Drømmer Man Om Den, Vågner..
feed squirrels better find horseshoe better lose head better think
better say better sing right loud spot crowd better know
better set dizzy better count basie band better coltrane better
stand better better latest news better evans ballads better williams
blue better hear lady check monterey better know better desi
better route better kildare better quiz show fix better sing
better hitchcock karloff flick switch better movies late night watch
fight better circus elephants dance clown parade better peanuts popcorn
fresh lemonade better rid midway better seal blow horn better
shoot cannon better fresh ears corn better balance wire watch
tigers leap better
A Danish film song from Liva Weel
Liva Weel's "Drømmer man om den, vågner man aldrig op igen" belongs to the world of Danish film song and theatrical popular music in the early 1930s. Its title, roughly “If you dream of it, you never wake up again,” suggests the kind of playful melancholy that marked many songs of the period: a romantic fantasy that is attractive precisely because it offers an escape from ordinary life. Weel's expressive delivery made such material feel personal, even when it was written for a stage or screen setting.
The song was associated with the 1932 Danish film *Odds 777*, in which Weel starred. Kai Normann Andersen composed the music, and the recording places the tune within the wider tradition of Danish revue and cinema songs that circulated beyond their original productions. Weel was a celebrated singer and actress whose performances helped define popular entertainment in Denmark between the wars. Her recordings preserve a distinct vocal style shaped by stage performance rather than the later conventions of studio pop.
The piece is not known for a modern chart history; its importance comes from its place in Danish cultural memory and the survival of Weel's recordings through archival reissues and compilations. The song offers a window onto a period when film, revue and popular song were closely connected. Heard today, it is both a compact piece of entertainment and a document of Weel's lasting influence on Danish music. Its light surface carries a hint of longing, a combination that made her repertoire endure beyond the films and revues for which it was written.