Tag ABBA

“Happy New Year” (ABBA)

Happy New Year, ABBA

It’s New Year’s Day, so it’s appropriate that today’s classic song of the day is ABBA’s “Happy New Year.” Included on the group’s 1980 Super Trouper album, it wasn’t released as a single at the time. It became one of the group’s signature songs, however, and got re-released multiple times over the years, typically at the end of each year.…

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“Honey, Honey” (ABBA)

Honey Honey, ABBA

ABBA is a particular guilty pleasure of mine and today’s classic song of the day is their single “Honey, Honey.” This was the second single release from their second album, Waterloo. ABBA released “Honey, Honey” as a single in April of 1974. It was a top twenty hit in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and West…

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“Ring Ring” (ABBA)

"Ring Ring," ABBA

Continuing this week’s telephone-based theme, today’s classic song about calling somebody up on the phone of the day is “Ring Ring” by ABBA. This was the group’s second release in their native Sweden (following 1972’s “People Need Love”), and their first release in the UK and the rest of Europe. Released in February of 1973 in Sweden (but not until…

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“Mamma Mia” (ABBA)

Mamma Mia

Today’s classic song of the day is “Mamma Mia” by ABBA. Released in September of 1975, “Mamma Mia” was a worldwide hit—except, for some reason, here in the U.S. It hit the top ten in Australia (#1), Austria, Belgium, Ireland (#1), Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland (#1), the UK (#1), West Germany (#1). and Yugoslavia. For whatever reason,…

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“Waterloo” (ABBA)

Waterloo, ABBA

Today’s classic song of the day, a guilty pleasure of mine, is “Waterloo” by ABBA. Released in March of 1974, “Waterloo” was a worldwide hit, reaching #1 in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, and the UK. It was a Top Ten hit in Australia, Austria, Canada, New Zealand, Rhodesia, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S.,…

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“Dancing Queen” (ABBA)

Dancing Queen, ABBA

Today’s classic dancing song of the day is a big one: “Dancing Queen” by ABBA. The group recorded it in August of 1975 and released it as a single internationally a year later, in August of 1976. The song hit #1 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, Sweden, the…

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