ABBA Trivia

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In 1977, ABBA sponsored a British rowing club named "City Orient", allowing the team to purchase a new and much needed boat for rowing competitions.

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Phil Collins produced Frida's 1982 solo album, Something's Going On? He also played drums on the title track and sang a duet.

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Voulez-Vous was the only ABBA song not recorded in Sweden? It was in fact recorded in Miami, Florida.

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Bjorn's inspiration for Slipping Through My Fingers came from watching his and Agnetha's daughter, Linda, in her early school years.

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Olivia Newton-John, John Denver, Rod Stewart, Earth, Wind, and Fire and others joined ABBA in singing He Is Your Brother for the 1979 UNICEF concert at the United Nations.

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At one point it was estimated that every other household in Australia owned an ABBA record?

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At the time Waterloo was released in 1974, the band were still going by their full names - it was their manager Stig Anderson that thought of the slightly snappier title ABBA.

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Agnetha was so heavily pregnant with son Christian when ABBA recorded Thank You For The Music that she had to sing it lying down.

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ABBA planned to release a ninth studio album? Popularly known as Opus 10 in most fan circles, the 1982 album was sadly never completed despite the fact that ABBA had recorded three new songs intended for it: You Owe Me One, Just Like That, and I Am The City.

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Move On originally had a different set of lyrics under the title Love For Me Is Love Forever?

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Bjorn and Benny approached comic actor John Cleese in 1980 with an idea for a musical? Although the idea never went further, one song did develop from it: ABBA's Happy New Year.

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ABBA have briefly reunited twice? In 1986, they appeared together on Sweden TV to honor Stig Anderson, and performed his folk hit Tivedshambo. And the 21st century saw ABBA perform a birthday song together at a celebration honoring Polar vice-president Gorel Hanser.

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The Super Trouper album was originally going to be called Piccadilly Circus? This idea was scrapped when plans to have a photo session taken on location in London, featuring ABBA surrounded by real circus performers and animals fell through.