ABBA, a popular Swedish band, released a number of hits in the 1970s that remain well-known and well-known by millions to this day. Since ABBA’s songs have always received the most widespread airplay, we’ve recently heard more about ABBA and their classic music since the debut of “Mamma Mia!” on Broadway and the 2008 release of the film was based on the Broadway production.
My awareness of ABBA was limited to about four songs by the band until the movie “Mamma Mia!” in theaters over the summer of 2008. AbBA amazed by the many hits and the wide range of musical instruments they have produced over the course of seven or eight years in the relatively short production period in which the group is carved into the charts, I decided to do a little digging and explore when the songs were released and how some made it onto the US charts .
Chiquitita
This song would hit the charts in 1979 and light up in 1980, peaking at #29 on the charts.
Antiphon
One of ABBA’s most popular songs, and deservedly so: this ABBA song reached #1 in 1977 and spent fifteen weeks in the Top 40.
Does your mother know
This 1979 ABBA single spent ten weeks in the Top 40, reaching #19.
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (The man behind the middle
In 1979 he released one.
Honey, Honey
One of ABBA’s earliest hits, Honey, Honey spent four weeks in the Top 40 on the Billboard charts late 1974; they came to the song.
I Do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
In 1976, this song spent eight weeks in the Top 40 and peaked at #15.
I have a dream
Although the song was not originally released on United, I Have a Dream< /i> was one of It was ABBA’s 1979 title. In 1981, Cristy Lane’s rendition reached #17 on the US Country Singles chart.
Knowing myself, knowing you
Following Dancing Queen in the US charts, Knowing Me, Knowing You was a Top 40 hit for ten weeks in 1977, peaking at #14.
put your love in me
Popular song dance released in 1980 on the album Super Trouper.
Mamma Mia
I probably wanted to find out a little more about the song, but it’s a Broadway hit and a popular movie title. Mamma Mia spent four weeks in the Top 40 four times during the summer of 1976, including at #32.
Money, Money, Money
It was released in 1976 on the ABBA album Advent.
Our last summer
Released in 1980 on the album Super Trouper.
Sliding through my fingers
The last song on the ABBA album produced during their time as a band, Through My Fingers The Fall was released in late 1981.
SOS
In 1975, SOS spent eight weeks in the Top 40 and reached #15. The Billboard Book Top 40 Hits notes that this is the only chart on which both songs hit. the song title and band name are palindromes (where the word can be read both before and after).
Super Trouper
Also the name of the 1980 album on which this song was released.
Let there be an opportunity about me
In 1978, Sin in Me broke into the Top 5 and spent fourteen weeks in the Top 40, peaking at #3 at one point in the US.
Name of the game
We all learned “The Name of the Game” when this song nine weeks in the Top 40 US charts in 1978 and reached # 12
The winner takes it all
On the charts in 1981, Victor Takes It All was a Top 10 hit and spent sixteen weeks in the Top 40. The song was also the #1 “Adult Contemporary Hit” for 2 weeks.
Under attack
Although it did not reach the Top 40 in the US charts, this was among the last songs released by ABBA before they disbanded in 1982.
Voulez-Vous
Released in 1979 on the album of the same name.
When All Is Said and Done
The last Top 40 hit in America for ABBA, When All Is Said and Done was a chart-topping swan song for the group in 1982; When All Was Said and Done reached #27 and spent eight weeks on the Top 40 charts.
Resources:
ABBA: Site. September 7, 2008. http://www.abbasite.com/music/album.php?id=21
http://www.abbasite.com/music/album.php?id=24
http://www.abbasite.com/music/album.php?id=25
http://www.abbasite.com/music/album.php?id=31
http://www.abbasite.com/music/singles.php
Internet Database. “Mamma Mia!” September 7, 2008. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795421/
Whitburn, Joel. The Teubnerian Library of Greek and Roman Scripts 7th ed. Billboard; Venice: 2000
Wikipedia. “I have a dream.” 7 September 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_Dream_(ABBA_song)
Wikipedia. “Magis ABBA Gold” September 7, 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magis_ABBA_Auri:_Magis_ABBA_Hits
