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Track: Anthem
Artist: Tommy Körberg
Album: Chess (The Original Recording / Remastered / Deluxe Edition)

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Name: Tommy Körberg
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Swedish singer and actor, born 4 July 1948, Norsjö, Sweden. He may be best known for his role as Anatoly/"The Russian" in the musical Chess. He played the role on the 1984 album, and on stage in the 1986 world premiere West End production in London and later on a number of occasions. Körberg has also played the lead role in many Swedish productions of other musicals. He represented Sweden in the 1969 and 1988 Eurovision Song Contests. In 1969, he won a Swedish Recording Industry Award Grammis in the category Best Debut Performance. Körberg was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in the category Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical, for his role in the 1986 world premiere of Chess. For the 2002 Swedish production of Chess, he won a Guldmasken, the national Swedish theater award, in the category Best Actor in a Musical. Brother (half-siblings) of [a=Rosa Körberg] and [a3619217].

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Release: Tommy Körberg - Anthem
Year: 1984
Genres: Pop, Stage & Screen
Styles: Musical, Ballad

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LYRICS

[ANATOLY]
No man, no madness
Though their sad power may prevail
Can possess, conquer, my country's heart
They rise to fail
She is eternal
Long before nations' lines were drawn
When no flags flew, when no armies stood
My land was born.

And you ask me why I love her
Through wars, death and despair.
She is the constant, we who don't care
And you wonder will I leave her -- but how?
I cross over borders but I'm still there now.

How can I leave her?
Where would I start?
Let man's petty nations tear themselves apart
My land's only borders lie around my heart.