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The Essential Collection (ABBA Album)
''The Essential Collection'' is a 2012 compilation album released by Swedish Pop music, pop group ABBA, collecting all Single (music), single A-sides as originally planned and conceived by their record company, Polar Music, in addition to a few songs that were single hits in significant markets, as well as album tracks for which Music video, music videos were made. A two-Compact disc, CD set, the first disc spans 1972 to 1978 ("People Need Love" to "Summer Night City"), while the second covers 1979 to 1982 ("Chiquitita" to "Under Attack"). ''The Essential Collection'' effectively supersedes 2001's ''The Definitive Collection (ABBA album), The Definitive Collection'', retaining all but two tracks from the earlier release (eliminating the "Ring Ring (ABBA song), Ring Ring" and "Voulez-Vous (song), Voulez-Vous" remixes) and adding four others ("Bang-A-Boomerang", "That's Me", "One Man, One Woman" and "Happy New Year (song), Happy New Year"). The sequencing is chronological, with "Than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABBA
ABBA ( ) were a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time, and are one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music acts in the history of popular music. In , ABBA became 's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo (ABBA song), Waterloo", which in 2005 was chosen as the best song in the competition's history as part of the Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, 50th anniversary celebration of the contest. During the band's main active years, it consisted of two couples: Fältskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Andersson. With the increase of their popularity, their personal lives suffered, which eventually resulted in the collapse of both marriages. The relationship changes were reflected in the group's music, with later songs featuring darker and more intros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Night City
"Summer Night City" is a song recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus as a tribute to their hometown of Stockholm. It is the group's second non-album single, released on 6 September 1978. It was recorded during the sessions of the group's upcoming '' Voulez-Vous'' album, but was eventually not included. However, it was included on the ABBA compilation album '' Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' in October 1979, more than a year after its release. It was also featured as a bonus track on both the 1997 and 2001 CD re-issues of '' Voulez-Vous'' and as the full length version with the original intro on the 2010 re-issue. History The recording sessions for "Summer Night City" began in early 1978. It had the working titles of "Kalle Sändare" and "Dancing in the Moonlight". ABBA's new recording studio, Polar Music Studio, had opened in May 1978, but had not been ready to use initially, so the primary backing track had been recorded at Metronome Studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Is Your Brother
"He Is Your Brother" is a song recorded in 1972 by Swedish folk group "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid" (which became the pop group ABBA soon after). The song continued on the lyrical theme from the band's previous single " People Need Love" - reaching out to your fellow man. It was issued as a single in Scandinavia ( Polar Music POS 1168), New Zealand (Family Label FAY 1054). The song only charted in Scandinavian countries. In Sweden, it did not reach the sales chart but was a big radio hit reaching #1 on the '' Tio i Topp'' singles chart. The four musicians involved soon formed "ABBA". The song appeared on the group's debut album '' Ring Ring'', which was released in 1973 in Scandinavia and a few European countries, (and not the United Kingdom). Background "He Is Your Brother" was written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus. The recording sessions for the group’s debut album commenced on 26 September 1972, with this song being recorded in October 1972. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Ring (album)
''Ring Ring'' is the debut studio album by the Swedish group ABBA, initially credited as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida. It was released in Scandinavia on 26 March 1973, and later in a limited number of other territories, including West Germany, Australia, South Africa and Mexico, through Polar Music. It was a chart-topping album in Belgium, and also a big success in the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa.Scott, Robert (2002) 'ABBA: Thank You for the Music – The Stories Behind Every Song', Carlton Books Limited: Great Britain, p. 24 The album was re-released in Australasia in 1975, but was not released in the United Kingdom until 1992, and the United States until 1995. Overview When the first song " People Need Love" was recorded in the spring of 1972, the group was just one of many projects the four members were involved in. Only after the title track, " Ring Ring" became a hit, did the four decide to go on working together as a permanent group. The original 1973 Pola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Film
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film organizations may use different definitions, however; the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, for example, currently defines a short film as 45 minutes or less in the case of documentaries, and 59 minutes or less in the case of scripted narrative films (it is not made clear whether this includes closing credits). In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35 mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels. "Short" was an abbreviation for either term. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short films are often s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thank You For The Music
"Thank You for the Music" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally featured on the group's fifth studio album, '' The Album'' (1977), and was released as a double-A sided single with "Eagle" in May 1978 in limited territories, namely Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and Australia. In South Africa where it peaked at number 2 in August 1978 and became the eighteenth best-selling single of that year. "Gracias por la Música" is the Spanish-language recording of "Thank You for the Music", with lyrics by Buddy and Mary McCluskey. The B-side was the Spanish-language version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" entitled "¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame!". The song was released in 1980 to promote the band's Spanish-language album/compilation '' Gracias Por La Música''. It was the group's seventh best-selling Spanish single, and also peaked at number 4 in Argentina. "Thank You for the Music" also formed part of '' ABBA: The Movie'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy New Year (song)
"Happy New Year" is a song by Swedish group ABBA from their 1980 album '' Super Trouper'', with lead vocals by Agnetha Fältskog. It originally had a very limited release as a single in December of that year. The song's working title was "Daddy Don't Get Drunk on Christmas Day". The Spanish-language version of the song, "", was released in 1980 in Spanish-speaking territories. The single reportedly charted in the top 5 in Argentina and was included on the South American versions of the ''Super Trouper'' album. It was first released on CD as part of the 1994 Polydor US compilation , and in 1999 on the expanded re-release of . Release In 1999, the English version of the song was re-released for the new millennium, and charted at number 27 in Sweden, number 15 in the Netherlands and number 75 in Germany. In 2008, it was released again in several countries, and charted at number 4 in Sweden, number 6 in Norway and number 25 in Denmark. It re-entered the Swedish and Norwegian chart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Man, One Woman
"One Man, One Woman" is a song by ABBA, released on their 1977 album '' ABBA: The Album''. It is that album's third track after "Eagle" and "Take a Chance on Me". Composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, it has appeared on several compilation albums over the years, such as 1998's '' Love Stories'' and 2012's '' The Essential Collection''. Synopsis The song is about a couple (made up of the titular "man" and "woman") trying to save their marriage. Composition Anni-Frid Lyngstad sang the lead vocals. The instruments used in the song are piano, synths, guitar and strings. The piano is used to add a colourful countermelody to the vocal pauses in the chorus, a similar technique to the "descending double-octave riff" used in "Dancing Queen." The synth is used in a "chord-per-bar" fashion throughout the verses, and strings take over in the chorus. Analysis ''Abba: Let the Music Speak'' describes the song as "one of ABBA's most introspective portraits of the fragility of human re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Me
"That's Me", originally "Coachman's Farm", is a song recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA in 1976. It was released as a single in Japan, with " Money, Money, Money" as its B-side in July 1977, as the fourth and final single from the album ''Arrival''. It reached number 75 on the official Japanese charts. Elsewhere, "That's Me" was used as the B-side to ABBA's hit single, "Dancing Queen". A greatest hits compilation by vocalist Agnetha Fältskog Agneta Åse "Agnetha" Fältskog (; born 5 April 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and a former member of the pop group ABBA. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 Agnetha Fältskog (album), self-titled debut alb ..., released internationally in 1998, was named after the song, one of her favourites recorded with the band. References Music Video A music video, filmed during the making of 1976 TV special ABBA-dabba-doo!, was made for the song to promote it, which combined original footage, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang-A-Boomerang
"Bang-A-Boomerang" is a song by ABBA, first released by Svenne & Lotta (both Swedish and English-language versions). The track was first recorded as a demo with English lyrics (but without any recorded vocals) in September 1974 by the ABBA musicians for their eponymous album ''ABBA''. The song was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson and at one point had the working title "Stop and Listen to Your Heart". The lyrics compare the "message of love" with the returning boomerangs which the Aboriginal Australians developed. History In late 1974, Andersson, Ulvaeus and Anderson were invited by Sveriges Television as composers to submit a song to the 1975 ''Melodifestivalen''. Since ABBA themselves did not want to compete in the contest again, just one year after having won, they instead gave the opportunity and the song to Polar Music labelmates Svenne & Lotta. "Bang-A-Boomerang" was given new Swedish lyrics by Stig Anderson and retitled "Bang en Boomerang" a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voulez-Vous (song)
"Voulez-Vous" ( ; French for "Do you want?") is a 1979 song by the Swedish group ABBA, written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad shared the lead vocals. It is the second track on the group's 1979 album of the same name. In the UK and Ireland, "Voulez-Vous" was released as a double A-side, though nearly everywhere else, "Voulez-Vous" was a single A-side. The double A side single is, as of September 2021, ABBA's 13th-biggest song in the UK, including both pure sales and digital streams. The song also features on the album '' Gold: Greatest Hits'', first as a 4:21 edited version when the compilation was first released in 1992 and then in its full 5:09 version from 1999 onwards. "Angeleyes" is featured on the '' More Gold: More Hits'' compilation. "Voulez-Vous" was re-released as a single in 1992 to promote ''Gold: Greatest Hits''. "Voulez-Vous" is also the only ABBA song to have been officially released as an extended dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Ring (ABBA Song)
"Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)", in English: ''"Ring Ring (If only you called)"'', titled simply as "Ring Ring" in the English single version, is a song by Swedish group ABBA, released as the title track of their 1973 debut album. The single gave the group their big break in several European countries (although the rest of Europe, North America and Australia would be introduced to ABBA the following year). The song was written in Swedish by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, along with their manager Stig Anderson, with the original title of "Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)" ("Ring Ring (If Only You Called)"). As in other languages, the English translation (helped by Neil Sedaka and his collaborator Phil Cody) showed notable changes in the original lyrics but with a similar meaning, including a new chorus: "Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?". The Swedish version reached No. 1 in the Swedish charts. "Ring Ring" tells of a lover waiting alone by the telephone fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
