Thank you for the music
| Thank you for the music | |
|---|---|
| ABBA | |
| publication | December 12, 1977 November 4, 1983 (single) |
| length | 3:50 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| text | Bjorn Ulvaeus |
| music | Björn Ulvaeus , Benny Andersson |
| album | ABBA - The Album |
Thank You for the Music is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA that appeared on ABBA's fifth studio album - The Album in1977. The piece was also included on the B-side of the single Eagle in 1978and was releasedagain as a separate singlein 1983 with the B-side Our Last Summer .
Creation and publication
The piece was by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus for the mini-musical The Girl with the Golden Hair wrote that is completely off the song from the three other songs I Wonder (Departure) , I'm a puppet and on Get the Carousel was . Thank You for the Music was already performed in the spring of 1977 on ABBA's Europe-Australia tour in connection with the musical, but with a slightly different text than the current version. At the time of the performances, no studio versions of these songs existed.
A first attempt to record the piece in the studio took place on June 2, 1977. However, this first version did not satisfy the musicians, which is why another attempt was made on July 21, 1977, which finally led to the final result. Mixed was Thank You for the Music The verses were in November 1977. Agnetha Fältskog sang in the chorus also is Anni-Frid Lyngstad heard.
In January 1980 the song was re-recorded as Gracias Por La Música in Spanish and released in March of the same year as the B-side of the single Fernando in Spain. In Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay, Gracias Por La Música was published as the A-side. Both singles were decoupled to promote the album of the same name Gracias por la música , which was released on June 23, 1980.
success
The original version of Thank You for the Music was first released in May 1978 as the B-side of the single Eagle , which entered the top ten of the charts in four countries . In South Africa, Zimbabwe and Costa Rica the song appeared as the A-side and reached the top five. The A-side single was released in the fall of 1983 in only four countries, including France (# 58) and Great Britain (# 33). The Spanish version Gracias Por La Música with the B-side ¡Dame! Lady! Lady! was much more successful, especially in Latin American countries.
literature
- Carl Magnus Palm: Abba. Story and songs compact. Bosworth Edition, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86543-227-8 (German translation: Cecilia Senge)
- Carl Magnus Palm: Light and Shadow. ABBA - The real story. Bosworth Edition, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-86543-100-4 (German translation: Helmut Müller)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ABBA Gold - The Success Story, p. 112
- ↑ Carl Magnus Palm: ABBA - story and songs compact. Pp. 58-59
- ↑ ABBA Annual (see "Gracias Por La Música")
- ↑ ABBA - The Worldwide Chart Lists ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
