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At the end of April the album, titled Voulez-Vous, was finally ready for release and to emphasize the shift towards a disco sound, the album cover shot was taken at Alexandra's night club in Stockholm. [3] The album was released on 23 April 1979, and in the following months of its launch, ABBA released a number of other singles from it.
ABBA performing in Edmonton, Canada in 1979. The following is a list of songs released by the Swedish supergroup ABBA, which was formed in Stockholm by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Including their releases under their former name "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid" or "Björn & Benny, Agnetha ...
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. [4]
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released on October 29, 1979, to coincide with their tour of North America and Europe, which took place between September and November 1979.
The discography of Swedish pop music group ABBA consists of nine studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums, four box sets, five video albums, 50 singles, and 43 music videos. To date, ABBA have sold more than 150 million records worldwide [1] becoming one of the best-selling music artists in history.
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" is a song by Swedish band ABBA. It was recorded in August 1979 to help promote their North American and European tour of that year, and was released on ABBA's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 album as a brand new track.
"I Have a Dream" was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus circa March 1979 and was taken from the group's 1979 album, Voulez-Vous. Anni-Frid Lyngstad sang the lead vocals. The track was released as a single in December 1979 with a live version of " Take a Chance on Me " as the B-side.
In 2018, Rob Sheffield ranked "Does Your Mother Know" 11th in a list of ABBA's top 25 songs published by Rolling Stone. [26] In 2021, Total Guitar rated it the group's fourth best guitar song, after "Waterloo", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" and "SOS". [27] It was placed 18th in a 2024 BBC Radio 2 poll to find listeners ...