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"Waterloo" was the first single from ABBA's second album Waterloo, their first for Epic and Atlantic. This was the song that won ABBA the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest and began their path to worldwide fame. The single was coupled with "Watch Out" as the B-side and had a working title of "Honey-Pie". Image File history File links This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ...
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is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
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Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), is a style of rock and roll music, which initially surfaced in the post-hippie early 1970s. ...
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Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag. ...
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Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (Swedish IPA: ) (born April 25, 1945) is a Swedish musician and composer, most notable as a member of ABBA. Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg, but as a child he moved with his family to Västervik. ...
In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
Bo Michael Tretow, born August 20, 1944 in Norrköping, Sweden, recording engineer and producer most notably for Swedish pop group ABBA 1970-1982 and subsequently work with Chess. ...
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Waterloo is widely known as an English recording by supergroup ABBA but when the group won the pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest they sang it in Swedish. ...
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Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ...
The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the nineteenth Eurovision Song Contest. ...
In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ...
History
"Waterloo" was originally written as a song for the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, after the group finished third with "Ring Ring" in the previous year's national heats. Since it focused on lead vocalists Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson chose it in place of another of their songs, "Hasta Mañana". "Waterloo" is about a girl who is about to surrender to romance, as Napoleon had to surrender at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the nineteenth Eurovision Song Contest. ...
Ring Ring was a 1973 single by ABBA, which gave the group their big break in Australia and parts of Europe (though the rest of Europe and North America were introduced to ABBA the following year). ...
Agnetha Ã
se Fältskog (born 5 April 1950) in Jönköping) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and producer, most notable for being a member of the popular Swedish pop group ABBA. Her name was originally spelled Agneta; she added the h later herself. ...
The ABBA single cover for Mamma Mia (1975) shows the group: Benny, Anni-Frid (top center), Agnetha, and Björn. ...
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (Swedish IPA: ) (born April 25, 1945) is a Swedish musician and composer, most notable as a member of ABBA. Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg, but as a child he moved with his family to Västervik. ...
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Hasta Mañana is the 4th track on ABBAs Album Waterloo. ...
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica â 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from...
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The song proved to be a good choice. It sailed through the Swedish heats (in Swedish) in February 1974 and won that year's Eurovision Song contest final on April 6 by six points. is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
"Waterloo" was one of ABBA's few songs to be written with simultaneous rock music and jazz beats, something later discarded in favor of more disco-esque rhythms. For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ...
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Reception The "Waterloo" single introduced the world to the phenomenon that was ABBA. The song shot to No.1 in the UK and stayed there for two weeks, becoming the first of the band's nine UK chart-toppers. It also hit No.1 in Ireland, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, West Germany and South Africa, while reaching the Top 3 in ABBA's native Sweden (in both its English (No.2) and Swedish (No.3) formats), Austria, the Netherlands, France and Spain. Amazingly, for a Eurovision winning song, "Waterloo" also reached the Top 10 in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia), New Zealand, Australia and the United States. This article is about the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia, todays Zimbabwe. ...
The "Waterloo" album performed similarly well in Europe, although in the U.S., it failed to match the success of the single. Though it would be another eighteen months before the group repeated their success, "Waterloo" introduced the world to a fresh-faced and vibrant group of individuals who were determined not to be Eurovision one-hit wonders. In 1986, a cover version of the song was recorded and released by Doctor and the Medics, with special guest Roy Wood on saxophone and backing vocals, reached No.45 on the UK chart. ABBA had originally cited Wood and the Wizzard song "See My Baby Jive" as influences, and in the wake of their Eurovision victory, were quoted as saying that it would not surprise them if artists such as Wizzard would consider entering the Eurovision contest in future. Doctor and the Medics were a London-based Psychedelic rock band most prominent in the mid to late 1980s. ...
Roy Adrian Wood (sometimes erroneously thought to be born as Ulysses Adrian Wood, from a offhand interview comment in the 1960s) (born 8 November 1946 in Birmingham), is a songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. ...
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In 1994, the song - together with several other ABBA hits - was included in the soundtrack of the film [Muriel's Wedding]]. It was re-released in 2004, with the same B-side, to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary, reaching No.20 on the UK charts. On October 22, 2005, during the fiftieth celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest, "Waterloo" was chosen as the best song in the competition's history.
Single track listing Australia (7") - Waterloo
- Watch Out
- Ring Ring
- Rock'n Roll Band
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Rockn Roll Band was the second single released in the USA by Swedish rock-pop group ABBA, although credited to Bjorn, Benny, Anna & Frieda. ...
Chart positions | Chart (1974) | Position | | Belgian Singles Chart (BRT) | 1 | | Belgian Singles Chart (Humo) | 1 | | Finland Singles Chart | 1 | | German Singles Chart | 1 | | Irish Singles Chart | 1 | | Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 | | South African Singles Chart | 1 | | Swiss Singles Chart | 1 | | UK Singles Chart | 1 | | Austrian Singles Chart | 2 | | Dutch Singles Chart | 2 | | Zimbabwe Singles Chart | 2 | | French Singles Chart | 3 | | New Zealand Singles Chart | 3 | | Spanish Singles Chart | 3 | | Swedish Singles Chart | 3 | | Australian Kent Music Report | 4 | | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 | | Italian Singles Chart | 14 | Kent Music Report front cover 11 October 1976 The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by a music enthusiast, David Kent from the early 1970s through to 1998. ...
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Miscellany - Contrary to what the song claims, Napoleon did not surrender at Waterloo; he surrendered at Rochefort on the French Atlantic coast four weeks later.
- The song made an appearance on The Simpsons in the episode "Mother Simpson".
- The Swedish heavy metal band Black Ingvars covered "Waterloo" on their 1998 album Schlager Metal.
- In 1998, UK girl group Bananarama reunited to record "Waterloo" for the Eurovision parody A Song For Eurotrash on Channel 4. Their music video featured the girls waking up from a hang-over, dancing around in wedding dresses at an altar (with male back-up dancers in military uniform), and getting into a food fight at a wedding reception.
- The song is featured in the encore of the musical Mamma Mia!.
- On December 12, 2006, the song was played by NASA during STS-116 as the wake up song for Christer Fuglesang, also from Sweden, in honor of him becoming the first Nordic astronaut.
- Bernd Stromberg, the main character of the German TV series Stromberg sang this song in the 9th episode of the 2nd season ("Die Kündigung")
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Bananarama are a British girl group who have had success with pop and new wave songs since 1982. ...
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Arne Christer Fuglesang (born March 18, 1957) is the first and only Swedish astronaut. ...
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Stromberg is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben. ...
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Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA. Melodifestivalen 1974 was the selection for the 15th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. ...
Lars Lasse Nils Berghagen (born May 15, 1945 in Enskede) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, composer and actor. ...
Tu Te Reconnaîtras (English translation: Youll Recognise Yourself) was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 performed in French by Anne-Marie David representing Luxembourg. ...
Anne-Marie David, born May 23, 1952, is a French singer. ...
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The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the nineteenth Eurovision Song Contest. ...
Ding a Dong was the English title of the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. ...
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Terry Jacks (born March 29, 1944 in Winnipeg) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist. ...
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Sugar Baby Love, released in January 1974, was a popular song by The Rubettes and their debut single. ...
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Agnetha Ã
se Fältskog (born 5 April 1950) in Jönköping) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and producer, most notable for being a member of the popular Swedish pop group ABBA. Her name was originally spelled Agneta; she added the h later herself. ...
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (Swedish IPA: ) (born April 25, 1945) is a Swedish musician and composer, most notable as a member of ABBA. Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg, but as a child he moved with his family to Västervik. ...
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The ABBA single cover for Mamma Mia (1975) shows the group: Benny, Anni-Frid (top center), Agnetha, and Björn. ...
This article includes the discography of Swedish pop music group ABBA. In April 2006, Universal Records announced that the groups recordings have sold an estimated 370 million units worldwide. ...
Alternate cover CD re-issue with ABBA logo. ...
Alternate cover CD re-issue with ABBA logo. ...
ABBA, the third album by the band of the same name, was first released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). ...
Arrival is the fourth album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). ...
The Album is the fifth album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). ...
Voulez-Vous is the sixth album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). ...
Super Trouper was a top-selling 1980 (see 1980 in music) album by Europop stars ABBA. Led by the international hit Winner Takes It All, Super Trouper was their sixth British chart-topping album. ...
For the French film, see Les Visiteurs The Visitors is the eighth and final album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). ...
Compilations: Greatest Hits • Greatest Hits Vol. 2 • Gracias Por La Música • The Singles: The First Ten Years • ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits • More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits • ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos • Thank You for the Music • The Definitive Collection • The Complete Studio Recordings • Number Ones Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). ...
Greatest Hits Vol. ...
Gracias Por La Música is a 1980 album by Swedish pop group ABBA (see 1980 in music). ...
Thank You For The Music is the title of a box set by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1994. ...
The Definitive Collection is a greatest hits compilation album of all the singles released by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in 2001 and consisted of 2 discs: the first one featured singles from 1972 up to 1979 and the second disc featured singles from 1979 up to 1982. ...
The Complete Studio Recordings is a box set of all the studio albums released by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 7 November 2005 and consists of 9 CDs and 2 DVDs. ...
Number Ones is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 2006. ...
Hit singles: "People Need Love" • "He Is Your Brother" • "Ring Ring" • "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" • "Waterloo" • "Honey, Honey" • "So Long" • "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" • "SOS" • "Mamma Mia" • "Fernando" • "Dancing Queen" • "Money, Money, Money" • "Knowing Me, Knowing You" • "The Name of the Game" • "Take a Chance on Me" • "Eagle" • "Summer Night City" • "Chiquitita" • "Does Your Mother Know" • "Voulez-Vous" • "Angeleyes" • "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" • "I Have a Dream" • "The Winner Takes It All" • "On and On and On" • "Super Trouper" • "Lay All Your Love on Me" • "One of Us" • "When All is Said and Done" • "Head over Heels" • "The Day Before You Came" • "Under Attack" • "Thank You for the Music" People Need Love was the first single released by the Swedish pop quartet Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid, which would eventually become the group ABBA. The song was included on the groups first album, Ring Ring, released in 1973. ...
He Is Your Brother is a song recorded in 1972 by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was only issued as a single in Scandinavia, and was taken from the groups debut album Ring Ring, which was released in 1973 in Scandinavia and a few European countries, excluding the United...
Ring Ring was a 1973 single by ABBA, which gave the group their big break in Australia and parts of Europe (though the rest of Europe and North America were introduced to ABBA the following year). ...
Love Isnt Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) was the fourth and last single to be released from the album Ring Ring. ...
Honey, Honey was ABBAs second single in 1974 and part of the Waterloo album. ...
So Long is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA and was the third single they released in 1974 and the first from ABBAs forthcoming studio-album ABBA. It was backed by Ive Been Waiting for You, also a new composition. ...
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do was a hit single for Swedish pop group ABBA. It was the second single to be released from their ABBA album. ...
SOS is the third single from ABBAs self-titled 1975 album, their third for Polar Music, and their second for Epic and Atlantic. ...
For the musical of the same name, please see Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia is a song from ABBAs third album, ABBA, written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson. ...
Fernando is Swedish pop group ABBAs first non-album single. ...
Dancing Queen is the biggest hit single recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, and as such is considered to be their signature song. ...
Money, Money, Money was recorded in 1976 by Swedish pop group ABBA and released in November that year. ...
For the Alan Partridge show, see Knowing Me, Knowing You. ...
For other uses, see Name of the Game (disambiguation). ...
Take a Chance on Me is a song recorded in 1977 by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was the second single to be released from their fifth album, simply called The Album from 1977, and has appeared on numerous ABBA compilations, namely ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits. ...
The song Eagle was recorded in 1977 by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was the first track on the groups fifth album, simply titled The Album, and the longest track they ever recorded (at 5:51, one second longer than The Day Before You Came at 5:50). ...
Summer Night City, written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, is ABBAs second non-album single, released on September 6, 1978. ...
Chiquitita was the first single from ABBAs album Voulez-Vous, their sixth for Polar, and their fifth for Epic and Atlantic. ...
Does Your Mother Know is a 1979 hit song by the Swedish pop group ABBA, and was the second single to be released from their album Voulez-Vous. ...
Audio sample Info (help· info) Voulez-Vous is one of Swedish pop group ABBAs disco-oriented hits. ...
Angeleyes is a song written and recorded in 1979 by Swedish pop group ABBA. The lyrics and music were composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with the lyrics sung by both Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, typical of most ABBA compositions. ...
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) is one of the Swedish pop group ABBAs biggest disco hits. ...
I Have a Dream was a hit record for Swedish pop group ABBA. The single was taken from their 1979 album, Voulez-Vous, and was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. ...
The Winner Takes It All is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, and was the first single to be released from the Super Trouper album. ...
On and On or On and On and On may refer to: On and On, a 2003 album by Jack Johnson On & On, a 1997 song by Erykah Badu On and On and On, a song by ABBA from their 1980 album Super Trouper On and On, a song by...
The Song Super Trouper was a hit single for ABBA, a pop group from Sweden. ...
Lay All Your Love on Me is an ABBA song recorded by the Swedish quartet in 1980 for the Super Trouper album. ...
One of Us was the first single from ABBAs final studio album The Visitors, their eighth for Polar, and their seventh for Epic and Atlantic. ...
When All Is Said and Done is From Satellites full-length debut. ...
For other songs of the same name, see Head Over Heels. ...
The Day Before You Came is a song recorded and released by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released as the first new song off the double compilation album The Singles: The First Ten Years, released in November 1982. ...
Under Attack was the last single released by the pop group ABBA while they were still together. ...
Thank You for the Music was the twenty-fifth and apparently final hit for ABBA when released in November 1983. ...
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