Joey Tempest

Joey Tempest wrote one of the most recognizable intros in rock history, and I can't help but envy that a little. Born in Stockholm, the frontman and chief songwriter of the band Europe penned The Final Countdown, a song so globally embedded that almost everyone knows those opening notes. As a singer-songwriter he's driven the band with a melodic, distinctly Scandinavian sense of hooks. People love to file him under one-hit wonder, but he's kept the band going and kept singing for decades, which takes real staying power. To write something that still makes a crowd erupt on the first chord is a songwriter's dream, and I admire the longevity behind it.

Name (English)

Joey Tempest

Name (Japanese)

ジョーイ・テンペスト

Reading

じょーい・てんぺすと

Born

August 19, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Stockholm, Sweden

Occupation

singer / singer-songwriter / composer

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.joeytempest.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88

Tags

• singer
• singer-songwriter
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.