Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with the song "Beatles", composed by Claes Bure, with lyrics by Sven-Olof Bagge, and performed by the band Forbes. The Swedish participating broadcaster, Sveriges Radio (SR), selected its entry through Melodifestivalen 1977. The entry was a tribute to the rock band The Beatles, who had split up some years earlier.
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Before Eurovision
Melodifestivalen 1977
Melodifestivalen 1977 was the selection for the 17th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. After hosting the contest in 1975, Sweden chose to skip the following year to save money, and the program also faced criticism from the political left. It was the 16th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 965 songs were submitted to SR for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 26 February 1977, presented by Ulf Elfving and was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio.
Three of the ten competing songs were written by Tomas Ledin.
At Eurovision
The contest was held in London, and Forbes performed 12th. Sweden received 2 points from Germany and nothing else, giving them their first last place since 1963.