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Abba - Chiquitita (1979)

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" Chiquitita " (a Spanish term of endearment for a woman meaning "little one") is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in January 1979 as the first single from the group's Voulez-Vou s album. Agnetha Fältskog sang the lead vocals. Originally, the track " If It Wasn't for the Nights " was going to be the album's lead single, but after " Chiquitita " was completed those plans were abandoned, and it would remain an album track. Read more about the song

ABBA - The Winner Takes It All (1980)

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" The Winner Takes It All " is a song recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's Super Trouper album on 21 July 1980, it is a ballad in the key of F-sharp major, reflecting the end of a romance. The single's B-side was the non-album track " Elaine ." Read more about the song

ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me (1981)

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" Lay All Your Love on Me ", is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1980 for their Super Trouper album. It was released only as a 12-inch single in 1981 in limited territories, rather than as a standard 7-inch record. At the time, it was the highest selling 12-inch record in UK chart history, where it peaked at number 7. " Lay All Your Love on Me" appears on the group's ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits collection. Read more about the song

ABBA - Take A Chance On Me (1978)

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" Take a Chance on Me " is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in January 1978 as the second single from their fifth studio album, simply called The Album . The song has been featured on a number of ABBA compilations such as Gold: Greatest Hits . Read more about the song

Abba - Super Trouper (1980)

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"Super Trouper" , (working title " Blinka lilla stjärna ", the Swedish title of nursery rhyme " Twinkle Twinkle Little Star "), was a hit single for Swedish pop group ABBA, and was the title track from their 1980 studio album Super Trouper, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. The song, with lead vocals by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, was the last to be written and recorded for this album.  Read more about the song

ABBA - One Of Us (1981)

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" One of Us " from 1981 was the first single from Swedish pop group ABBA's final studio album The Visitors, their eighth for Polar, and their seventh for Epic and Atlantic. The song is also included on the ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits compilation. Read more about the song

ABBA - I Have A Dream (1979)

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"I Have a Dream" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was featured on the group's sixth studio album Voulez-Vous and released as a single in December 1979. The single became a big hit, topping the charts in many countries and peaking at No.2 in the UK over the Christmas week of 1979. Twenty years later, Irish pop group Westlife released a successful version of the song which reached No.1 in the UK over the Christmas week of 1999. Read more about the song