![]() Angeleyes charted separately in the US and reached. Voulez Vous was a double A side with Angeleyes in the UK. The Spanish version of I Have a Dream also charted in some counties. The English version was #1 in a lot of countries but mainly small markets like Ireland and New Zealand. Airbrushed out of history.Ī Spanish version of Chiquitita sold well in Latin America. It under performed in most places and was never featured on a studio album, Gold - Greatest Hits or either Mamma Mia! film. Summer Night City was ABBA's 3rd and final #1 in Sweden. And three peaking at #2 in The Netherlands. Their fortunes would revive in Germany but not Australia.ĪBBA have a trio of consecutive no. Also after 6 consecutive number ones in Germany, The Name of the Game peaks at #7. Along with Waterloo, Take a Chance on Me, The Winner Takes it All and Knowing Me, Knowing You are THE iconic ABBA singles.Īfter 6 #1 hits in a row in Australia, Knowing Me Knowing You marks the end of Abbamania there. These songs had pretty much universal appeal. Dancing Queen the biggest seller in the UK, the US and Japan. Additionally not released in France, Sweden or Japan.ĭuring their original career Fernando was ABBA's biggest seller in France, Germany and Australia. In The Netherlands where ABBA had 10 #1s and 5 #2s, it failed to reach Top 10! In America where uptempo Waterloo, Dancing Queen and Take a Chance On Me were huge, Mamma Mia failed to make Top 30. Hard to believe now but Mamma Mia was a bit of a flop in some countries. For up to a year after Waterloo ABBA had more chart success in the US than the UK. The follow up to Waterloo was Ring Ring in the UK and Honey Honey in the US, Australia and several European counties. Swedish versions of Ring Ring and Waterloo reached #1 and #2 in Sweden respectively. ![]() This song charted in UK in 1974 and in 1976 in Australia. ABBA had chart success in the Netherlands and Belgium in 1973 with Ring Ring. A concert that has brought all four of us together again."ĭemand for the 'live' shows has been so great that a further release of new tickets for new dates will be added from the 3rd November, just two days prior to the release of their new album! Grab yours before it's too late.Click on links below for ABBA's chart positions in the following countries A concert that combines the old and new, the young and not-so-young. ABBA have invited their fans to - "Join us for a concert 40 years in the making. Taking up residency in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, the ABBAtars of Anni-Fred, Agnetha, Benny and Björn will perform their new material, and their greatest hits, accompanied by a live 10-piece band in the specially constructed 'ABBA Arena'. The ABBAtars have been specially created by George Lucas' (Star Wars) Industrial Light and Magic company by a team of 850 people working over several months. The Swedes will appear as digital versions, or avatars of themselves when they perform in front of a live audience. ![]() To coincide with the release of 'Voyage' ABBA are also appearing virtually. ![]() Clearly the passing of time has not diminished the craving to see Benny, Björn, Agnetha and Anni-Frid sing. The almost insatiable appetite for new ABBA music has resulted in the accompanying video for their first release this century realising more than 25 million views on YouTube alone. The enduring quality of the well written, expertly crafted pop songs, plus the 'Mamma Mia' films and musicals, has kept ABBA in the limelight and brought their songs to a new generation of avid listeners. In the intervening four decades since they last released any new material ABBA's popularity has seemingly not waned at all, if anything it may have even grown bigger with age. The ten track record will be released on November 5th, just a few weeks shy of forty years since 'The Visitors' was released on November 30th 1981. Following the release of the double a-side single - 'I Still Have Faith In You/Don't Shut Me Down' in September ABBA have now released their latest track - 'Just A Notion'.Īll three of ABBA's new tracks will feature on their new album 'Voyage', the band's follow-up to 'The Visitors'. You wait forty years for a new Abba track and then three come along in quick succession.
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