THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME

 

(Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus)

(Running Time – 5.54)

 

Marking the final ABBA song recorded, The Day Before You Came was first released as a single on October 18 1982 , backed by Cassandra. The song reached the Top Five in Belgium, Sweden, The Netherlands and Norway.

 

The Day Before You Came is available on The Visitors (remastered), The Singles – The First Ten Years, The Hits Volume Two, Thank You For The Music, Jaar na Waterloo, The Master Series Volume 2, The Collection, Classic ABBA, Forever Gold, Complete Singles Collection (double CD), Millennium Edition, Love Stories, The Complete Gold Collection, the MORE ABBA GOLD video and the 4 CD box set Thank You For The Music

 

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“…a masterpiece, quite one of the best things ABBA ever recorded. A wild departure musically and lyrically from anything they’d ever done before…” (Oldham et al, 1995: 141)

 

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