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post Sep 1 2018, 07:24 PM
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# 16. I'm A Marionette




"I'm a Marionette" was part of a mini-musical called "The Girl with the Golden Hair" that ABBA performed at several of their live concerts. Also it's the B-side of "Take a Chance on Me".

This song grew up for me very much after Dutch musical "ABBAcadabra" from 1985. "I'm A Marionette" was used as a main theme for a witch, played by Marga Scheide (mostly known as a member of girl pop group Luv').

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post Sep 1 2018, 07:26 PM
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Seven years ago "Knowing Me" was # 1 in my top 40 ABBA songs (compiled for the Ultimate chart on UKMIX forum). Now that old chart looks irrelevant, because it was mostly based on the singles and I didn't have "Ring Ring" LP in my collection.

Just for the history.

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My old top 40 from July 2011.
1. Knowing Me, Knowing You
2. Honey, Honey
3. Name Of The Game
4. The Day Before You Came
5. When I Kissed The Teacher
6. The Winner Takes It All
7. When All Is Said And Done
8. That's Me
9. Ring Ring
10. Take A Chance On Me
11. Dancing Queen
12. Waterloo
13. Hasta Manana
14. Summer Night City
15. I Do, I Do, I Do...
16. S.O.S.
17. Angeleyes
18. On And On And On
19. Thank You For The Music
20. Eagle
21. Head Over Heels
22. One Of Us
23. I Have A Dream
24. Money Money Money
25. Super Trouper
26. Kisses On Fire
27. As Good As New
28. Voulez-Vous
29. Bang-A-Boomerang
30. Mamma Mia
31. Dum Dum Diddle
32. Slipping Through My Fingers
33. My Love, My Life
34. So Long
35. Rock Me
36. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
37. People Need Love
38. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
39. Under Attack
40. Suzy-Hang-Around
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post Sep 3 2018, 06:33 AM
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# 15. Thank You For The Music



Third and the highest song from "The Girl with the Golden Hair". In the most countries "Thank You For The Music" was a B-side on "Eagle" single. In UK this iconic ABBA track was released as single only in 1983 year and peaking only at painful number 33.
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post Sep 3 2018, 06:35 AM
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# 14. Nina, Pretty Ballerina



"Nina, Pretty Ballerina" was issued on 7" vinyl single in Austria and France to promote the band's debut album "Ring Ring".
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# 13. Head Over Heels



"Head Over Heels" was not a successful chart hit; the release came as the group's popularity was declining, and became ABBA's worst selling single since "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", seven years earlier. It only managed to chart as high as #25 in the UK, breaking a run of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits (from "SOS" in October 1975 to "One of Us" in December 1981).

This 18-hit run had equaled that of The Beatles, who had consecutive Top 10 hits from 1964 (with "A Hard Day's Night") to 1976 (with "Yesterday"), broken by "Back in the U.S.S.R.".
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# 12. Hasta Manana



Initially fearing that "Waterloo" might be too risky to enter for the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, the group considered performing the ballad "Hasta Manana" instead, as they thought that it was more in style with previous Eurovision winners.

Eventually, they decided on "Waterloo", primarily because it featured Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad sharing lead vocals, whereas "Hasta Manana" had Faltskog as the sole lead vocalist. ABBA believed that this would give the wrong impression of them to the world.

In their home country Sweden the single was peaked at # 1.


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# 11. Waterloo



The winner of my favourite year in all Eurovision history.

On 6 April 1974 the song was the winning entry for Sweden in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. The victory began ABBA's path to worldwide fame. The Swedish version of the single was a double A-side with "Honey, Honey" (Swedish version), while the English version usually featured "Watch Out" on the B-side.

The single became a No. 1 hit in several countries (include Ireland and United Kingdom).
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post Sep 4 2018, 05:48 AM
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# 10. Ring Ring



Back to back, with the victory song at # 11 we have another Eurovision related song. "Ring Ring" got only third place in Melodifestivalen, but became a big hit in Sweden, Norway, Belgium and Austria.

It was the group's first release in the UK in October 1973, but failed to chart, selling only five thousand copies. A remixed version of the song reached No. 32 in June 1974, after the No. 1 success of "Waterloo".
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# 9. The Winner Takes It All



Iconic ABBA song, probably their second most popular track after "Dancing Queen". It's my favourite song from "Super Trouper" LP.
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# 8. Knowing Me, Knowing You



"Knowing Me, Knowing You" proved to be one of ABBA's most successful singles, also it's the highest UK single in this ranking.

Only 7 songs still to come, but which one will takes it all.
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# 7. Angeleyes



In the United Kingdom, "Angeleyes" was released as a double A-side with "Voulez-Vous", this being an unusual move for the group and peaked at No. 3 in the UK in August 1979.

Technically "Angeleyes" was on the second side of "Voulez-Vous" single and didn't have any promotional video. Based on this factor I can compare "Angeleyes" place with other successful B-sides ("I'm a Marionette", "You Owe Me One", "Kisses of Fire") in this ranking, which I prefer over the main side of those singles.

Also it's my favourite track from "Voulez-Vous" album.


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# 6. Disillusion



Possibly only hardcore fans of group heard this song before. This hidden gem and very underrated lovely ballad from "Ring Ring" became only the one ABBA song with writing contributions by Agnetha.
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post Sep 5 2018, 09:10 AM
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# 5. When I Kissed The Teacher



The song's light-hearted lyrics tell the story of a student who has a crush on her teacher, one day cannot restrain herself and kisses him. The lyrics are set to spirited music. Benny Andersson considered this one of his favorite ABBA songs.

"When I Kissed The Teacher" even have the official video. Do ABBA have any plans to release it as the single ?

I hate a cover version from Mamma Mia : Here We Go Again, how they can to ruin the one from my favourite ABBA tracks ? sad.gif


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# 4. I Am Just A Girl



The highest track from "Ring Ring" is criminally underrated ballad "I Am Just A Girl". In 1973 year this song was released as single ("Ring Ring was a B-side) in Japan.


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# 3. When All Is Said And Done



Bronze medal was taken by my favourite track from "The Visitors". Although most countries released the track "One of Us" in December 1981, ABBA's American record label, Atlantic Records, instead opted for "When All Is Said and Done". For ABBA it was 14th and final US Top 40 hit.

I love very much every song in top 20, but top 2 songs are in the different league.
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# 2. Honey Honey



Now that what I call good cheesy pop song. wink.gif

In very close battle between two leaders "Honey Honey" was finished only at # 2. Obviously it's the most stable (2nd in 2011, 1st in 2014 and now 2nd again) in my rankings and aged very well.

"Honey, Honey" spent 4 months in the top 5 in West Germany and also reached top 5 in Austria and Switzerland. ABBA's British record label, Epic Records, decided to release a remixed version of "Ring Ring". But this single only reached No.32, so, instead, a cover version of "Honey, Honey" was recorded by Sweet Dreams (don't mix up them with British ESC band from 1983, it's another group wink.gif ), promptly hitting the UK top 10.

In 2008 year a cover version of "Honey Honey" being sung by actress Amanda Seyfried for "Mamma Mia" spent 5 weeks at # 1 in my chart.


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# 1. That's Me



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Are you sure you want to hear more
What if I ain't worth the while
Not the style you'd be looking for
If I'm sweet tonight
Things look different in the morning light
I'm jealous and I'm proud
If you hurt my feelings I'll cry out loud
I'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me

Are you sure you want to hear more
Would I be the one you seek
Mild and meek like the girl next door
Don't you realize
I may be an angel in disguise
It's lonely to be free
But I'm not a man's toy, I'll never be
I'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me

I don't believe in fairy-tales
Sweet nothings in my ear
But I do believe in sympathy
That's me, you see

Are you sure you want to hear more
Won't you have a drink with me
Just to see you're not really sore
I can't help my ways
I'm just not the girl to hide my face
I'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me

There's a special love
Like an eagle flying with a dove
I'll find it in the end
If I keep on searching, but until then
I'm Carrie not-the-kind-of-girl-you'd-marry
That's me


"That's Me" was released as single in Japan. So based on the special rules it's legal track for my yearly charts and I can declare "That's Me" as my favourite song from 1977.

In the most countries "That's Me" was a B-side of "Dancing Queen".


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Full Top 100 :
1. That's Me
2. Honey Honey
3. When All Is Said And Done
4. I Am Just A Girl
5. When I Kissed The Teacher
6. Dissilusion
7. Angeleyes
8. Knowing Me, Knowing You
9. The Winner Takes It All
10. Ring Ring
11. Waterloo
12. Hasta Manana
13. Head Over Heels
14. Nina, Pretty Ballerina
15. Thank You For The Music
16. I'm A Marionette
17. Dream World
18. I Have A Dream
19. Two For The Price Of One
20. Kisses Of Fire

21. Slipping Through My Fingers
22. Happy New Year
23. Me and I
24. You Owe Me One
25. One Of Us
26. Me & Bobby & Bobby's Brother
27. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
28. Dancing Queen
29. Another Town, Another Train
30. I Wonder (Departure)
31. I Let The Music Speak
32. Andante, Andante
33. Money, Money, Money
34. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
35. I've Been Waiting For You
36. My Love, My Life
37. Super Trouper
38. Elaine
39. Dum Dum Diddle
40. Gonna Sing You My Love Song

41. If It Wasn't For The Nights
42. As Good As New
43. Should I Laugh Or Cry
44. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
45. I Am The City
46. Why Did It Have To Be Me ?
47. Tiger
48. Bang-A-Boomerang
49. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
50. On And On And On
51. Medley (Pick a Bale of Cotton / On Top of Old Smokey / Midnight Special)
52. Summer Night City
53. Crazy World
54. Lovelight
55. Take A Chance On Me
56. One Man, One Woman
57. S.O.S.
58. Our Last Summer
59. Suzy-Hang-Around
60. Mamma Mia

61. Rock 'N' Roll Band
62. Merry-Go-Round
63. She's My Kind Of Girl
64. The King Has Lost His Crown
65. What About Livingstone
66. The Name Of The Game
67. So Long
68. Rock Me
69. The Day Before You Came
70. Happy Hawaii
71. Under Attack
72. Does Your Mother Know
73. Hey, Hey Helen
74. He Is Your Brother
75. Tropical Loveland
76. Voulez-Vous
77. I Saw It In The Mirror
78. People Need Love
79. Sitting In The Palmtree
80. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

81. The Piper
82. Cassandra
83. The Way Old Friends Do
84. Lovers (Live A Little Longer)
85. Soldiers
86. The Visitors
87. Santa Rosa
88. My Mama Said
89. Lay All Your Love On Me
90. Hole In Your Soul
91. Move On
92. Man In The Middle
93. Eagle
94. Chiquitita
95. Put On Your White Sombrero
96. Watch Out
97. King Kong Song
98. Intermezzo No.1
99. Arrival
100. Fernando
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