I Have a Dream (song)
| I have a dream | |
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| ABBA | |
| publication | 7th December 1979 |
| length | 4:45 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Benny Andersson , Björn Ulvaeus |
| album | Voulez-Vous |
I Have a Dream is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA from 1979. It was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad sang the lead vocals . In December 1979 the piece was decoupled with a live version of Take a Chance on Me as the last single from the album Voulez-Vous and the 1970s.
Emergence
With working titles like I Know a Song or Take Me in Your Armpit , I Have a Dream was recorded in March 1979 as the last song of the sessions for the album Voulez-Vous . An essential feature of this song is that a children's choir was used. This was discussed long before the plan was implemented. For the first time, voices were heard on an ABBA song that did not come from the band itself.
“Some thought that this would have overshot the mark a little. But I don't agree with that, because in my opinion it was absolutely right that we had the choir with us. "
Ulvaeus later said of the text:
“I remember writing the lyrics for I Have A Dream at home. When I finished, I called Benny right away. Since he and Frida were having a party, they invited me to come over to them. When I was there, we went over the piece in front of all the guests at the piano. After a short time everyone was singing along because it was so easy to learn. "
In the same year the title was recorded as Estoy Soñando with Spanish text and u. a. released as a single in Spain, Argentina and Mexico. On ABBA's US tour in the fall of 1979, they had a local children's choir for I Have a Dream in every city they performed .
successes
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I Have a Dream meant another success for ABBA. In Austria , Belgium and Switzerland the single became a number one hit . a. reached the top five in Germany, Ireland and South Africa. The group also received a gold record in Great Britain and the Netherlands. In Portugal and Zimbabwe, I Have a Dream was in the top 10 . In Sweden and the USA, however, the single was never released.
Interpretations of other artists
Using the same melody, the Greek singer Nana Mouskouri published the French version Chanter la vie and the German version Ich leb im Traum in 1983 . The latter was covered by Nina & Mike in 2000 .
On the album Abba po polsku , the K&K Studio Singers released the Polish version Ten piękny sen (German: "The beautiful dream").
The Irish boy band Westlife released I have a dream in December 1999 and was at the top of the charts in the UK for four weeks (as a so-called Christmas number one hit ).
The song also takes place in the ABBA musical Mamma Mia! Usage, as well as in the film version of the same name from 2008 and its sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again from 2018. In the first film it is interpreted by Amanda Seyfried , in the second by Lily James .
literature
- Carl Magnus Palm: Light and Shadow. ABBA - The real story. Bosworth Musikverlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86543-100-4 (German translation: Helmut Müller).
- Carl Magnus Palm: Abba. Story and songs compact. Bosworth Music, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86543-227-8 ( compact story and songs ), (German translation: Cecilia Senge).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ABBA Gold - The Success Story, p. 90
- ↑ Carl Magnus Palm: Light and Shadow. ABBA - The True Story, p. 461
- ↑ See itemization 1
- ↑ Palm, Licht und Schatten, 2006 edition, p. 474
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK
- ^ Westlife top chart again . The Mirror, January 10, 2000 ( HighBeam ( March 29, 2015 memento on the Internet Archive ))