When this song came out the competition for the #1 spot (on Billboard) was fierce. While Take A Chance on Me stalled at #3, Shawdow Dancing and Bakers Street both remained in the #1 and #2 spots and would not budge. It of been awesome to have seen Abba snag another #1, the song played continuously on the radio during the summer of 78. Great memories; memorable music. Take A Chance was another massive hit in the US. It was the 31st biggest song that year. Second only to Dancing Queen which took #14 on the 1977 year-end charts. Abba songs are timeless, as they never cease to bring me just as much joy now as they did back then. Love your show guys. Keep the Abba coming.
I do remember how 'Shadow Dancing' and 'Baker Street' would not budge from their positions. Growing up in the Philadelphia area, radio stations there rarely played ABBA but they did play this fairly often (and 'Dancing Queen' too when it was released).
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Just discovered your reactions to ABBA and I really appreciate them. I was a massive, teenage ABBA-lover-fanatic-enduring life in Nowhereville, Michigan, US-back when ABBA was “happening” globally. It was rough. At that time, to be an ABBA fan in the US and to be in junior high/high school, was the equivalent of putting a sign on your own back that read, “Kick me really hard.” Still, I wore my ABBA fan club button with pride; I took my ABBA record albums to school on “Record Day”; and I saw them in concert, Milwaukee, 1979, with mom and little brother (my whole family loved ABBA.) If the Fates allow, I’ll be seeing their London show on my birthday in August. Anyhow, not to carry on, but it really makes me happy to see people at your time of life discovering and embracing ABBA. Thank you for your reactions!
Hey Keith!ABBA had a huge mass of closet fans(many of them were rockers and metalheads)famous and infamous.Many wouldn't admit it but everyone was buying their records.Thats how they've sold such a phenomenal amount.Only 2nd The Beatles in history of recorded music!
There was a culture that pop music was no serious music so not "proper" to be into.But despite the critical press Abba didn't mind,they had a huuuge army of fans to adore their honest pop purity and superiority ,so people fought the fog instead and were buying their records in mega quantities almost all around the globe.Proof is their long staying power after 40 years of hiatus!.
You lucky one to watch them live!I was too young on that tour so my parents wouldn't allow me to travel.What an experience you've had,I'm so jealous ha!ha!
I, too, was one of those closeted fans. And since I was already considered a dork at school, it just did more to reinstate that fact (to them). It really didn't matter to me though. If anything, it just compelled me to listen more and more. Abba really was an addiction to me, even before I knew what that meant. This is the song that really started it all for me, too--that summer of 78. An awesome year for music. "The Album" is still one of my favorite. That and "Super Trouper." (I wore that one out).
May of 1978 was declared 'ABBA Month'. ABBA spent one million dollars on promotion here in the U.S.. This included record store displays/handouts, a big billboard in L.A. and an appearance on the Olivia Newton-John tv special (along with Andy Gibb - you guys should check that out - ABBA sing 'live'). It paid off...'Take A Chance On Me' got up to #3 on the Billboard chart (their biggest hit after 'Dancing Queen' and it actually sold more copies than 'Dancing Queen'). Fun song...definitely in my Top 5 favorites of theirs. Thanks for the cool reaction!
It's my understanding that that particular billboard cost $25,000 a day to rent, in 1978. At an average inflation rate of 3.40 % (since 1978) that would come to over $108,000. That they we're able to even afford that kind of money indicates just how huge and adored they we're all over the world. In 1979 Guinness world record book declared them the biggest selling musical group of all-time. They we're mildly popular here in comparison to the rest of the world? Why? Many American's disregarded their brilliance simply because they were considered uncool. So lame. My love for Abba really took start in 1978 with this song. After purchasing my first album from them--GHv1, I've been hooked ever since. Love you ABBA. Always!
I think that the vigorous dancing by Frida is in keeping with the lyrics…she’s like stamping her feet and violently objecting to: “you say that I waste my time, but I can’t get you off my mind”! Then she calms and states the reason - “oh I can’t let go; cos I love you so”. This song just has a comical, flirty vibe and you can see they are all having fun.
You "stole my thoughts" Calvin ha!ha!.Pefectly described!.Shows her "in love addiction" to the guy.Just unable to escape.Both humouristic and kinda naively saucy.
One of my favorite parts of the video, is at the end when Frida walks away and many chases after her with "grabby" hands, and then you see Agnetha walking away very calmly, and Bjorn just stays in the chair looking like he's contemplating something; that part of the video just demonstrates their personalities so well as couples... it's awesome!
That was Abba's biggest selling single in USA at the time, despite peaking at No3 and not N01 as "DANCING QUEEN" there.I love the girls' "talking part" it's seductive.Also B+B 's b.vocals are the best supportive "make-up" echo for A+F.Even their "awkard" non synchronised dancing is charming.Iconic.
It was really this song from that summer of 78 that lit that flame inside me for Abba. Then I ordered their Greatest Hits (vol. 1) from the RCA music club and played it over and over again. I fell in love with their music and just kept buying more and more of their albums and would get so excited when another new Abba song would come out on the radio. I can still remember the exact moment I heard "Does you Mother Know" on the radio the first time, in 1979. I was sitting in my parents bedroom on the floor playing "Payday" with my sister. It was so different hearing Bjorn's voice out front on a song. To this day Abba is still far and above my favorite band and always will be. Do you have any favorite memories?
@@craignotgreg547Countless memories.Fist album i bought was "The Album",which was quite "difficult" not as "easy" as let's say "ARRIVAL" for a little child.Didn't like it at first except from TAOM and MOVE ON.But it grew on me and then started searching for them."Voulez vous" followed and then "Ghv1".Remember my listening 1st time to SOS opener looking for hours at the cover photo in the lp's sleeve and Agnetha's beautiful gloomy face sitting on that bench and fell in love with her.
@@craignotgreg547 p.s. Then got all their discography.I nearly "fainted", getting so thrilled when GGG was released.That killer riff!I was at a point where Abba had already become such a drug i just could escape.Still can't.Also got "bulled"(like so many others) for liking them but times changed and now feel so happy for their acknowledgement!
Wow! That's awesome to hear (although, not awesome at the time). I had many friends that gave me crap and one that even often refused to be around me when I would listen to them. I tried to play "On and On and On" to her (Imagining she just might like it) but she just shook her head and walked away. It really kinda hurt me at the time because they meant so much to me, like a close friend whom I never met. And escaping into their world was something I did often when I was sad, confused, or hurt. It's so funny (strange funny) talking to someone about this now after so many years. And yeah, Agnetha, such an angel. Just love her; adore her. Love to hear her sing, watch her sing, and listen to her talk. She's a treasure- to me and to the world. What makes her even all the more beautiful is that she seems like she doesn't even realize that about herself. My two favorite Abba song are the one's she sing lead on: TWTIA and TDBYC. My favorite Frida-led song would be KMKY and ILTMS, although it took me quite awhile to warm up to their Visitors album. At the time it was so strange and eerie. It may have seemed to mature for me at the time as I was so accustomed to Abba making me feel so warm and happy. But I think I let the Music Speak and Like an Angel PTMR some of Frida's finest moments. I could go on (and on and on)........Where are you from Christian?
Frontman of American heavy metal band SLIPKNOT ,Corey Taylor also a self confessed Abba fan(yes him!) said amongst others that TACOM is his fave Abba song."This is my jam,it makes my day" he quoted.
@@marissa6805 yep he is, he was interviewed by the new York times i think after abba announced their comeback, they interviewed musicians who were big ABBA fans. Among them corey. To name a few more stars who were known abba fans, Bono of U2, dave grohl of foo fighters (said he would love to play drums for ABBA if given the opportunity), the late kurt cobain of nirvana would play abba gold cd in the bands tour bus whenever they tour.
@@marissa6805 Despite being diff music field many rockers had great love for Abba's pop purity such as bil corgan(Smashing pumpkins),Kurt Cobain,some guy from Korn,Liam Gallaher of Oasis and David Grohl to name but a few.Ilove David's black Abba t-shirt that he's been unbashefully wearing and being photographed while touring or being interviewed.He's an ABBA fan and doesn't give a damn to expose this!He said he cried like a baby listening to the 2 new songs last September btw.
@German MorawskiThanx for confirming.I'm always happily surprised whenever i find out 'total' rockers admiting their Abba-love!Some other weirdly unexpected ones are... J.Davies of KORN(!),B.Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins not to mention BJORK and Bryan Eno.
P,S.John Frusciente *RHCPeppers,Ian Mc Cullogh(Echo n the Bunnymen),Gene Simmons KISS just add a few more.Of course we got some famous 'haters' also, such as David Grosby(lol! a very nasty one),Bob Geldof and Roger Waters from FLOYD who also expressed a quite humiliating view but Benny and esp Bjorn gave him back a very smart answer.Guess we can't all agree on everything but we can disagree doing it in a civil way.These last 3 ones just didn't.
Why did she do this? Because it's Frida. 😁 Look at her in the video of that Japanese show where they performed "If It Wasn't For The Nights" (the video which lasts more than five minutes, not the short version). Some Frida haters assert that she was drunk there but I say she just had a lot of fun.
Small budget video but instantly iconic!As another reactor said,it just needed 4 people + 2 chairs.That's ABBA's magical sparkling diamond dust to get hooked on.A classic!2:21/5:07 Ok FRIDA!I surrender honey!
my favorite Abba song 🤩I like the harmony of the four voices together, but I love Agnetha's strong voice solos 🥰👍and when the girls strike their poses, I am reminded of how perfect their figures were too. and their winter outfits reminds me of one of the albums (Arrival? The Album?) where the center spread had the four of them outdoors sitting on a bench, and Frida and Benny are kissing, Bjorn is reading a paper, and poor Agnetha is staring wistfully at the camera. it still amazes me how different Agnetha could look by just changing her hairstyle and clothes, I mean she looks like a different person in Arrival, Voulez Vous, Super Trouper, and The Visitors, and that's over only 6 years? 😊
Thanks Guys..... I always look forward to Thursday mornings in the UK to get your latest reaction to an ABBA video. 💕 I got to see them at Wembley Arena in 1979 (a very cold November night) they are so fantastic performing live..... not what you would expect, Frida rocks💖, Agnetha 🤗and Benny and Bjorn are geniuses. Look forward to your next review, Keep up the good work, u2r so 💥💞 Take Care, stay safe 🤗 💖🇬🇧😷
@Lex It's something I could never put into words🤔 for the first 10 minutes I was just dumb struck😶 then I had to pinch myself so I could enjoy the whole experience of seeing ABBA live😵😅🤗 As for choosing a favourite moment😱 the whole concert was amazing they are so different from what you would expect, so different from their videos they were so energetic. Frida is a born performer she knows how to work the stage and you could tell that she was having a ball, Agnetha was so sweet more reserved than Frida but just as enthralling and she got to sing a song that she wrote herself especially for the concerts called "I'm still alive". Then you have both Benny and Bjorn both so energetic and bouncing about as if on a sugar high😀 the two standout moments for me was when they got round Bennys piano to sing "I have a dream and the near the end when they all stood together at front of the stage to sing" The way old friends do" It was an amazing concert and I couldn't believe I was only 10 rows from the front😍💥 💖🇬🇧😷
@German Morawski Wow, I did not know that. I remember listening to the Top 40 every week on the radio, and "The Winner Takes It All" reached Nº 8 here in the U.S......it would be their last Top 10 hit in America. It peaked here on the official Billboard charts in the Spring of 1981. And, ABBA also won an award that year, from the AMA (American Music Awards), in the category for best "Pop Group". I remember watching that on T.V. when it first aired. The ceremony was held in Los Angeles, but ABBA received the award "via satellite" from Stockholm. They all appeared on a huge screen, and all of them introduced themselves and said a few words, but Björn was the one who spoke the most. I was really impressed when ABBA released their (at the time), penultimate album, "Super Trouper", because I feel that they had reached such an extremely high level, in terms of sophistication in the harmonies, melodies, instrumentation and in the lyrics also.
Erasure covered both the song and the video in what may be one of the best Abba tributes by another band. I'd like to see you react to that one now, having heard/seen the Abba original.
first time seeing your reaction. I love when young people love the groups and music that us OLD folks grew up on! Please more ABBA. You won't be disappointed!!!!
Another post Reading some comment I Check it in ABBA on TV web Agnetha wasn't pregnant here the official video was filmed in January 10 (1978) She was in Her post pregnancy that's why Her body was different
Fun fact: While jogging around his private island outside Stockholm, Björn would repeat a rhythm to pace himself, which evolved into "take-a-chance" and the eventual lyrics. See the global broadcast exclusive interview with Benny and Björn upon release of ABBA's new Voyage album in 2021: ruclips.net/video/ygkcwU0SWNk/видео.html
Good morning to You, and thanks for this new reaction to ABBA songs "Take a chance on me" (1978) is one of their best ABBA hits in all the world, the most selling song of ABBA in U.S. (more than Dancing Queen), #3 in Billboard U.S. and the seven #1 in UK Charts This is one of few song than the vocals are more extensive than the music (They begin 'a capela' and singing at the end) the blonde Agnetha is the lead vocal, her voice is so powerful, in perfect armonies and chorus with Anni Frid in co-leads vocal (and the boys in back voices singing repetitive the frase 'take a chance, chance') Agnetha & Anni Frid have fantastic voices and harmonies together Agnetha is soprano Anni Frid is mezzo soprano and together Made a 'three voice' the guitarist Björn got the idea while jogging, by the sound of the footsteps he interpreted t-k-t t-kt and adapted it to "take a chance", and so the song was born Although it is a disco pop, it is like a constant and happy march, captivating, cloying and addictive In the video the absolute center is the girls, very suggestive A clarification: it was filmed a month after Agnetha's second motherhood, so she had not yet recovered her pre-pregnancy figure I hope You continue with your fantastic ABBA reactions From the same amazing "The Album" you could react the classic hymn "Thank you for the music" And don't forget "Waterloo" live at Eurovision 1974 the night when ABBA shock the world and begin your fame and Legend My best regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina South América
My favorite ABBA song! I was in Walmart tonight and this was playing and I was instantly a teenager again. It was so funny cuz I was looking around at everyone wondering can they hear this too? LOL
@@craignotgreg547 I always hear "Knowing Me, Knowing You" in Walmart hahaha...and I start singing along and everyone is like what the hell is up with this boy HAHAHA
Check out British 90s dance club pop duo sensation, Erasure, and their frame for frame remake of the video clip to match their excellent cover of Take a Chance on Me. It was part of their mini-album, ABBA-esque, all ABBA covers, released in 1992, at the height of the global ABBA ‘comeback’.
Love your ABBA reactions. Love your attention to detail, also funny little details in their videos, e.g. Frida's crazy dancing, Benny running after her etc. Many of these videos were low budget and shot in a hurry, and although their director ended up as a well-known Hollywood direcotr, many aspects of the videos must have been improvised, and there are so many funny details showing their personalities. And you get them!
Bjorn came up with this song whilst out jogging…the take a chance take a chance take a chance bit was the rhythm he was making as he was running 🏃 . Oh and still waiting for a reaction to I’ve been waiting for you 🙂 I’m not gonna stop asking for it it 🤣🤣
The film director Lasse Hallström made most of their videos before he was snapped off to Hollywood and that's why they are playful flirty and so funny to look at.
I was probably around your age when these come out and this is the music we great up , too so happy and makes you feel good, and notice how the girls are dressed so ladylike but still pull off the seduction without being vulgar. this was called flirting like a lady, thats called the art of always being a lady . I loved this group , this music make you want sing dance and just feel good and we did
I love how when I saw the title I knew what you meant...but yeah this song is amazing, it's so catchy and flirty and cute and I really love the guys vocals in the background. I heard that Björn came up with the song when he was out on a run and the rhythm of his footsteps sounded like it said "take a chance" so that's where he got the idea! The video always makes me so happy, it's so playful. It's definitely charming, all their videos are but this one especially. Love your ABBA reactions!
Frida was always more animated and loved to move around a lot more during performances than Agnetha did. This video is a perfect example of that. Although, Agnetha was 3 months pregnant at the time this video was shot, so that might explain it a little bit. I can't help but regress back to the shy 9 year old trying to hide his shyness, who first watched this was it was first shown, particularly during the close-ups of both girls winking seductively at the camera. It gets me every time. Out of context, it might seem a bit corny, but if you invest yourself into the song, then it does come across as a very genuine appeal of asking their significant other to, 'take a chance on me.'
The boys have their own lines in Summer Night City and Honey Honey. I do love your reactions and banter. In America Take A Chance on Me sold more than Dancing Queen but didn’t get to No 1.
The boys sang more solo parts in their earlier albums: 6 songs in Ring Ring (1973), 6 in Waterloo (1974), and this started to be reduced from 1975 onwards (2 in the ABBA album), 1 in Arrival (1976) and so on. The ABBA guys have gone on record (pardon the pun) to say that vocal duties were increasingly given to the ladies because they were the much better singers.
@@calvinmurty8273 I love their earlier albums. Some gems there as they searched for their sound. I love AnotherTown Another Train which has Bjorn on lead vocal. Dance (whilst the music still goes on) is lovely).
@@russytherutan Agree-I love those songs as well. I kinda like Sitting in the Palmtree too-it’s so cute. There was a very well made remix that took that song to new and interesting heights!
This is probably the main song, well the cover by Erasure, which brought ABBA songs back to prominance & to a new audience in the 1990s. It may have even prompted the release of ABBA Gold. It is also a great example of the difference in performance confidence between Agnetha & Frida. Frida just has the moves and goes for it, really getting into the music.
I couldnt agree with you more on the value of the guys voices,they are underrated vocally,why,I dont know..there is no competetion between the two pairs,they all add to the great ABBA sound...the guys have their place in there vocally as well,ABBA wouldnt have been as great as they are without their lead and backing vocals to the songs...as good as the girls are,and they are beyond magic,the guys also have their place in there.
To think, this song totally has Bjorn going for a simple jog to thank for success ...the sound he heard when he was jogging was "tikachan tikachan tikachan" so when he got home he wrote it out immediately as "Take A Chance..." (he added the "on Me" part later down the line).
Bjorn Ulvaeus stated that when he thought of the song, he was out jogging and listening to a train pass by. The song is literally supposed to sound like a train. Brilliant.
I mean you got to put your headspace back into 1978... The Disco era, seductiveness was all the rage, and where ABBA wasn't the most seductive group, they certainly weren't afraid to add that little bit of element in their music, especially on the next album following this one... Voulez-Vous, the '70s especially the late 70s or a complete opposite time of what we're living in now!
A B B A - A ( agnetha fältskogh ) B ( björn ulvaeus ) B ( benny andersson ) A ( anni - frid lyngstad ) - ABBA - ( 1972 och 1983 ) is considered to be one of the largest in music history with over 400 million records sold in (2014 ) but new satisic`s say`s that in some bananrepublics that is maybe 100 million records or more not regristrated AND ABBA`s Manager Stig "Stickan "Andersson was a buisnessman and changing record`sales to stocking`s like oil art and what ever - he`s dead and they say that he is the only one who did know the EXACT number of sales. ABBA - is one of the few artists to have achieved success across ALL the continents of the earth. In the mid -1970s, were A B B A the most successful pop group in the world in all categories. Abba has almost 70 singles as No. 1 worldwide and over 60 albums no 1 worldvide. In the UK they had 19 straight top 10 singles, 9 singles and nine albums as no. 1 on the British top list of which eight are in succession (1975, -76, -77, -78, -79, -80, -81, -82). In 2014, the group had sold 400 million records and is thus Sweden's most successful music export of all time. Abba became the first pop group from Continental Europe / Nordic to achieve greater success in the English-speaking world for a long time. ABBA had so MANY HIT`s so they did not " had the time " to tour the Usa more than once - ( and they did`nt want to be the Opening act for any group as their Usa management wanted so they waited for USA until they had a number one hit - DANCING QUEEN 1976 - But Usa had to wait until 1979 before ABBA came Ob Tour - A lot of Tv Commersials Worldvide and Videos make them ( and The Beatles ) pioneers in making Music VIDEO`s for sale before MTV . ABBA music has been around over 40 years, they have released over 100 compilations and sold records in a 100 or more territories and you know that kind of thing (even in small amounts) does add up over time. ABBA is a uniquely universal group, selling or having their music stolen in every conceivable market. ABBA were popular in the heyday in even less traditional markets like Japan, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Philippines, and nowadays in places like China and Korea. We just can’t nail down a total sales numbers.. I guess will never know. - ABBA did 3 Big Live Tours - European Tour 1974-75. - 1977 Touring Europe and Australia, where the group was extremely popular, ("ABBA Mania") and was documented in the feature film ABBA - The Movie, which received a bio premiere in December 1977. During the first half of 1978, the group did a promotional tour in the United States, where the single "Take a Chance on Me" climbed to third place. ABBA has sent 20 songs onto the Hot 100 (all between 1974 and 1982), earning four top 10 s among 14 top 40 hits. ... ABBA has also landed 13 albums on the Billboard 200 (from 1974 to 2011), six of which reached the chart's top 40, led by The Album, which rose to No. 14, the act's best rank, in 1978. - No 1 Hit "Dancing Queen " in 1976 ) - In the fall of 1979 the group toured Europe, USA and Canada. In the spring of 1980, the tour continued to Japan, which would be their last concert tour before the break. In 1980, two singles were released which, before the break, became the group's last one on the UK singles list: "The Winner Takes It All" and "Super Trouper The live album" ABBA Live at Wembley Arena 1979 " ABBA World Tour 1979-80 Live Record "ABBA LIVE at WEMBLEY LONDON 1979 " (On RUclips in HD Song`s like "Summer Night City " Does Yor Mother Know " Hole in Your Soul " Gimme Gimme Gimme " and many more ABBA: The Tour, later also labelled ABBA in Concert and ABBA: North American and European Tour 1979, was the third and final concert tour by the Swedish pop group, ABBA. Primarily visiting North America, Europe and Asia during 1979-1980, the tour supported the group's sixth studio album, Voulez-Vous. The tour opened in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on September 13, 1979, and closed in Tokyo, Japan on March 27, 1980, having performed 52 shows in 40 cities across 13 countries. As it was the group's final tour before unofficially disbanding in late 1982, it included the largest catalogue of hit songs performed on a tour. Abba was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Swedish Music Hall of Fame in 2014
Your reactions are mostly entertaining and sweet, but also sometimes slightly arrogant. The imitation of gestures and facial expressions 🤔never meet the aura and sexy appearance of the two enchanting women. But it's good that you appreciate the genius of the music. If you like, I'll name *SUMMER NIGHT CITY* again
If you ever notice, Frida is always the more animated of the two girls in almost all of their videos. Reason being, Agnetha was actually more reserved than Frida, and of the two Frida loved doing concerts and traveling all over the world performing, but Agnetha did not like being on the road as much, especially if she had to fly…Agnetha is terrified to fly and still refuses to fly to this very day.
I often wonder if it was suggested, or Frida decided [or bit of both!], to up the energy on this video to take pressure off Agnetha because of that. Mind you, Frida never needed an excuse to enjoy a dance, the Japanese show video of 'If it wasn't for the nights' comes to mind, which was a million miles away from the timid Frida we saw in her early solo years.
Well... I do feel that I have to comment here. Firstly, I'm not sure how TCC can compare Marissa to Benny and Bjorn. Sometimes he's a little 'cheeky' as we say in the UK (humorously disrespectful). Next (you can tell I'm on a roll) the issue of seductive vs sensual vs sexualised. I'm not quite sure what you meant when you said that 'seductive' nature was distracting. Marissa, you said that this kind of thing might not be accepted. But what are you referring to? Abba were never ever sexual, but they were sensual. The woman were beautiful but in a very natural and unaffected way. No plastic surgery, veneered teeth, face lifts or body parts on display. I had a quick look around at some of today's female singers, and there was Ariana Grande pictured with her lady bumps barely covered. Beyonce with her low cut dresses. Even Taylor Swift, the archetypal girl next door, seemed to be skimpily clad in some videos. So, I think Abba (the women) were just naturally attractive and playfully flirtatious at times, but never ever overtly sexualised the way that many of today's musical acts are. And don't get me started on Madonna. Anyway both, good fun as always. Keep it loco, dudes!
Oh yeah I just meant that Tyler and I are from a different generation than ABBA. Different generations can consider different things attractive or acceptable (like clothing styles for example). Because of this difference, we don't always understand certain things that ABBA does. Hopefully that makes sense! 😀
Good point. I don't begin to understand what Adele or Sheeran do, far less Kanye West and the Kardashians. I think this is how old age works... the world just keeps on changing and it edges us older adults out. Society changes so much that we no longer feel welcome and this coincides with our decline and so we await death with less trepidation than before.
I'd say 90% of us would look like Marissa if someone filmed us reacting to music so to me Marissa is the Everyman (or Every woman if you want to be PC) so yeah - leave her alone (but at the same time it's called teasing and what would life be without being teased occasionally - pretty grey & PC).
When this song came out the competition for the #1 spot (on Billboard) was fierce. While Take A Chance on Me stalled at #3, Shawdow Dancing and Bakers Street both remained in the #1 and #2 spots and would not budge. It of been awesome to have seen Abba snag another #1, the song played continuously on the radio during the summer of 78. Great memories; memorable music. Take A Chance was another massive hit in the US. It was the 31st biggest song that year. Second only to Dancing Queen which took #14 on the 1977 year-end charts. Abba songs are timeless, as they never cease to bring me just as much joy now as they did back then. Love your show guys. Keep the Abba coming.
So interesting and nice to share memories of that era with us.I realy love those stories.Cherished moments and nostalgic from the Abba years.
I do remember how 'Shadow Dancing' and 'Baker Street' would not budge from their positions. Growing up in the Philadelphia area, radio stations there rarely played ABBA but they did play this fairly often (and 'Dancing Queen' too when it was released).
But count it now it 200 % over No ! Billboard - Usa Billboard Compared to ABBA 2022 - WELL Sorry To Say But "BILLBOARD US - Compared To ABBA Loooooooooooooczzzz like a dead planet in the outside of UNIVERSE - Compared To ABBA Are The Bach , Motzart , Bethoven but of POP - and in 100 -200 year a "THING " like Us Billboard are like a shit from a Fly - COMPARED To ABBA 👽☀🎼🎶🎵🎸🎺🎷🎤
Just discovered your reactions to ABBA and I really appreciate them. I was a massive, teenage ABBA-lover-fanatic-enduring life in Nowhereville, Michigan, US-back when ABBA was “happening” globally. It was rough. At that time, to be an ABBA fan in the US and to be in junior high/high school, was the equivalent of putting a sign on your own back that read, “Kick me really hard.” Still, I wore my ABBA fan club button with pride; I took my ABBA record albums to school on “Record Day”; and I saw them in concert, Milwaukee, 1979, with mom and little brother (my whole family loved ABBA.) If the Fates allow, I’ll be seeing their London show on my birthday in August. Anyhow, not to carry on, but it really makes me happy to see people at your time of life discovering and embracing ABBA. Thank you for your reactions!
what an awesome story, thank you for sharing! im so glad you enjoy the reactions :)
Hey Keith!ABBA had a huge mass of closet fans(many of them were rockers and metalheads)famous and infamous.Many wouldn't admit it but everyone was buying their records.Thats how they've sold such a phenomenal amount.Only 2nd The Beatles in history of recorded music!
There was a culture that pop music was no serious music so not "proper" to be into.But despite the critical press Abba didn't mind,they had a huuuge army of fans to adore their honest pop purity and superiority ,so people fought the fog instead and were buying their records in mega quantities almost all around the globe.Proof is their long staying power after 40 years of hiatus!.
You lucky one to watch them live!I was too young on that tour so my parents wouldn't allow me to travel.What an experience you've had,I'm so jealous ha!ha!
I, too, was one of those closeted fans. And since I was already considered a dork at school, it just did more to reinstate that fact (to them). It really didn't matter to me though. If anything, it just compelled me to listen more and more. Abba really was an addiction to me, even before I knew what that meant. This is the song that really started it all for me, too--that summer of 78. An awesome year for music. "The Album" is still one of my favorite. That and "Super Trouper." (I wore that one out).
May of 1978 was declared 'ABBA Month'. ABBA spent one million dollars on promotion here in the U.S.. This included record store displays/handouts, a big billboard in L.A. and an appearance on the Olivia Newton-John tv special (along with Andy Gibb - you guys should check that out - ABBA sing 'live'). It paid off...'Take A Chance On Me' got up to #3 on the Billboard chart (their biggest hit after 'Dancing Queen' and it actually sold more copies than 'Dancing Queen'). Fun song...definitely in my Top 5 favorites of theirs. Thanks for the cool reaction!
It's my understanding that that particular billboard cost $25,000 a day to rent, in 1978. At an average inflation rate of 3.40 % (since 1978) that would come to over $108,000. That they we're able to even afford that kind of money indicates just how huge and adored they we're all over the world. In 1979 Guinness world record book declared them the biggest selling musical group of all-time. They we're mildly popular here in comparison to the rest of the world? Why? Many American's disregarded their brilliance simply because they were considered uncool. So lame. My love for Abba really took start in 1978 with this song. After purchasing my first album from them--GHv1, I've been hooked ever since. Love you ABBA. Always!
Given your ages, your reaction to When I Kissed The Teacher would be rather funny.
Love these ABBA reactions, keep them coming!
Please do!!!!
I think that the vigorous dancing by Frida is in keeping with the lyrics…she’s like stamping her feet and violently objecting to: “you say that I waste my time, but I can’t get you off my mind”! Then she calms and states the reason - “oh I can’t let go; cos I love you so”.
This song just has a comical, flirty vibe and you can see they are all having fun.
You "stole my thoughts" Calvin ha!ha!.Pefectly described!.Shows her "in love addiction" to the guy.Just unable to escape.Both humouristic and kinda naively saucy.
One of my favorite parts of the video, is at the end when Frida walks away and many chases after her with "grabby" hands, and then you see Agnetha walking away very calmly, and Bjorn just stays in the chair looking like he's contemplating something; that part of the video just demonstrates their personalities so well as couples... it's awesome!
That was Abba's biggest selling single in USA at the time, despite peaking at No3 and not N01 as "DANCING QUEEN" there.I love the girls' "talking part" it's seductive.Also B+B 's b.vocals are the best supportive "make-up" echo for A+F.Even their "awkard" non synchronised dancing is charming.Iconic.
It was really this song from that summer of 78 that lit that flame inside me for Abba. Then I ordered their Greatest Hits (vol. 1) from the RCA music club and played it over and over again. I fell in love with their music and just kept buying more and more of their albums and would get so excited when another new Abba song would come out on the radio. I can still remember the exact moment I heard "Does you Mother Know" on the radio the first time, in 1979. I was sitting in my parents bedroom on the floor playing "Payday" with my sister. It was so different hearing Bjorn's voice out front on a song. To this day Abba is still far and above my favorite band and always will be. Do you have any favorite memories?
@@craignotgreg547Countless memories.Fist album i bought was "The Album",which was quite "difficult" not as "easy" as let's say "ARRIVAL" for a little child.Didn't like it at first except from TAOM and MOVE ON.But it grew on me and then started searching for them."Voulez vous" followed and then "Ghv1".Remember my listening 1st time to SOS opener looking for hours at the cover photo in the lp's sleeve and Agnetha's beautiful gloomy face sitting on that bench and fell in love with her.
@@craignotgreg547 p.s. Then got all their discography.I nearly "fainted", getting so thrilled when GGG was released.That killer riff!I was at a point where Abba had already become such a drug i just could escape.Still can't.Also got "bulled"(like so many others) for liking them but times changed and now feel so happy for their acknowledgement!
Wow! That's awesome to hear (although, not awesome at the time). I had many friends that gave me crap and one that even often refused to be around me when I would listen to them. I tried to play "On and On and On" to her (Imagining she just might like it) but she just shook her head and walked away. It really kinda hurt me at the time because they meant so much to me, like a close friend whom I never met. And escaping into their world was something I did often when I was sad, confused, or hurt. It's so funny (strange funny) talking to someone about this now after so many years. And yeah, Agnetha, such an angel. Just love her; adore her. Love to hear her sing, watch her sing, and listen to her talk. She's a treasure- to me and to the world. What makes her even all the more beautiful is that she seems like she doesn't even realize that about herself. My two favorite Abba song are the one's she sing lead on: TWTIA and TDBYC. My favorite Frida-led song would be KMKY and ILTMS, although it took me quite awhile to warm up to their Visitors album. At the time it was so strange and eerie. It may have seemed to mature for me at the time as I was so accustomed to Abba making me feel so warm and happy. But I think I let the Music Speak and Like an Angel PTMR some of Frida's finest moments. I could go on (and on and on)........Where are you from Christian?
Christiano, that is. Sorry about that. (BTW, nice name).
Woooh, thanks a lot this is a very nice video and music, very originals, electric guitars, charisma, happiness ; ABBA is big 🤍🏆
Listen to this song once, have it burned into your brain for life.
Hope you never stop to bring ABBA Songs :) - aaalways gives me such a happy feeling :) - super !!
English Synth duo Erasure also did their take on this track emulating this video
Frontman of American heavy metal band SLIPKNOT ,Corey Taylor also a self confessed Abba fan(yes him!) said amongst others that TACOM is his fave Abba song."This is my jam,it makes my day" he quoted.
Oh that's so cool to know! I love Slipknot, but I didn't know Corey Taylor was a fan of ABBA.
@@marissa6805 yep he is, he was interviewed by the new York times i think after abba announced their comeback, they interviewed musicians who were big ABBA fans. Among them corey. To name a few more stars who were known abba fans, Bono of U2, dave grohl of foo fighters (said he would love to play drums for ABBA if given the opportunity), the late kurt cobain of nirvana would play abba gold cd in the bands tour bus whenever they tour.
@@marissa6805 Despite being diff music field many rockers had great love for Abba's pop purity such as bil corgan(Smashing pumpkins),Kurt Cobain,some guy from Korn,Liam Gallaher of Oasis and David Grohl to name but a few.Ilove David's black Abba t-shirt that he's been unbashefully wearing and being photographed while touring or being interviewed.He's an ABBA fan and doesn't give a damn to expose this!He said he cried like a baby listening to the 2 new songs last September btw.
@German MorawskiThanx for confirming.I'm always happily surprised whenever i find out 'total' rockers admiting their Abba-love!Some other weirdly unexpected ones are... J.Davies of KORN(!),B.Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins not to mention BJORK and Bryan Eno.
P,S.John Frusciente *RHCPeppers,Ian Mc Cullogh(Echo n the Bunnymen),Gene Simmons KISS just add a few more.Of course we got some famous 'haters' also, such as David Grosby(lol! a very nasty one),Bob Geldof and Roger Waters from FLOYD who also expressed a quite humiliating view but Benny and esp Bjorn gave him back a very smart answer.Guess we can't all agree on everything but we can disagree doing it in a civil way.These last 3 ones just didn't.
Why did she do this? Because it's Frida. 😁 Look at her in the video of that Japanese show where they performed "If It Wasn't For The Nights" (the video which lasts more than five minutes, not the short version). Some Frida haters assert that she was drunk there but I say she just had a lot of fun.
Small budget video but instantly iconic!As another reactor said,it just needed 4 people + 2 chairs.That's ABBA's magical sparkling diamond dust to get hooked on.A classic!2:21/5:07 Ok FRIDA!I surrender honey!
my favorite Abba song 🤩I like the harmony of the four voices together, but I love Agnetha's strong voice solos 🥰👍and when the girls strike their poses, I am reminded of how perfect their figures were too. and their winter outfits reminds me of one of the albums (Arrival? The Album?) where the center spread had the four of them outdoors sitting on a bench, and Frida and Benny are kissing, Bjorn is reading a paper, and poor Agnetha is staring wistfully at the camera. it still amazes me how different Agnetha could look by just changing her hairstyle and clothes, I mean she looks like a different person in Arrival, Voulez Vous, Super Trouper, and The Visitors, and that's over only 6 years? 😊
Thanks Guys..... I always look forward to Thursday mornings in the UK to get your latest reaction to an ABBA video.
💕 I got to see them at Wembley Arena in 1979 (a very cold November night) they are so fantastic performing live..... not what you would expect, Frida rocks💖, Agnetha 🤗and Benny and Bjorn are geniuses.
Look forward to your next review,
Keep up the good work, u2r so 💥💞
Take Care, stay safe 🤗
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@Lex It's something I could never put into words🤔 for the first 10 minutes I was just dumb struck😶 then I had to pinch myself so I could enjoy the whole experience of seeing ABBA live😵😅🤗
As for choosing a favourite moment😱 the whole concert was amazing they are so different from what you would expect, so different from their videos they were so energetic. Frida is a born performer she knows how to work the stage and you could tell that she was having a ball, Agnetha was so sweet more reserved than Frida but just as enthralling and she got to sing a song that she wrote herself especially for the concerts called "I'm still alive". Then you have both Benny and Bjorn both so energetic and bouncing about as if on a sugar high😀 the two standout moments for me was when they got round Bennys piano to sing "I have a dream and the near the end when they all stood together at front of the stage to sing" The way old friends do"
It was an amazing concert and I couldn't believe I was only 10 rows from the front😍💥
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"Take A Chance On Me" stayed longer in the Top 10 in the U.S. than "Dancing Queen", despite not reaching the top spot (Nº 3), in July of 1978.
@German Morawski Wow, I did not know that. I remember listening to the Top 40 every week on the radio, and "The Winner Takes It All" reached Nº 8 here in the U.S......it would be their last Top 10 hit in America. It peaked here on the official Billboard charts in the Spring of 1981. And, ABBA also won an award that year, from the AMA (American Music Awards), in the category for best "Pop Group". I remember watching that on T.V. when it first aired. The ceremony was held in Los Angeles, but ABBA received the award "via satellite" from Stockholm. They all appeared on a huge screen, and all of them introduced themselves and said a few words, but Björn was the one who spoke the most. I was really impressed when ABBA released their (at the time), penultimate album, "Super Trouper", because I feel that they had reached such an extremely high level, in terms of sophistication in the harmonies, melodies, instrumentation and in the lyrics also.
So ABBA invented the Zoom meeting before it was cool. 😂, ABBA at their bubblegummiest. The acapella is 🔥
The Brady Bunch Show did
Erasure covered both the song and the video in what may be one of the best Abba tributes by another band. I'd like to see you react to that one now, having heard/seen the Abba original.
first time seeing your reaction. I love when young people love the groups and music that us OLD folks grew up on! Please more ABBA. You won't be disappointed!!!!
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Agnetha wasn't pregnant here
the official video was filmed in
January 10 (1978)
She was in Her post pregnancy
that's why Her body was different
Fun fact: While jogging around his private island outside Stockholm, Björn would repeat a rhythm to pace himself, which evolved into "take-a-chance" and the eventual lyrics.
See the global broadcast exclusive interview with Benny and Björn upon release of ABBA's new Voyage album in 2021: ruclips.net/video/ygkcwU0SWNk/видео.html
Good morning to You, and thanks for this new reaction to ABBA songs
"Take a chance on me" (1978)
is one of their best ABBA hits in all the world, the most selling song of ABBA in U.S. (more than Dancing Queen),
#3 in Billboard U.S. and the seven #1 in UK Charts
This is one of few song than the vocals are more extensive than the music (They begin 'a capela' and singing at the end)
the blonde Agnetha is the lead vocal, her voice is so powerful, in perfect armonies and chorus with Anni Frid in co-leads vocal (and the boys in back voices singing repetitive the frase 'take a chance, chance')
Agnetha & Anni Frid have fantastic voices and harmonies together
Agnetha is soprano
Anni Frid is mezzo soprano
and together Made a 'three voice'
the guitarist Björn got the idea while jogging, by the sound of the footsteps he interpreted t-k-t t-kt and adapted it to "take a chance", and so the song was born
Although it is a disco pop, it is like a constant and happy march, captivating, cloying and addictive
In the video the absolute center is the girls, very suggestive
A clarification: it was filmed a month after Agnetha's second motherhood, so she had not yet recovered her pre-pregnancy figure
I hope You continue with your fantastic ABBA reactions
From the same amazing "The Album"
you could react the classic hymn
"Thank you for the music"
And don't forget
"Waterloo" live at Eurovision 1974
the night when ABBA shock the world
and begin your fame and Legend
My best regards from
Buenos Aires, Argentina
South América
:))
I didn't know it but I checked - This was filmed in September 1977, Agnetha gave birth to Peter on 4th December 1977 :)
@Lex
Agnetha wasn't pregnant here
the official video is in January 1978
She was in her post pregnancy
OK, I was wrong to believe ABBAannual. I trust ABBAonTV on this.
My favorite ABBA song! I was in Walmart tonight and this was playing and I was instantly a teenager again. It was so funny cuz I was looking around at everyone wondering can they hear this too? LOL
The last Abba song I heard at Walmart was SOS. I've heard it on several occasions at a Walmart and I'd be singing right along.
@@craignotgreg547 I always hear "Knowing Me, Knowing You" in Walmart hahaha...and I start singing along and everyone is like what the hell is up with this boy HAHAHA
Check out British 90s dance club pop duo sensation, Erasure, and their frame for frame remake of the video clip to match their excellent cover of Take a Chance on Me. It was part of their mini-album, ABBA-esque, all ABBA covers, released in 1992, at the height of the global ABBA ‘comeback’.
Remember this when it was released here in the UK when I was 7… it’s still one of my favourites😊👌
Love your ABBA reactions. Love your attention to detail, also funny little details in their videos, e.g. Frida's crazy dancing, Benny running after her etc. Many of these videos were low budget and shot in a hurry, and although their director ended up as a well-known Hollywood direcotr, many aspects of the videos must have been improvised, and there are so many funny details showing their personalities. And you get them!
Just a brilliant song.
You gotta check "WATERLOO" their historic breakthru smash hit next time.
Bjorn came up with this song whilst out jogging…the take a chance take a chance take a chance bit was the rhythm he was making as he was running 🏃 . Oh and still waiting for a reaction to I’ve been waiting for you 🙂 I’m not gonna stop asking for it it 🤣🤣
The film director Lasse Hallström made most of their videos before he was snapped off to Hollywood and that's why they are playful flirty and so funny to look at.
I was probably around your age when these come out and this is the music we great up , too so happy and makes you feel good, and notice how the girls are dressed so ladylike but still pull off the seduction without being vulgar. this was called flirting like a lady, thats called the art of always being a lady . I loved this group , this music make you want sing dance and just feel good and we did
One of my all time favorite ABBA songs!
Frida is a dancer- that's why she sometimes jumps out of frame - like in Dancing Queen.
I love how when I saw the title I knew what you meant...but yeah this song is amazing, it's so catchy and flirty and cute and I really love the guys vocals in the background. I heard that Björn came up with the song when he was out on a run and the rhythm of his footsteps sounded like it said "take a chance" so that's where he got the idea! The video always makes me so happy, it's so playful. It's definitely charming, all their videos are but this one especially. Love your ABBA reactions!
My neighbor moved in when this song came out, and she still drives a Volkswagen Beetle.
Dude, you rock. Keeping doing what you're doing. Keep being you. Love and respect from Western Canada
Frida was always more animated and loved to move around a lot more during performances than Agnetha did. This video is a perfect example of that. Although, Agnetha was 3 months pregnant at the time this video was shot, so that might explain it a little bit. I can't help but regress back to the shy 9 year old trying to hide his shyness, who first watched this was it was first shown, particularly during the close-ups of both girls winking seductively at the camera. It gets me every time. Out of context, it might seem a bit corny, but if you invest yourself into the song, then it does come across as a very genuine appeal of asking their significant other to, 'take a chance on me.'
Agnetha wasn't pregnant here
the official video is in January 1978
She was in her post pregnancy
The boys have their own lines in Summer Night City and Honey Honey.
I do love your reactions and banter.
In America Take A Chance on Me sold more than Dancing Queen but didn’t get to No 1.
The boys sang more solo parts in their earlier albums: 6 songs in Ring Ring (1973), 6 in Waterloo (1974), and this started to be reduced from 1975 onwards (2 in the ABBA album), 1 in Arrival (1976) and so on. The ABBA guys have gone on record (pardon the pun) to say that vocal duties were increasingly given to the ladies because they were the much better singers.
@@calvinmurty8273 I love their earlier albums. Some gems there as they searched for their sound. I love AnotherTown Another Train which has Bjorn on lead vocal. Dance (whilst the music still goes on) is lovely).
@@russytherutan Agree-I love those songs as well. I kinda like Sitting in the Palmtree too-it’s so cute. There was a very well made remix that took that song to new and interesting heights!
@@calvinmurty8273 yes lovely quirky song.
Definitely my favourite ABBA video 🤗
Thanks, Marissa! Thanks, Tyler! 🎲 #TylerCreatesContent #TakeAChanceOnMe #ABBA
This video is not supposed to be serious, with whispers, jumps, the uninterested men and all..
This is probably the main song, well the cover by Erasure, which brought ABBA songs back to prominance & to a new audience in the 1990s. It may have even prompted the release of ABBA Gold. It is also a great example of the difference in performance confidence between Agnetha & Frida. Frida just has the moves and goes for it, really getting into the music.
Loving Frida In This Video !!! Agnetha Too Of Course !!!
Great song. Check out the addictive Ring Ring video by ABBA as well. The guitar distortion chorus and Bjorn's smile in the video are so infectious.
I couldnt agree with you more on the value of the guys voices,they are underrated vocally,why,I dont know..there is no competetion between the two pairs,they all add to the great ABBA sound...the guys have their place in there vocally as well,ABBA wouldnt have been as great as they are without their lead and backing vocals to the songs...as good as the girls are,and they are beyond magic,the guys also have their place in there.
He got the beat from running when he was on tour. to stay in shape .
To think, this song totally has Bjorn going for a simple jog to thank for success ...the sound he heard when he was jogging was "tikachan tikachan tikachan" so when he got home he wrote it out immediately as "Take A Chance..." (he added the "on Me" part later down the line).
ABBA - If it wasnt for the nights. That one is a bop. Plese do next
Bjorn Ulvaeus stated that when he thought of the song, he was out jogging and listening to a train pass by. The song is literally supposed to sound like a train. Brilliant.
I mean you got to put your headspace back into 1978... The Disco era, seductiveness was all the rage, and where ABBA wasn't the most seductive group, they certainly weren't afraid to add that little bit of element in their music, especially on the next album following this one... Voulez-Vous, the '70s especially the late 70s or a complete opposite time of what we're living in now!
The King has lost his crown is an awesome emotional song
My joint favourite no 1 ABBA song
Check out "Why did it have to be me"
quanto mi piacete...insieme,come benny e frida,come la A e la B..💙💖
Hey, guys, your outfit looks very of ABBA, joyful, fruity colors :)
We LOOOOWE IT !
Agnetha was pregnant here, hence the thick sweater (and not to wild dancing).
Agnetha wasn't pregnant here
the official video is in January 1978
She was in her post pregnancy
Best pop group ever 🎉
Bjorn got inspiration for the rhythm for take a chance ...while out jogging.
A B B A - A ( agnetha fältskogh ) B ( björn ulvaeus ) B ( benny andersson ) A ( anni - frid lyngstad ) -
ABBA - ( 1972 och 1983 ) is considered to be one of the largest in music history with over 400 million records sold in (2014 ) but new satisic`s say`s that in some bananrepublics that is maybe 100 million records or more not regristrated AND ABBA`s Manager Stig "Stickan "Andersson was a buisnessman and changing record`sales to stocking`s like oil art and what ever - he`s dead and they say that he is the only one who did know the EXACT number of sales.
ABBA - is one of the few artists to have achieved success across ALL the continents of the earth.
In the mid -1970s, were A B B A the most successful pop group in the world in all categories.
Abba has almost 70 singles as No. 1 worldwide and over 60 albums no 1 worldvide. In the UK they had 19 straight top 10 singles, 9 singles and nine albums as no. 1 on the British top list of which eight are in succession (1975, -76, -77, -78, -79, -80, -81, -82). In 2014, the group had sold 400 million records and is thus Sweden's most successful music export of all time.
Abba became the first pop group from Continental Europe / Nordic to achieve greater success in the English-speaking world for a long time. ABBA had so MANY HIT`s so they did not " had the time " to tour the Usa more than once - ( and they did`nt want to be the Opening act for any group as their Usa management wanted so they waited for USA until they had a number one hit - DANCING QUEEN 1976 - But Usa had to wait until 1979 before ABBA came Ob Tour - A lot of Tv Commersials Worldvide and Videos make them ( and The Beatles ) pioneers in making Music VIDEO`s for sale before MTV .
ABBA music has been around over 40 years, they have released over 100 compilations and sold records in a 100 or more territories and you know that kind of thing (even in small amounts) does add up over time. ABBA is a uniquely universal group, selling or having their music stolen in every conceivable market. ABBA were popular in the heyday in even less traditional markets like Japan, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Philippines, and nowadays in places like China and Korea. We just can’t nail down a total sales numbers.. I guess will never know.
- ABBA did 3 Big Live Tours - European Tour 1974-75. - 1977 Touring Europe and Australia, where the group was extremely popular, ("ABBA Mania") and was documented in the feature film ABBA - The Movie, which received a bio premiere in December 1977. During the first half of 1978, the group did a promotional tour in the United States, where the single "Take a Chance on Me" climbed to third place.
ABBA has sent 20 songs onto the Hot 100 (all between 1974 and 1982), earning four top 10 s among 14 top 40 hits. ... ABBA has also landed 13 albums on the Billboard 200 (from 1974 to 2011), six of which reached the chart's top 40, led by The Album, which rose to No. 14, the act's best rank, in 1978. - No 1 Hit "Dancing Queen " in 1976 ) -
In the fall of 1979 the group toured Europe, USA and Canada. In the spring of 1980, the tour continued to Japan, which would be their last concert tour before the break. In 1980, two singles were released which, before the break, became the group's last one on the UK singles list: "The Winner Takes It All" and "Super Trouper The live album" ABBA Live at Wembley Arena 1979 "
ABBA World Tour 1979-80 Live Record "ABBA LIVE at WEMBLEY LONDON 1979 " (On RUclips in HD Song`s like "Summer Night City " Does Yor Mother Know " Hole in Your Soul " Gimme Gimme Gimme " and many more
ABBA: The Tour, later also labelled ABBA in Concert and ABBA: North American and European Tour 1979, was the third and final concert tour by the Swedish pop group, ABBA. Primarily visiting North America, Europe and Asia during 1979-1980, the tour supported the group's sixth studio album, Voulez-Vous.
The tour opened in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on September 13, 1979, and closed in Tokyo, Japan on March 27, 1980, having performed 52 shows in 40 cities across 13 countries. As it was the group's final tour before unofficially disbanding in late 1982, it included the largest catalogue of hit songs performed on a tour.
Abba was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Swedish Music Hall of Fame in 2014
Your reactions are mostly entertaining and sweet, but also sometimes slightly arrogant. The imitation of gestures and facial expressions 🤔never meet the aura and sexy appearance of the two enchanting women.
But it's good that you appreciate the genius of the music.
If you like, I'll name *SUMMER NIGHT CITY* again
Please do SLIPPING THRU MY FINGERS LIVE and THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC by ABBA !
The girls sometimes just made up their own dance moves. I like that. Its the sound, always the unique sound.
This was the first Musicvideo ever !
If you ever notice, Frida is always the more animated of the two girls in almost all of their videos. Reason being, Agnetha was actually more reserved than Frida, and of the two Frida loved doing concerts and traveling all over the world performing, but Agnetha did not like being on the road as much, especially if she had to fly…Agnetha is terrified to fly and still refuses to fly to this very day.
SORRY IM LATE great band great songs
Agnetha (blonde woman) was pregnant when this was shot.
I often wonder if it was suggested, or Frida decided [or bit of both!], to up the energy on this video to take pressure off Agnetha because of that. Mind you, Frida never needed an excuse to enjoy a dance, the Japanese show video of 'If it wasn't for the nights' comes to mind, which was a million miles away from the timid Frida we saw in her early solo years.
I think meanwhile they know that Agnetha is the blonde one and Frida the brunette. 😉
Agnetha wasn't pregnant here
the official video is in January 1978
She was in her post pregnancy
Check out, crazy world ,totally sung by bjorn...
Frida was a much better dancer in these videos!
Look up the Wembley 1979 concert
Timestamp? When I kissed the teacher" by ABBA.
Agnetha is pregnant here
Well... I do feel that I have to comment here. Firstly, I'm not sure how TCC can compare Marissa to Benny and Bjorn. Sometimes he's a little 'cheeky' as we say in the UK (humorously disrespectful).
Next (you can tell I'm on a roll) the issue of seductive vs sensual vs sexualised. I'm not quite sure what you meant when you said that 'seductive' nature was distracting. Marissa, you said that this kind of thing might not be accepted. But what are you referring to? Abba were never ever sexual, but they were sensual. The woman were beautiful but in a very natural and unaffected way. No plastic surgery, veneered teeth, face lifts or body parts on display. I had a quick look around at some of today's female singers, and there was Ariana Grande pictured with her lady bumps barely covered. Beyonce with her low cut dresses. Even Taylor Swift, the archetypal girl next door, seemed to be skimpily clad in some videos. So, I think Abba (the women) were just naturally attractive and playfully flirtatious at times, but never ever overtly sexualised the way that many of today's musical acts are. And don't get me started on Madonna.
Anyway both, good fun as always. Keep it loco, dudes!
Oh yeah I just meant that Tyler and I are from a different generation than ABBA. Different generations can consider different things attractive or acceptable (like clothing styles for example). Because of this difference, we don't always understand certain things that ABBA does. Hopefully that makes sense! 😀
Good point. I don't begin to understand what Adele or Sheeran do, far less Kanye West and the Kardashians. I think this is how old age works... the world just keeps on changing and it edges us older adults out. Society changes so much that we no longer feel welcome and this coincides with our decline and so we await death with less trepidation than before.
I missed something somewhere. What is the relationship between the two of you? If you don't mind me asking. 😎
Oh we're just really good friends! 😀
Try Head over heels with ABBA
This is the cheesiest ABBA song and video, but in a fun way ☺
Cheesy or not,still fun-as you said- and disarmingly charming and honest.Pure joy!
Agreed ☺👍
Check out cassandra and you owe me one :)
How many times do we have listen to this Guy say, ok , ok, ok, ok , ok , boring
Hey, beardy dude! Leave that lovely Marissa alone! (Was I the first to complain?)
I'd say 90% of us would look like Marissa if someone filmed us reacting to music so to me Marissa is the Everyman (or Every woman if you want to be PC) so yeah - leave her alone (but at the same time it's called teasing and what would life be without being teased occasionally - pretty grey & PC).
Oh yeah don't worry, it's all in good fun! Tyler and I like to joke with each other! 😀
You´re only focusing on the video.. and forget to analyze the music. I think thats a pity.
Me encanta esta canción pero no me gustó tu reacción cortas siempre en la mejor parte para hacer un chiste sin gracia saludos me fui
You two will not survive.
Stop saying..."Okay" over & over. It's extremely irritating.
Definitely secretly gay. Looking at the guys and focusing on them and their postures