"Cherokee"
Single by Europe
From the album The Final Countdown
Released	1986
Format	7" Single 12" Single
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	4:13
Label	Epic Records
Writers	Joey Tempest
Producer	Kevin Elson
Video director	Nick Morris
Chart positions	#72 (USA)
Europe singles chronology
"Carrie" (1986)	"Cherokee" (1986)	"Superstitious" (1988)

"Cherokee" is a 1986 hit single released by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. It was the fourth single released internationally from the album The Final Countdown, and was number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the USA. Europe is a Swedish hard rock band originally assembled as a progressive rock group; they later added keyboards to their sound in order to soften it, in hopes of gaining radio airplay. ... The Final Countdown is Europes third album, released May 26, 1986, by Epic Records. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music which finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Epic Records is a record label launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Joey Tempest in 2004 Joey Tempest, born as Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson on August 19th, 1963 in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... A music-video director is someone who directs a music video, supervising the filming and editing of the work. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... Carrie is a 1986 hit single released by the Swedish hard rock band Europe. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up single in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music which finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock. ... Europe is a Swedish hard rock band originally assembled as a progressive rock group; they later added keyboards to their sound in order to soften it, in hopes of gaining radio airplay. ... The Final Countdown is Europes third album, released May 26, 1986, by Epic Records. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

The song was written by vocalist Joey Tempest in 1985, and was in fact the last song written for the album. In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Joey Tempest in 2004 Joey Tempest, born as Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson on August 19th, 1963 in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. ... This article is about the year. ...

Credits

• Written by Joey Tempest
• Produced by Kevin Elson
• Lead and background vocals by Joey Tempest
• Guitar by John Norum
• Keyboards by Mic Michaeli
• Bass by John Levén
• Drums by Ian Haugland

Joey Tempest in 2004 Joey Tempest, born as Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson on August 19th, 1963 in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. ... John Norum in 2004 John Norum, born as John Terry Norum on February 23rd, 1964 in Vardø, Norway. ... Mic Michaeli in 2004 Mic Michaeli, born as Gunnar Mathias Michaeli on November 11th, 1962 in Stockholm, Sweden. ... John Levén John Levén, born as John Gunnar Levén on October 25th, 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden. ... Ian Haugland in 2004 Ian Haugland, born as Jan Håkan Haugland on August 13, 1964 in Nordreisa, Norway. ...

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Lyrics

Trivia

• The video for "Cherokee" was filmed in September 1987, in Almería, Spain. It was filmed a half mile from where Sergio Leone shot the famous Clint Eastwood spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars. When filming the scene where the horses run through the valley, someone accidentally set some brush near the set on fire. The entire video crew, including band members, had to fight the fire by quickly digging a road that the fire could not bridge.

1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Almería province Almería is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. ... Sergio Leone Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director. ... Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... Spaghetti Westerns is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. ... A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari in Italy, and officially on-screen in the U.S. as simply Fistful of Dollars) is a 1964 film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood. ...