Music like Orup

Orup (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈǔːrɵp]; born Thomas Eriksson on November 29, 1958), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and guitarist who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like "Jag blir hellre jagad av vargar", "Regn hos mig", "M.B.", "Då står pojkarna på rad", "Magaluf", and "Stockholm". Orup has also written several songs for other performers. He wrote the winning song of Melodifestivalen 2004, "Det gör ont" performed by Lena Philipsson. He was one of the judges on X Factor in 2012. Orup also took part in season 5 of the Swedish TV-show Så mycket bättre, broadcast on TV4.

Orup's father, Hasse Eriksson, was a professional jazz pianist, and his mother worked at the Swedish postal service. His parents divorced when Orup was 7 and his father died when he was 18. Orup has described his family as lower middle class. He has gone by the nickname "Orup" since he was a schoolboy. He can't remember how he got the moniker, just that it had something to do with the TV news anchor Lars Orup.