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Post by rubcale on Sept 1, 2018 13:59:15 GMT 1
# 5. When I Kissed The Teacher "When I Kissed The Teacher" even have the official video. Do ABBA have any plans to release it as the single ? I often wondered that too.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:07:02 GMT 1
# 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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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:13:41 GMT 1
# 3. When All Is Said And DoneBronze 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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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:27:35 GMT 1
# 2. Honey HoneyNow that what I call good cheesy pop song. 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 the 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 ), 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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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:42:58 GMT 1
# 1. That's Me
Three forum members were right, my favourite track from "Arrival" won, but did you think about "That's Me" at # 1 instead "Knowing Me, Knowing You" or "When I Kissed The Teacher" ?
"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".
From Robert Scott's book "Thank You For The Music"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:44:58 GMT 1
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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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:46:43 GMT 1
Top 100 ABBA songs :
“Ring Ring” 1. I Am Just A Girl (# 4) 2. Dissilusion (# 6) 3. Ring, Ring (# 10) 4. Nina, Pretty Ballerina (# 14) 5. Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother (# 26) 6. Another Town, Another Train (# 29) 7. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) (# 49) 8. Rock 'N' Roll Band (# 61) 9. Merry-Go-Round (# 62) 10. She's My Kind Of Girl (# 63) 11. He Is Your Brother (# 74) 12. I Saw It In The Mirror (# 77) 13. People Need Love (# 78) 14. Santa Rosa (# 87)
“Waterloo” 1. Honey, Honey (# 2) 2. Waterloo (# 11) 3. Hasta Manana (# 12) 4. Gonna Sing You My Love Song (# 40) 5. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) (# 44) 6. Suzy-Hang-Around (# 59) 7. What About Livingstone (# 65) 8. Sitting In The Palmtree (# 79) 9. My Mama Said (# 88) 10. Watch Out (# 96) 11. King Kong Song (# 97)
“ABBA” 1. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (# 27) 2. I've Been Waiting For You (# 35) 3. Bang-A-Boomerang (# 48) 4. Medley (Pick a Bale of Cotton / On Top of Old Smokey / Midnight Special) (# 51) 5. Crazy World (# 53) 6. S.O.S. (# 57) 7. Mamma Mia (# 60) 8. So Long (# 67) 9. Rock Me (# 68) 10. Hey, Hey Helen (# 73) 11. Tropical Loveland (# 75) 12. Man In The Middle (# 92) 13. Intermezzo No.1 (# 98)
"Arrival" 1. That's Me (# 1) 2. When I Kissed The Teacher (# 5) 3. Knowing Me, Knowing You (# 8) 4. Dancing Queen (# 28) 5. Money, Money, Money (# 33) 6. My Love, My Life (# 36) 7. Dum Dum Diddle (# 39) 8. Why Did It Have To Be Me ? (# 46) 9. Tiger (# 47) 10. Happy Hawaii (# 70) 11. Arrival (# 99) 12. Fernando (# 100)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:47:33 GMT 1
“The Album” 1. Thank You For The Music (# 15) 2. I'm A Marionette (# 16) 3. I Wonder (Departure) (# 30) 4. Take A Chance On Me (# 55) 5. One Man, One Woman (# 56) 6. The Name Of The Game (# 66) 7. Hole In Your Soul (# 90) 8. Move On (# 91) 9. Eagle (# 93)
“Voulez-Vous” 1. Angeleyes (# 7) 2. I Have A Dream (# 18) 3. Kisses Of Fire (# 20) 4. If It Wasn't For The Nights (# 41) 5. As Good As New (# 42) 6. Summer Night City (# 52) 7. Lovelight (# 54) 8. The King Has Lost His Crown (# 64) 9. Does Your Mother Know (# 72) 10. Voulez-Vous (# 76) 11. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (# 80) 12. Lovers (Live A Little Longer) (# 84) 13. Chiquitita (# 94)
"Super Trouper" 1. The Winner Takes It All (# 9) 2. Happy New Year (# 22) 3. Me and I (# 23) 4. Andante, Andante (# 32) 5. Super Trouper (# 37) 6. Elaine (# 38) 7. On And On And On (# 50) 8. Our Last Summer (# 58) 9. The Piper (# 81) 10. The Way Old Friends Do (# 83) 11. Lay All Your Love On Me (# 89) 12. Put On Your White Sombrero (# 95)
"The Visitors" 1. When All Is Said And Done (# 3) 2. Head Over Heels (# 13) 3. Two For The Price Of One (# 19) 4. Slipping Through My Fingers (# 21) 5. One Of Us (# 25) 6. I Let The Music Speak (# 31) 7. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room (# 34) 8. Should I Laugh Or Cry (# 43) 9. The Day Before You Came (# 69) 10. Under Attack (# 71) 11. Cassandra (# 82) 12. Soldiers (# 85) 13. The Visitors (# 86)
Other songs : 1. Dream World (# 17) 2. You Owe Me One (# 24) 3. I Am The City (# 45)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2018 14:54:15 GMT 1
Thanks for the comments and the following of this chart. As always I have very big plans, related to my special personal countdowns. Another one (my top 100 Eurovision songs) already was started here : fatherandy2.proboards.com/thread/94162/top-100-eurovision-songsBased on my huge love to British entries this chart can be interesting not only for Eurovision fans.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 7:00:06 GMT 1
I much prefer Angeleyes to Voulez-vous. It should have been on Gold!! Just released it, but the most my favourites were included in "More ABBA Gold", the sequel of "Gold". Very powerful discography and they have enough good missed songs (That's Me, Nina Pretty Ballerina, Hasta Manana, Kisses Of Fire e.t.c) for the third part.
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Post by rubcale on Sept 4, 2018 11:36:14 GMT 1
That's Me and Honey Honey wouldn't be near the top of my Abba list but I always believed When All Is Said And Done should have been a UK single.
By far the best track on The Visitors - could it have provided them with a return to a big hit.
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