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ABBA Music Videos

Ring, Ring Play Video

Ring, Ring

Abba Ring, Ring music video - official.

Waterloo Play Video

Waterloo

Abba Waterloo music video - official.

Under Attack Play Video

Under Attack

Official music video for the track Under Attack by Abba.

That's Me Play Video

That's Me

Official music video for the track That's Me by Abba.

Head Over Heels Play Video

Head Over Heels

Official music video for the track Head Over Heels by Abba.

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Abba - Dancing Queen Play Video

Abba - Dancing Queen

Music video by Abba performing Dancing Queen. (C) 1976 Polar Music International AB

Abba - Take A Chance On Me Play Video

Abba - Take A Chance On Me

Music video by Abba performing Take A Chance On Me. (C) 1977 Polar Music International AB

Abba - The Winner Takes It All Play Video

Abba - The Winner Takes It All

Music video by Abba performing The Winner Takes It All. (C) 1980 Polar Music International AB

ABBA Dancing Queen 1976 Play Video

ABBA Dancing Queen 1976

ABBA donned traditional 18th Century costumes when they first performed this song for King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden the night before he was married to Silvia Sommerlath on 18/06/1976.

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ABBA Biography

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972, comprising Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music, topping the charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982. ABBA has sold over 200 million records worldwide and still sell millions of records a year, which makes them one of the best-selling music artists. ABBA was the first pop group to come from a non-English-speaking country that enjoyed consistent success in the charts of English-speaking countries, including the UK, Ireland, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Philippines. The group also enjoyed significant success in Latin American markets (particularly Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Argentina), and recorded a collection of their hit songs in Spanish.

During the band's active years, Faltskog and Ulvaeus were a married couple, as were Lyngstad and Andersson-although both couples later divorced. At the height of their popularity, both relationships were suffering strain which ultimately resulted in the collapse of the Ulvaeus-Faltskog marriage in 1979 and the Andersson-Lyngstad marriage in 1981. As a result, these relationship changes began appearing in the group's music, as they produced more introspective lyrics with different compositions.

After ABBA broke up in early 1983, Andersson and Ulvaeus achieved success writing music for the stage while Lyngstad and Faltskog pursued individual solo careers with varying success. ABBA's music declined in popularity until several films, notably Muriel's Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, revived interest in the group, spawning several tribute bands. In 1999, ABBA's music was adapted into the successful musical Mamma Mia! that toured worldwide. A film of the same name released in 2008 became the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom that year. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 15 March 2010.

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ABBA Lyrics

ABBA - Dancing Queen Lyrics

You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh see that girl, watch that scene
Dig in the dancing queen

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ABBA - I Have a Dream Lyrics

I have a dream, a song to sing, to help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of the fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels, something good in everything I see

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ABBA - Lay All Your Love on Me Lyrics

I wasn't jealous before we met
Now every woman I see is a potential threat
And I'm possessive, it isn't nice
You've heard me saying that smoking was my only vice

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ABBA - Mamma Mia Lyrics

I've been cheated by you since I don't know when
So I made up my mind, it must come to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn
I don't know how, but I suddenly lose control

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ABBA - The Winner Takes It All Lyrics

I don't wanna talk
About the things we've gone through
Though it's hurting me
Now it's history

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ABBA - Honey Honey Lyrics

Honey, honey, how you thrill me, ah, hah, honey, honey
Honey, honey, nearly kill me, ah, hah, honey, honey
I'd heard about you before, I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, you're a love machine

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ABBA - Chiquitita Lyrics

Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong?
You're enchained by your own sorrow
In your eyes there is no hope for tomorrow
How I hate to see you like this

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ABBA - Money Money Money Lyrics

I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That's too bad

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ABBA - Take a Chance on Me Lyrics

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down

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ABBA - Thank You for The Music Lyrics

I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore
If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it before
But I have a talent a wonderful thing
'Cause everyone listens when I start to sing

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ABBA Discography

ABBA albums.

  • Voulez-vous - (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • ABBA - (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • Ring Ring - (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • The Complete Studio Recordings (disc 1: Ring Ring) - 07/11/2005 (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • The Complete Studio Recordings (disc 2: Waterloo) - 07/11/2005 (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • The Complete Studio Recordings (disc 3: ABBA) - 07/11/2005 (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • The Complete Studio Recordings (disc 4: Arrival) - 07/11/2005 (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • The Complete Studio Recordings (disc 6: Voulez-Vous) - 07/11/2005 (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • The Complete Studio Recordings (disc 7: Super Trouper) - 07/11/2005 (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • The Complete Studio Recordings (disc 8: The Visitors) - 07/11/2005 (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • The Complete Studio Recordings (disc 9: Rarities) - 07/11/2005 (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • The Complete Studio Recordings (disc 5: The Album) - 07/11/2005 (Polar Music International AB/XE)
  • Super Trouper - (Polar Music International AB/US)
  • The Album - (Polydor/GB)
  • The Visitors - (Polar Music International AB/GB)
  • Waterloo - (Polydor/GB)
  • Arrival - (Epic/GB)
  • Live in Concert (Australia) - (CTS Production/AU)
  • I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do / Mamma Mia - (Atlantic Oldies Series/US)

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