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Most ABBA songs were written and produced by Benny Andersson (right) and Björn Ulvaeus (left), with lead vocals most often handled by Anni-Frid Lyngstad (centre left) and Agnetha Fältskog (centre right). ABBA's manager Stig Anderson co-wrote several of the band's songs' lyrics. ABBA wrote the song "Hovas vittne", privately released for the ...
Voyage is the ninth and final studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released on 5 November 2021.With ten songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, it is the group's first album of new material in forty years, following The Visitors (1981).
The album's only major single release, "One of Us", proved to be the last of ABBA's nine number-one singles in Germany, this being in December 1981; and the swansong of their sixteen Top 5 singles on the South African chart. "One of Us" was also ABBA's final Top 3 hit in the UK, reaching number-three on the UK Singles Chart.
ABBA's biggest hit singles worldwide are "Dancing Queen" and "Fernando", with Arrival being their biggest hit studio album. [ 8 ] The compilation album ABBA Gold is the second best-selling album of all time in the UK [ 5 ] and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
Following the November 1981 release of ABBA's eighth album The Visitors, the four ABBA members took some time away from the group to focus on individual priorities. Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson both became fathers again in January 1982, and wanted to spend some time with their wives and new born children; at the same time, they were beginning to develop ideas for their first musical ...
The song – with lead vocals by Anni-Frid Lyngstad – had the working title "Blinka Lilla Stjärna" (i.e. Twinkle Little Star, in Swedish), [4] and was the last track to be written and recorded for the album (ultimately replacing the track "Put on Your White Sombrero").
Along with the English version, ABBA also recorded "Honey, Honey" in Swedish on January 30, 1974, at Metronome Studio, Stockholm. This was the last official recording by the group in their own language, and was released as the B-side of the Swedish "Waterloo" single.
The song was later recorded by Svenne & Lotta, Australian group The Studs, Alcazar, and the Swedish ABBA tribute band Arrival. [16] [17] A section from the beginning of the song was later re-used for the 1982 track "I Am the City". "National Song" is a short track recorded for the Australian TV commercial of the National appliances.