You literally can't not like ABBA. You may SAY you don't to sound cool, you may be ashamed because of it, but you like them. You'll always like them. Best get over it now
I was an ABBA tragic as a young boy. Imagine my delight when my school Report Card came out, and my first four grades were A, B, B, A! I still love their music because it's timeless.
A top 10 ABBA songs ? How can it be possible ? Each time you listen to an ABBA song, it is the best song. And when you have finished, the other ABBA song you listen to after becomes the best.
ABBA is more than just a pop band. Pop bands are simple and catchy. ABBA is way more complicated and very harmonic. Something that pop bands before and now are not. ABBA is out of this world. Definitely one of the greatest bands ever existed.
They are all good, other mentions should include: The Name of the game Thank you for the music Hasta manana And when I was 5 years old - Nina Pretty Ballerina
Angel Eyes ... Although I didn't found any video of it. Vocals are amazingly melodious just act as like different music instrument itself . One of my very favorite track !! ABBA all tracks are literally out of the world ... Extraordinarily Melodious combination of vocals, perfect lyrics and mesmerizing music.They were pretty futuristic as compared to 1970's . Just imagine 40 years back... without internet they reached top ten song list of more than 14 countries and sold 6-10 millions copies !! Simply outstanding and stunning !! Still rocking in 2018 .I think every fan will share the same feeling mentioned in below lines and perfect tribute of their love towards ABBA !! "So I say Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing Thanks for all the joy they're bringing Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty What would life be? Without a song or a dance what are we? So I say thank you for the music For giving it to me" - Thank You For The Music Track - ABBA
If people who don’t like pop music and have 0 interests in mainstream music still recognize every song almost 40 years after your career end, you know you’re a legend.
Plus, ABBA is one of the "Guilty Pleasure" groups that the "Coolest of the Cool" listen to in secret. They'd be so-o-o-o embarassed if ANYone knew. (These songs are in a hidden folder on their music player.)
Agreed! "Thank You For The Music" and "As Good As New" should have been mentioned. They are both great songs and complete polar opposites: The former is a tear jerker and the latter is so happy and joyful! :)
Kinda strange that More than half of the "honourable mentions" were from the album 'Voulez-Vous' yet the title track (one of their best) didn't rate a mention. Very odd.
10) ✔ Super Trouper 09)✔ SOS 08)✔ Gimmie Gimmie 07)✔ Waterloo 06)✔ The winner takes it all 05)✔ Fernando 04)✔ Knowing me knowing you 03)✔ Mamma mia 02)✔ Take a change on me 01)✔ Dancing Queen Also know: Money Money Voules Vouz Does your mother know Chiquitita Thank You For The Music One Of Us When I Kissed The Teacher I Have A Dream
+Owen Reese I Think All this top 10 songs and Honorable Mentions are Super Popoulat Songs But SOS at #9 and The Winner Takes It All at #6 They are underrated in this ranking... They should be #1 and #2 in my opinion
You forgot The Day before You Came, best by far imho(It belongs between songs like Trans Europa Express from Kraftwerk en Hallogallo from Neu!), followed by The Winner Takes It All. The Visitors is also great.
As a 15 year old boy. I feel weird because i know every single song in this list and some others not included. My childhood was filled with ABBA songs. My family was hooked with them i guess. o.O
my childhood too! my dad used to have a CD with all of their songs and since we speak spanish (we are from Dominican Republic) and I didn't knew how to speak it, I Just invented the lyrics 😂, Im 24
Isaury Troncoso ABBA released a spanish album in 1980 called Gracias Por La Musica with many of their hits in spanish, it was re-released in 1993 as ABBA Oro with extra spanish songs and again in 2014 as Gracias Por La Musica (Deluxe Edition) with all spanish songs and a bonus CD of performances of the spanish songs :D
@@nickchristoforou7850. I can't really argue with dancing queen as #1 first time I heard it I was in love with the Abba girls, but SOS should have been in the top 5 and Chiquita too and the name of the game not even honorable mention I love that song I love all Abba songs but super trooper and does your mother know are not top 10 my top 5 would have looked like this 1 dancing queen, 2 Fernando, 3 SOS 4 Chiquitita 5 take a chance on me 6 knowing me knowing you, 7 waterloo, 8 mama mia, 9 the name of the game, 10 money money.
I'm glad to see there are other ABBA fans my age! I always feel a little self conscious for liking disco at my age. I'm only in my 20's. I remember my Dad joking with me and saying he was the dancing queen back in the 1970's. It made me laugh so hard.
Knowing Me, Knowing You~ my favourite ABBA song since I can remember, literally. My parents, grandparents, all huge ABBA fans. ✨❤ Now my own daughters love them, too. ☺️❤️ I also remember our bus driver had a various hits 8-track with "Angel Eyes" on it & we'd ask him to play it *every single day* , lol. Poor guy, a bunch of primary aged kids actually *requesting* music on the bus route to & from school. Meatloaf was on it, too & another daily request, lol.
I was stationed in Germany during their rise to fame and attended their concert in Hamburg. I was an instant fan; love their music and the movie "Mama Mia". Looking forward to their upcoming album.
Janine love that song I lyric pranks my Ex with that song and it made him cry and thxs to that song prank we got back together truth be told I never told him it was a prank
i'll always remember what i was doing the day i fell in love with ABBA. I was sitting on the plane from London bored to death scrolling through the plane's touch screen when i see "ABBA" as a music option, and despite my utter hate of any music pre dating 1980, i gave it a shot and 24 hours later i had over 60+ of their songs in my ipod, completely OBSESSED with this wonderfully amazing group i wish i was around to have seen them perform live XD
Ocean Hedonist Abba's dance songs like gimme gimme gimme or dancing queen don't come close to their non-dance songs like SOS,Chiquita or I have a dream which have profound lyrics.
Not an ABBA Top ten track IMO The Day Before You Came Take a Chance on me Under Attack That’s Me On & On & On One of us Ring Ring Ring I Have a Dream etc etc
I never got bored of any of the ABBA performances. I am Indonesian, but used to live in the Netherlands during the mid 70's right in the middle of ABBA's popularity years. Their songs are unforgettable and bring back so many sweet memories of my childhood and my late parents back. I feel sorry that they had to split from each other.
Hello from another Indonesian, tante (judging from your username)! My grandma was (and maybe still is) an ABBA fan. I grew up listening to them as well. Sorry to hear about your parents’ divorce.
mbear1 honestly, I feel like ABBA is at the same time overplayed and underappreciated. People instantly think "Dancing Queen" and write them off as a superficial disco band. So much so that the rest of their endless collection of fantastic music is left forgotten. it's unfortunate, as they have a lot of depth to their music :/
mbear1 BBM no they are not ,the entire world already knew who they are ,and how awesome they are ,maybe in US they are underatted ,but i dont know exactly
My top: 10)Knowing Me,Knowing You 9)Lay All Your Love On Me 8)SOS 7)Mamma Mia 6)Super Trouper 5)Money,Money,Money 4)Dancing Queen 3)Take A Chance On Me 2)The Name Of The Game 1)The Winner Takes It All
I love ABBA & am proud to say so! So many great songs. My faves are: SOS Fernando Chiquitita Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) The Winner Takes It All Super Trouper Take A Chance On Me
This video was how I first discovered ABBA was more than "Dancing Queen", and made me want to look into their full albums! Nine years later I'm a huge fan and know all the lyrics to their songs. Thank you!!!
How typical putting Dancing Queen on the top--I agree it's their best known song, so I see why it's there--but as an ABBA fan, it's the one I usually skip when shuffling their songs. How about Andante, Andante, The Visitors (that got them banned in the USSR) or some of the runner ups? It was a TOUGH call--they're a rarity--writing their own music, and the guys playing their own instruments, without computers fixing their voices--can't wait for their new songs coming out in late 2018! :)
Because it’s based off of favorites and success. If you ask me, I think Fernando should’ve been higher because of that though. Fernando and Dancing Queen are ABBA’s biggest singles. Plus the 14 weeks Number 1 in Australia
People often wonder why ABBA is such a guilty pleasure for many. Some cite the obvious Disco influence in some of their songs but that's the thing; only some and certainly not all have that music style so it can't be that. Others cite the fact English wasn't their first language giving the songs an innocent sense and highly accessible nature. I disagree, the lyrics to their songs are actually quite complex and the topics of their songs are often unconventional and deep in a way that it finds its way in everyone's experience either because they can relate to the message or because the music grabs at something that can't be put into words and ABBA is damn good at that. That is no simplistic effort and I'd say they have a better command of the English language than most native English speakers do. So language barriers aren't what makes their songs frothy and childlike to the point they are guilty pleasures because their song catalogue is far from cheap and simple. I truly believe their music is a guilty pleasure for many for the same reason musical theatre is a guilty pleasure for many. It is no coincidence that ABBA's song catalogue is the basis of a smash hit Broadway musical. Their songs have more than just a hint of theatricality in them; they ARE very theatrical. Not only in their sound but also in the way they treat subject matter and how they always seem to be using music to deepen a story, to flesh it out, to make it real and to reach into us all and invoke that which cannot be said via the spoken word. And why is that a reason to want to hide it all and pretend you're less of a fan than you are? It's effective. You can't just be at a bar and hear an ABBA song come on and not feel like time is standing still. ABBA reaches in and pulls you in whether you like it or not. It makes you feel. Disco music with its beats and grand orchestral accompaniment had very much a similar theatricality that many people also resented. I think there is such a thing as music that is too effective; it begins to become intrusive if you don't plan to feel a certain way and it forces you to. Those of us who are able to handle the weight that these songs bring easily adapt and find them to be invigorating. Not everyone is able or willing to do that and so they wait until they are alone to enjoy the music that makes them feel, when they are ready to let their guard down.
I don't believe in bull fight efforts ABBA r a bunch of Aliens have invaded our universe music industry and cool, quietly , quickly and carried away,just look their songs,almost all r best in music but fucking don't resemble each other Let it be fast or soft no all r unique in their category,will stay the best. HS Bafila
Abba from a throw back time...the sound takes you back to forgotten time when you were young....knew people who simply adored Abba and it was infectious....yes we celebrated every time you heard a strum of piano keys/of a guitar or voices "annoncing" an Abba song and to this day, you hear an Abba song and you get lost in nastalgia....so you're YOU again for a brief tune...comes every now and again Happy New Year 2021!
One of the greatest music groups of all time, and this video and the comments just prove it. The singing, songwriting, arrangements...just all of it have always been superb!
What a band. So many hits that the top 10 feels right until you realize there are so many classics that are all just great songs on the own such as Chiquitita, Angel Eyes, Does your mother know, Honey Honey, Summer night city, Lay all your love on me, our last summer, the day before you came, when all is said and done etc. All of these songs that weren't included in top 10 could be among the top songs of any other band. That's the legend of ABBA, no other band so many awesome songs to their credit.
ColinsCity Yesss, when I watched their 1977 concert on YT and ABBA: The Movie, I was stunned. I’ve Been Waiting For You and He Is Your Brother are also songs that sound good live
the day before you came, the winner takes it all, knowing me knowing you, sos, etc etc . still gives me chills and tears after 35 years. brilliant compositions, arrangements, production, vocals. timeles classics
Honorable mentions include Love Isn't Easy, When I Kissed The Teacher, Eagle, Does Your Mother Know?, Kisses Of Fire, Happy New Year, Our Last Summer, Andante Andante, The Piper, One Of Us, and I Let The Music Speak. Hell it should've been a top 20 or even 30 lol I disagree with most of the list but Mamma Mia, S.O.S, and Dancing Queen definitely belonged there. The Album, Voulez-vous and Super Trouper (my favorite) are damn near perfect albums. Yes I am in love with this band.
Kids used to call me gay for listening to ABBA on my CD player (an ancient artifact that had a rotating plastic disc inside to produce sound). But since ABBA is considered retro and cool in the eyes of my hipster friends, whenever people call me gay my friends jump on their ass and guilt the shit out of them. Moral of the story is ABBA rocks, and so do friends.
I´ve never met anyone who doesn´t like Abba. Maybe they´re not into that kind of music, but they like at least one song of them. I don´t know why, maybe there are more people who still like Abba here in Germany, or it´s just that I´ve been very lucky.
ABBA was slow getting to the US, but I think that was Stig's ultimate objective from the get go. They were so meticulous in the crafting of every single song. They broke out of Sweden-only with the Euro-contest superhit Waterloo, then S.O.S - then they switched language to English (American accent) and put the girls in front, vocals (the boys did back up, and wrote most all the songs). Life is so, so short. I love the fact they were so old fashioned, believed in marriage and family and children. But their careers were so intense, they were superlative cratsmen artisticly. They gave themselves unstintingly to their adoring world audience. Yes they did break into the English-speaking world, almost by surprise. But it was not the USA but Australia. I am an American, and somehow overlooked them when I was young. I am turning into their biggest fan. My favorite is "Winner takes it all."
No way, The Eagle is the best they ever did. ( And it isnt even on the list ?) Also where are One of us, The visitors, Marionette , I kissed the teacher and Slipping though my fingers ? To many good songs, i listen to everything they did once every year from beginning to end and it always gets me in a really happy mood. For the last years i also came to love " I let the music speak" and "The day before you came" but that might just be me ?
Well, list is obvious compatible with American taste. But, Benny Andersson once said that Pete Townshand asked him if he knew that "S.O.S." is the best pop song ever written. I could agree with him.
My current top ten: 10. Should I laugh or cry 9. Rock me 8. Fernando 7. I let the music speak 6. Cassandra 5. When all is said and done 4. The day before you came 3. I am the city 2. Hey, hey Helen 1. Angel Eyes
10-SOS 9-Take a Chance on Me 8-Hey Hey Helen 7-Ring Ring 6-That's Me 5-The King has Lost his Crown 4-If it wasn't for the Nights 3-Kisses of Fire 2-Angel Eyes 1-Thank you for the Music I personally always hate how everyone only ever seems to focus on the first cd of the ABBA Gold album. Yes the songs are great, but so many of their other great songs go missing. For a change, listen to the second cd, or the five record Readers Digest album!
The top ABBA's songs is different in 2018... with songs exploited after, like "Thank you for the music" "Knowing me konowing you" "Happy new year" and maybe "One of us" and "Angel eyes" after the exploitation of Mamma mia 2.... And THE BIG MIstake forgotten "The name of the game" one of the best song of the career.... See the official video most viewed on youtube TODAY
You literally can't not like ABBA. You may SAY you don't to sound cool, you may be ashamed because of it, but you like them. You'll always like them. Best get over it now
agnetha fältskog is old enough to be your mamma , but if she walked up and asked you for a date , you'd fall all over yourself
There is nothing cool about not liking ABBA. They are simply beautiful and this comes from a heavy metal fan.
Mark A. zzzzzzzx
...Nothing not to like.
Nothing not to LOVE about these guys.
M
I was an ABBA tragic as a young boy. Imagine my delight when my school Report Card came out, and my first four grades were A, B, B, A! I still love their music because it's timeless.
😂
Our friend group
Is ABBA , first initials of our names ❤️
@Adam : 100% agreed!. Their outstanding productions are timeless..
Even more, I'd dare say : A Unique Time Machine..
A top 10 ABBA songs ? How can it be possible ? Each time you listen to an ABBA song, it is the best song. And when you have finished, the other ABBA song you listen to after becomes the best.
I feel the same....👍🏼
OKAY WAIT, YOU’RE SO RIGHT ABOUT THAT
When you have tried and done your best but failed;
you can always say that you tried and did your best BUT
In this case, you will ALWAYS FAIL!?
Feeling sameee
@@PA-p23qw "My Mama Said" is awesome! Love the funky bass line and electric piano hook
Reasons why I love ABBA
1: Awesome music
2: Hearing English People say their names
AntonyPancake their
+AntonyPancake Haha, I understand what you mean!
I cringe and scream, ITS AH ba!!!!!!!!
just like me
AntonyPancake
How do you pronounce them? I'm having a presentation this coming Wednesday I want to pronounce their names very well
Am I the only one who thinks the honorable mentions list should've gone on for 20 more minutes? With ALOT more additions?
Sakura Heartshaven Every ABBA songs should go to the honorable mentions!!
Olivér Nagy even Eagle?
Yes please😭😭 I mean where’s the name of the game😭
That would include every Sunday ever did
LOL!
Agnetha's voice + Frida's voice= Pure magic!!!!!!
ABBA is more than just a pop band. Pop bands are simple and catchy. ABBA is way more complicated and very harmonic. Something that pop bands before and now are not. ABBA is out of this world. Definitely one of the greatest bands ever existed.
For me all Abba songs are hits
Exactly....👍🏼
Agreed. 😏👏
YES
True
They were a Hits Machine
I'm 17 boy who loves ABBA, but there is no one around me who know ABBA😭😭😭 But I don't care caz I'm Dancing Queen now!!(Now I'm Seventeen)
I am also seventeen. I have been for a LONG TIME fan of ABBA (songs) and Mamma Mia films.
I am also 17 good fella, and I too love ABBA
🤣🤣🤣
You can dance.. You can jive... having the time of your live... You are the dancing queen...
I love those lyrics...
Good Artes Fatimah
thank you Chomvong Dean
*having the time of your life*
Whan an insanely crazy wonderful voices Agneta and Frida have...
Dancing Queen is a masterpiece and maybe the best pop song ever
I think so...
I Don't Think So
It's top 5 for sure
@@srihurry top 3
As a pro singer/songwriter/guitar player, I absolutely agree!! So does my other guitarist!!
Here are mý lesser known favourites :
1. Slipping through my fingers
2. Move On
3. One man One woman
4. Andanté Andanté
5. My Love my Life
• Dance (While the music still goes on)
Summer Night City too
@@wowbobwow37 LOVE that song it will be playing all through summer 😆
They are all good, other mentions should include:
The Name of the game
Thank you for the music
Hasta manana
And when I was 5 years old - Nina Pretty Ballerina
choosing your favorite ABBA song is like choosing between your children...simply impossible :)
Eugène mp
Gimme Gimme Gimme.... easy
FlowerPrincess99 I know
Agreed. Mamma Mia was my first favorite song, but now I love them all
FlowerPrincess99 speaks wisdom.
I may be young but I still think Abba is one of the greatest most timeless bands to ever exist 💙
How old are u
If it wasn't for the nights, Voulez Vous, Slipping through my fingers and honey honey should have been honorably mentioned too.
I agree!
Queen Elsa i seriously thought that thank you for the music was going to be #1
Queen Elsa Honey Honey is a cute song, so is Voulez Vous, I don't know Slipping through my fingers and If it wasn't for the nights.
Queen Elsa Surprised If It Wasn't For The Nights wasn't on it, great tune
alex kemnitz l
I wish "Lay All Your Love On Me" had been in the top 10, but at least it got a mention.
Yesss
Best ABBA song!
I love that as well
I know right
👍👍👍
Angel Eyes ... Although I didn't found any video of it. Vocals are amazingly melodious just act as like different music instrument itself . One of my very favorite track !!
ABBA all tracks are literally out of the world ... Extraordinarily Melodious combination of vocals, perfect lyrics and mesmerizing music.They were pretty futuristic as compared to 1970's .
Just imagine 40 years back... without internet they reached top ten song list of more than 14 countries and sold 6-10 millions copies !! Simply outstanding and stunning !!
Still rocking in 2018 .I think every fan will share the same feeling mentioned in below lines and perfect tribute of their love towards ABBA !!
"So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me" - Thank You For The Music Track - ABBA
Chiquitita should be in this Top 10 list.
Bo Oaia right
so right her voice was amazing on this song
ABSOLUTELY! Its a masterpiece!
It was at least mentioned though
Chiquitita is my very favorite! It explodes with power and emotion!! Simply a stunning song.!!
Thank you for the music ABBA.
Mable Muwayi
AND , ALSO THANK YOU..FOR ALLOWING YOUR SONGS TO BE USED IN " MAMMA ♡ MIA "..I WATCH IT OVER & OVER ~
Ahaha
If people who don’t like pop music and have 0 interests in mainstream music still recognize every song almost 40 years after your career end, you know you’re a legend.
Plus, ABBA is one of the "Guilty Pleasure" groups that the "Coolest of the Cool" listen to in secret. They'd be so-o-o-o embarassed if ANYone knew. (These songs are in a hidden folder on their music player.)
I was always a fan & I'm a lifelong rock&roller. still love 'em today.
ABBA is so good
Erika M. ABBA is a SUPER GROUP. THEY'RE MAGNIFICENT!!!!
It's not only good. IT'S AWESOME, AMAZING, THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE BEST, BEAUTIFUL,...❤❤❤❤ WE CAN'T DESCRIBE...❤🖒🖒🖒🖒
Knowing Me, Knowing You is my favorite. Never fails to make me cry.
Same! Everytime I hear Frida beginning to sing I get goosebumps. (Yep, this time too.)
"Thank You For the Music" should have received honorable mention, as least.
Agreed! "Thank You For The Music" and "As Good As New" should have been mentioned. They are both great songs and complete polar opposites: The former is a tear jerker and the latter is so happy and joyful! :)
that song always makes me think of my grandpa. he brought music to our family. miss you grandpa 😢
YES
Yea.
No
I still listen to ABBA and i'm 13 years old and i listen to them every day I love them so much😍❤️
En onormal Tjej same but I’m 14!!
Me too
Me too but i'm 14
Same but I’m 12
Malvina Nygren YEAH!!!
My mom is a big ABBA fan, so as a child I grew up with all these songs.
Same. Plus Queen and David Bowie.
Yeah quuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnn:):):):):):)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
freedomslastflight Same, and Madonna
jeff cowen Madonna, Michael Jackson, and pretty much all 80's pop.
My mom is one too ^^ She kind of made me an Abba fan by accident :D
Their vocal harmonies are absolutely amazing.
Kinda strange that More than half of the "honourable mentions" were from the album 'Voulez-Vous' yet the title track (one of their best) didn't rate a mention. Very odd.
I too am an abba fan. ;)
Its my favorite song
So proud over my country for bringing abba to the world!
Of course we do, but I am still proud over Abba
Abba was one of the best Sweden can offer next was Volvo :)
Ikea, the plastic bag, the tetra pack, the M....something shipping company, the list goes on and on....
Emma Sjöblom You should be proud well done Sweden.
Save Our Sweden.
"One of us" is such a hunting and beautiful song...it deserves at least an honourable mention😁
my favourite;)
10) ✔ Super Trouper
09)✔ SOS
08)✔ Gimmie Gimmie
07)✔ Waterloo
06)✔ The winner takes it all
05)✔ Fernando
04)✔ Knowing me knowing you
03)✔ Mamma mia
02)✔ Take a change on me
01)✔ Dancing Queen
Also know:
Money Money
Voules Vouz
Does your mother know
Chiquitita
Thank You For The Music
One Of Us
When I Kissed The Teacher
I Have A Dream
+Slipping through my fingers😍
+ Our last Summer
Honey honey...
The Day before you came
+ Under Attack
You wrote take a change on me
Underrated:
SOS
The Winner Takes It All
Honorable Mention:
On and On and On (It's in my top 3)
The Name Of The Game
I don't think they're underrated, they're super popular songs
+Owen Reese I Think All this top 10 songs and Honorable Mentions are Super Popoulat Songs But
SOS at #9 and
The Winner Takes It All at #6
They are underrated in this ranking... They should be #1 and #2 in my opinion
You forgot The Day before You Came, best by far imho(It belongs between songs like Trans Europa Express from Kraftwerk en Hallogallo from Neu!), followed by The Winner Takes It All. The Visitors is also great.
I used to listen all of them 25 years ago. And now I put them in my favourite song on my phone to listen them over and over again
the winner takes it all is so awesome song
Kind of a sad song. Very ballad-esque (imo)
It was also used absolutely perfectly in the Season 4 Finale of Better Call Saul. Great song! Great series! Great episode!
As a 15 year old boy. I feel weird because i know every single song in this list and some others not included. My childhood was filled with ABBA songs. My family was hooked with them i guess. o.O
Saaame HAHAHAH
my childhood too! my dad used to have a CD with all of their songs and since we speak spanish (we are from Dominican Republic) and I didn't knew how to speak it, I Just invented the lyrics 😂, Im 24
Isaury Troncoso ABBA released a spanish album in 1980 called Gracias Por La Musica with many of their hits in spanish, it was re-released in 1993 as ABBA Oro with extra spanish songs and again in 2014 as Gracias Por La Musica (Deluxe Edition) with all spanish songs and a bonus CD of performances of the spanish songs :D
ColinsCity yes but in that time, my dad just have the cd in english and internet wasnt the thing at that time, but thanks for the information 😉😉
Same but I’m 12
I love, love, love, "Dancing Queen." I couldn't see it not being #1.
"SOS" "Knowing Me, Knowing You", and "Move On" are even
better.
ABBA has better songs
@@nickchristoforou7850. I can't really argue with dancing queen as #1 first time I heard it I was in love with the Abba girls, but SOS should have been in the top 5 and Chiquita too and the name of the game not even honorable mention I love that song I love all Abba songs but super trooper and does your mother know are not top 10 my top 5 would have looked like this 1 dancing queen, 2 Fernando, 3 SOS 4 Chiquitita 5 take a chance on me 6 knowing me knowing you, 7 waterloo, 8 mama mia, 9 the name of the game, 10 money money.
no voulez-vous? that is one of the best they have done.
im surprised its not even on honorable mentions
I'm glad to see there are other ABBA fans my age! I always feel a little self conscious for liking disco at my age. I'm only in my 20's. I remember my Dad joking with me and saying he was the dancing queen back in the 1970's. It made me laugh so hard.
Knowing Me, Knowing You~ my favourite ABBA song since I can remember, literally. My parents, grandparents, all huge ABBA fans. ✨❤ Now my own daughters love them, too. ☺️❤️
I also remember our bus driver had a various hits 8-track with "Angel Eyes" on it & we'd ask him to play it *every single day* , lol. Poor guy, a bunch of primary aged kids actually *requesting* music on the bus route to & from school. Meatloaf was on it, too & another daily request, lol.
honestly there all great and i couldnt pick just one favorite
Couldn't agree more.
For ABBA, top 10 isn't enough.Most of their songs are great.Even their underrated songs are worth appreciated.
I was stationed in Germany during their rise to fame and attended their concert in Hamburg. I was an instant fan; love their music and the movie "Mama Mia". Looking forward to their upcoming album.
Our Last Summer
Janine winner takes it all
Janine our last summer all the way
Janine love that song I lyric pranks my Ex with that song and it made him cry and thxs to that song prank we got back together truth be told I never told him it was a prank
I love Abba. And this is stated by somebody for whom 90% of music he listens to is rock and hard rock.
THIS is how catchy ABBA's music is.
ABBA - The only band who could make you cry and dance at the same time.
Far from the only
Thank you for the music makes me cry
I wonder if there are any other 16 year old guys out there who are extremely into abba as much as I am.
I feel you dude. I'm 17 and I love their songs. lol
pfff I'm 21 xD Yet, I became a fan not that long ago... xD
21 and I love them, not all their songs but enough to call myself a fan.
You should go watch them in swedish
i´m a 14 year old guy and i freaking love this music
i'll always remember what i was doing the day i fell in love with ABBA. I was sitting on the plane from London bored to death scrolling through the plane's touch screen when i see "ABBA" as a music option, and despite my utter hate of any music pre dating 1980, i gave it a shot and 24 hours later i had over 60+ of their songs in my ipod, completely OBSESSED with this wonderfully amazing group i wish i was around to have seen them perform live XD
you be crazy. The ONLY good music is pre-1980.
Jimmy Blackheart
only an idiot would think something like that
I miss "The day before you came" - ABBAs last track and really a great one.
And I miss "Slipping through my fingers" and "our last summer"
One of us was the last song
I'm 15 years old and I have heard every song in this video at least 500 times!
To leave Name of the Game out of the top 10 is crazy. It's probably the most hauntingly melodic song that ABBA ever released.
Thank you, Name of the Game is a Top 10 Abba song in every book but WatchMojo.
Ocean Hedonist Abba's dance songs like gimme gimme gimme or dancing queen don't come close to their non-dance songs like SOS,Chiquita or I have a dream which have profound lyrics.
Certainly shocking that it is missing
This is Scorpio the name of the game is not even a top 20 abba song.dum dum diddle is way better
Not an ABBA Top ten track IMO
The Day Before You Came
Take a Chance on me
Under Attack
That’s Me
On & On & On
One of us
Ring Ring Ring
I Have a Dream
etc etc
I never got bored of any of the ABBA performances. I am Indonesian, but used to live in the Netherlands during the mid 70's right in the middle of ABBA's popularity years. Their songs are unforgettable and bring back so many sweet memories of my childhood and my late parents back. I feel sorry that they had to split from each other.
Hello from another Indonesian, tante (judging from your username)! My grandma was (and maybe still is) an ABBA fan. I grew up listening to them as well. Sorry to hear about your parents’ divorce.
bapaku senenganya stel ni lagu, skrg jd nostalgia 😭
ABBA has always been underrated (imo). The singing and music are deceptively complicated.
mbear1 honestly, I feel like ABBA is at the same time overplayed and underappreciated. People instantly think "Dancing Queen" and write them off as a superficial disco band. So much so that the rest of their endless collection of fantastic music is left forgotten. it's unfortunate, as they have a lot of depth to their music :/
mbear1 Especially the piano fills in SOS.
mbear1 Underrated?? How?
mbear1 BBM no they are not ,the entire world already knew who they are ,and how awesome they are ,maybe in US they are underatted ,but i dont know exactly
My favorites are Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen. I love them soo much. (:
Me too, and happy New Years as well
Chiquitita all the way
What happened with. THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC ? Absolutely a MASTERPIECE!!!!!
Mockingjay "HASTA MAÑANA" is such a simple yet well built song, beautiful melody and beautifuly sang. Should be included also.
My top:
10)Knowing Me,Knowing You
9)Lay All Your Love On Me
8)SOS
7)Mamma Mia
6)Super Trouper
5)Money,Money,Money
4)Dancing Queen
3)Take A Chance On Me
2)The Name Of The Game
1)The Winner Takes It All
No Fernando?
Steven Cuff no
Fernando would be in a worthy place at number 12 behind The Name Of The Game
I have to fix this top though
I also really like head over heels
I love ABBA & am proud to say so!
So many great songs. My faves are:
SOS
Fernando
Chiquitita
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
The Winner Takes It All
Super Trouper
Take A Chance On Me
I started loving ABBA when i was 12 years old but now I'm 15, i still love them
ha, ha
This video was how I first discovered ABBA was more than "Dancing Queen", and made me want to look into their full albums! Nine years later I'm a huge fan and know all the lyrics to their songs. Thank you!!!
How typical putting Dancing Queen on the top--I agree it's their best known song, so I see why it's there--but as an ABBA fan, it's the one I usually skip when shuffling their songs. How about Andante, Andante, The Visitors (that got them banned in the USSR) or some of the runner ups? It was a TOUGH call--they're a rarity--writing their own music, and the guys playing their own instruments, without computers fixing their voices--can't wait for their new songs coming out in late 2018! :)
Because it’s based off of favorites and success. If you ask me, I think Fernando should’ve been higher because of that though. Fernando and Dancing Queen are ABBA’s biggest singles. Plus the 14 weeks Number 1 in Australia
The Visitors is my all time favorite! But I love them all too!
What good is the list when "Chiquitita" and "Voulez Vous" doesn't make it in the top ten????
People often wonder why ABBA is such a guilty pleasure for many. Some cite the obvious Disco influence in some of their songs but that's the thing; only some and certainly not all have that music style so it can't be that. Others cite the fact English wasn't their first language giving the songs an innocent sense and highly accessible nature. I disagree, the lyrics to their songs are actually quite complex and the topics of their songs are often unconventional and deep in a way that it finds its way in everyone's experience either because they can relate to the message or because the music grabs at something that can't be put into words and ABBA is damn good at that. That is no simplistic effort and I'd say they have a better command of the English language than most native English speakers do. So language barriers aren't what makes their songs frothy and childlike to the point they are guilty pleasures because their song catalogue is far from cheap and simple.
I truly believe their music is a guilty pleasure for many for the same reason musical theatre is a guilty pleasure for many. It is no coincidence that ABBA's song catalogue is the basis of a smash hit Broadway musical. Their songs have more than just a hint of theatricality in them; they ARE very theatrical. Not only in their sound but also in the way they treat subject matter and how they always seem to be using music to deepen a story, to flesh it out, to make it real and to reach into us all and invoke that which cannot be said via the spoken word. And why is that a reason to want to hide it all and pretend you're less of a fan than you are? It's effective. You can't just be at a bar and hear an ABBA song come on and not feel like time is standing still. ABBA reaches in and pulls you in whether you like it or not. It makes you feel. Disco music with its beats and grand orchestral accompaniment had very much a similar theatricality that many people also resented. I think there is such a thing as music that is too effective; it begins to become intrusive if you don't plan to feel a certain way and it forces you to. Those of us who are able to handle the weight that these songs bring easily adapt and find them to be invigorating. Not everyone is able or willing to do that and so they wait until they are alone to enjoy the music that makes them feel, when they are ready to let their guard down.
I don't believe in bull fight efforts ABBA r a bunch of Aliens have invaded our universe music industry and cool, quietly , quickly and carried away,just look their songs,almost all r best in music but fucking don't resemble each other Let it be fast or soft no all r unique in their category,will stay the best. HS Bafila
You know you're an ABBA fan when you know all the songs mentioned and heard in the video by heart XD i could not posibly be more happy to be one
Dancing queen is my favourite
Dancing queen will never get old man never
Abba from a throw back time...the sound takes you back to forgotten time when you were young....knew people who simply adored Abba and it was infectious....yes we celebrated every time you heard a strum of piano keys/of a guitar or voices "annoncing" an Abba song and to this day, you hear an Abba song and you get lost in nastalgia....so you're YOU again for a brief tune...comes every now and again Happy New Year 2021!
Proud to say that I sang along with all of these songs
I still do!!!!!!😎❤🇸🇪
One of the greatest music groups of all time, and this video and the comments just prove it. The singing, songwriting, arrangements...just all of it have always been superb!
Mama Mia is still my favorite! Frida will always be my Dancing Queen.
(Visible Confusion)
Frida forever!
"My Love, My Life" is probably the least known and most underrated song of ABBA. IMO, it's one of their best songs.
Jo Gat
It is my favorite ABBA song, but it isn’t the most underrated. Maybe songs from Ring-Ring have underrated songs like I Am Just A Girl
"My Love,My Life" is a masterpiece ( and that's saying something with ABBA).Be in the top 5,certainly.
OMG yeesssssss!!!!!
I could not go trough the list without stopping at every song, searching youtube for it and listening it.
What a band. So many hits that the top 10 feels right until you realize there are so many classics that are all just great songs on the own such as Chiquitita, Angel Eyes, Does your mother know, Honey Honey, Summer night city, Lay all your love on me, our last summer, the day before you came, when all is said and done etc. All of these songs that weren't included in top 10 could be among the top songs of any other band. That's the legend of ABBA, no other band so many awesome songs to their credit.
Best band ever
The Bee Gees were the best band ever. ABBA was #2.
The Beach Boys are the best band!! Abba is second :)
The Beatles is the best band by facts but Abba is pretty good too
Abba, my favorite band ever.
Such harmony. What a great group.
So many ABBA songs that are a little stranger, like “I Am The City”, “Tiger”, “Me and I”, etc are so underrated!
Reshapre Your Mind Tiger is the best the live performance i always love watching so much :D
ColinsCity
Yesss, when I watched their 1977 concert on YT and ABBA: The Movie, I was stunned. I’ve Been Waiting For You and He Is Your Brother are also songs that sound good live
Me and I always makes me tearful
I love Tiger.
I wasn‘t a big fan of DANCING QUEEN for a long time - and then one day it HIT ME 1000%!
Il n'est jamais trop tard ! 😂😂
It's not my favourite ABBA song but it's definitely one of their best
Was there any doubt Dancing Queen would be #1? Great list, great group!
the day before you came, the winner takes it all, knowing me knowing you, sos, etc etc . still gives me chills and tears after 35 years. brilliant compositions, arrangements, production, vocals. timeles classics
The fact that we all feel like there were missing many song in this video tells you how great this group was.
Their mysic brings back so many memories. I remember my parents always play them in the morning and evening :")
Honorable mentions include Love Isn't Easy, When I Kissed The Teacher, Eagle, Does Your Mother Know?, Kisses Of Fire, Happy New Year, Our Last Summer, Andante Andante, The Piper, One Of Us, and I Let The Music Speak. Hell it should've been a top 20 or even 30 lol I disagree with most of the list but Mamma Mia, S.O.S, and Dancing Queen definitely belonged there. The Album, Voulez-vous and Super Trouper (my favorite) are damn near perfect albums. Yes I am in love with this band.
Kaylyn Zoe 2 years late but you forgot angel eyes
I really like ‘when I kissed the teacher’ and ‘why did it have to be me’ and ‘Fernando’
The Name of the Game? How can you leave that out, that is just outright ludicrous. That is probably Top 3 in ABBA songs.
I totally agree , one of their best songs period
Yesssss!
Definitely my number 2
THOSE GOOD LOOKING SWEDISH PEOPLE 😍😘
No wonder Napoleon surrendered!
Thank you!!!!
especially Agnetha....she was so hot!
Dancing Queen 100% agreed. Its 2018 & still rocking with this band ABBA
Kids used to call me gay for listening to ABBA on my CD player (an ancient artifact that had a rotating plastic disc inside to produce sound). But since ABBA is considered retro and cool in the eyes of my hipster friends, whenever people call me gay my friends jump on their ass and guilt the shit out of them. Moral of the story is ABBA rocks, and so do friends.
You want ancient, I used to listen to ABBA on this thing called a TAPE PLAYER!!!! ;-)
Another reason i'm not having kid.
Spock my mom told me that she always hears abba in the juke box back in the 70s
I thought Vulcans could control their emotions
I´ve never met anyone who doesn´t like Abba. Maybe they´re not into that kind of music, but they like at least one song of them. I don´t know why, maybe there are more people who still like Abba here in Germany, or it´s just that I´ve been very lucky.
I was raised on ABBA and classic music, I love it ^^
ABBA was slow getting to the US, but I think that was Stig's ultimate objective from the get go. They were so meticulous in the crafting of every single song. They broke out of Sweden-only with the Euro-contest superhit Waterloo, then S.O.S - then they switched language to English (American accent) and put the girls in front, vocals (the boys did back up, and wrote most all the songs). Life is so, so short. I love the fact they were so old fashioned, believed in marriage and family and children. But their careers were so intense, they were superlative cratsmen artisticly. They gave themselves unstintingly to their adoring world audience. Yes they did break into the English-speaking world, almost by surprise. But it was not the USA but Australia. I am an American, and somehow overlooked them when I was young. I am turning into their biggest fan. My favorite is "Winner takes it all."
We all knew dancing queen was going to be #1
No way, The Eagle is the best they ever did. ( And it isnt even on the list ?) Also where are One of us, The visitors, Marionette , I kissed the teacher and Slipping though my fingers ?
To many good songs, i listen to everything they did once every year from beginning to end and it always gets me in a really happy mood.
For the last years i also came to love " I let the music speak" and "The day before you came" but that might just be me ?
Roberth Pilesund " Happy new year" ? really not even that one ???
Roberth Pilesund
Because it's a top 10 obviously, if they did a top 20 or whatever, more of those songs would be in
Well, list is obvious compatible with American taste. But, Benny Andersson once said that Pete Townshand asked him if he knew that "S.O.S." is the best pop song ever written. I could agree with him.
Did you really mentioned Marionette one of their all time worst songs ever? I'm absolutely stunned but oh well.
My current top ten:
10. Should I laugh or cry
9. Rock me
8. Fernando
7. I let the music speak
6. Cassandra
5. When all is said and done
4. The day before you came
3. I am the city
2. Hey, hey Helen
1. Angel Eyes
I Am The City...yessss
These guys are very talented, I love every single one of them
ABBA ist die beste Band der Welt
Whoa, I understand German(is that German?)!
@@priyajohn9198 Yeah, that's German.
Voulez-Vous?!?!? (Aha!)
Take it now or leave it (ah ha)
Nothing promised, no regrets
Voulez-vous? Now is all we get!
La Question c‘est voulez-vous?!?👍🏻😆
Voulez vous (ah-ha) Ain't no big decision (ah-ha)
Charlotte Mulcahy people everywhere, a sense of expectation, hanging in the air👅👅
É uma seleção de musicas maravilhosas!!!! ABBA é pra sempre....
What great memories there songs bring back from the 70s. A great time to be alive !
Just the best band ever. Music is ethereal and eternal. Vocals which will never be matched. So good to live during Abba times
The Day before You Came also missing! Would be easier making a top 30 list !!
ABBA. THE GREATEST SNGING GROUP IN HISTORY
So true!
ABBA IS AWESOME!!!!
And the nicest people to
Uhm no
Lukasz Szkutak most professional music critics don't consider abba as musically significant.Sometimes mediocrity can be very popular.
10-SOS
9-Take a Chance on Me
8-Hey Hey Helen
7-Ring Ring
6-That's Me
5-The King has Lost his Crown
4-If it wasn't for the Nights
3-Kisses of Fire
2-Angel Eyes
1-Thank you for the Music
I personally always hate how everyone only ever seems to focus on the first cd of the ABBA Gold album. Yes the songs are great, but so many of their other great songs go missing. For a change, listen to the second cd, or the five record Readers Digest album!
Oh I just cant get enough of ABBA.they are my all time favorite group.i like all their songs
how about thank you for the music?
+Camilo Garcia Ylasaari I know right! :O
Yes ! This is one of my favorites!
Yass! my favorite song!
god no. Horrendous and facile. It was a sales flop!!
Before they mentioned Dancing Queen I truly believed they saved this song for the winner!
Metal fan but I love Abba I can dance and sing along with their songs happy music :)
the band Ghost made a cover of one of their songs !
As a metal fan, you really should check out the very metal
Tribute To Abba album. Therion's "Summernight City" is a fave of mine.
John D Ghost also covered Abba !
The top ABBA's songs is different in 2018... with songs exploited after, like "Thank you for the music" "Knowing me konowing you" "Happy new year" and maybe "One of us" and "Angel eyes" after the exploitation of Mamma mia 2.... And THE BIG MIstake forgotten "The name of the game" one of the best song of the career.... See the official video most viewed on youtube TODAY
Totally agree! Name of the Game is one of Abba's best and would easiy push out Super Trouper or Gimmex3
take a chance on me is my favorite. ...
Mine too.
If you change your mind
Such an earworm in a good way