richard
Moviestar, the single most popular hit by the Swedish singer and songwriter Harpo
Strawberry fields, one of The Beatles' greatest hits
Stop in the name of love, by The Supremes incl. Diana Ross
If you are going to San Francisco, signature tune of Scott Mackenzie
I'll give you everything I own by the Breads
Baby I need your loving, one of the major hits of The Four Tops
A love so beautiful, by Michael Bolton
Garden party, by Ricky Nelson
I can see clearly now - recorded by Jimmy Cliff
Monday Monday, by The Mamas & The Papas
A world without love, by Peter & Gordon (written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon

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