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Post by Alan on Nov 30, 2023 23:34:41 GMT
Shamelessly nicked from another forum:
Åh, vilka tider and Santa Rosa were the only songs to score 0 points.
Janne Schaffer was there and said "next year will be fantastic, I promise you"…
Carl Magnus Palm revealed that 'Hit By A Train' is "more than a rumour", and the original chorus line from 'Summer Night City' was "you're a night demon"!
Top 25:
25. One of Us
24. I Let The Music Speak
23. Super Trouper
22. Waterloo
21. Take A Chance On Me
20. I’ve Been Waiting For You
19. Move On
18. If It Wasn’t For The Nights
17. Mamma Mia
16. The Name of the Game
15. Fernando
14. Chiquitita
13. Summer Night City
12. Lay All Your Love On Me
11. When All Is Said and Done
10. SOS
9. The Visitors
8. I Still Have Faith In You
7. Gimme Gimme Gimme
6. Eagle
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
4. Don’t Shut Me Down
3. The Day Before You Came
2. Dancing Queen
1. The Winner Takes It All
Just for fun, the songs that didn't make the top 100:
101 - Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure is Hard Enough)
102 - Sitting in the Palmtree
103 - Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother
104 - She's My Kind of Girl
105 - Watch Out
106 - I Saw it in the Mirror
107 - Man in the Middle
108 - Rock 'n' Roll Band
109 - Merry-Go-Round
110 - Santa Rosa
111 - Åh, vilka tider
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2023 8:43:16 GMT
Interesting that the odd track from the Voyage show still didn't break into the Top 25. And that DSMD and ISHFIY both make the Top 10. Plus the 'choice' of genuine obscurities is a slight head-scratcher - but that's just my personal taste, of course. But I also might have expected another big curveball or two. In terms of the bargain basement, I think the 'Waterloo' album got off relatively lightly. Could easily have been another couple in there. ('Rock 'n' Roll Band' is right up my personal musical alley, just for the record.)
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Post by Alan on Dec 1, 2023 19:26:56 GMT
Here is the full list, nicked from the same forum (PopJustice):
100. Suzy Hang Around
99. Two For The Price of One
98. Little Things
97. Medley
96. Crazy World
95. People Need Love
94. King Kong Song
93. Nina, Pretty Ballerina
92. I Am Just A Girl
91. Tropical Loveland
90. You Owe Me One
89. Rock Me
88. My Mama Said
87. Dum Dum Diddle
86. What About Livingstone
85. Bumblebee
84. Lovers (Live A Little Longer)
83. He Is Your Brother
82. Another Town, Another Train
81. Intermezzo No. 1
80. Elaine
79. Dream World
78. I’m A Marionette
77. Arrival
76. When You Danced With Me
75. Disillusion
74. Ring Ring
73. No Doubt About It
72. Lovelight
71. Happy Hawaii
70. The King Has Lost His Crown
69. Tiger
68. Hey Hey Helen
67. So Long
66. Bang A Boomerang
65. The Piper
64. Gonna Sing You My Love Song
63. Hasta Manana
62. On and On and On
61. Head Over Heels
60. Put On Your White Sombrero
59. Why Did It Have To Be Me
58. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
57. Honey Honey
56. Just A Notion
55. Me and I
54. Keep An Eye On Dan
53. I Am The City
52. Soldiers
51. Cassandra
50. The Way Old Friends Do
49. Happy New Year
48. Should I Laugh or Cry
47. Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
46. I Have A Dream
45. Under Attack
44. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
43. Money Money Money
42. I Can Be That Woman
41. I Wonder
40. Kisses of Fire
39. Ode To Freedom
38. One Man, One Woman
37. As Good As New
36. That’s Me
35. Our Last Summer
34. Does Your Mother Know
33. My Love, My Life
32. Hole In Your Soul
31. When I Kissed The Teacher
30. Angeleyes
29. Voulez-Vous
28. Andante, Andante
27. Slipping Through My Fingers
26. Thank You For The Music
25. One of Us
24. I Let The Music Speak
23. Super Trouper
22. Waterloo
21. Take A Chance On Me
20. I’ve Been Waiting For You
19. Move On
18. If It Wasn’t For The Nights
17. Mamma Mia
16. The Name of the Game
15. Fernando
14. Chiquitita
13. Summer Night City
12. Lay All Your Love On Me
11. When All Is Said and Done
10. SOS
9. The Visitors
8. I Still Have Faith In You
7. Gimme Gimme Gimme
6. Eagle
5. Knowing Me, Knowing You
4. Don’t Shut Me Down
3. The Day Before You Came
2. Dancing Queen
1. The Winner Takes It All
Repeating some of my earlier post, the tracks not making the top 100:
101 - Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure is Hard Enough)
102 - Sitting in the Palmtree
103 - Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother
104 - She's My Kind of Girl
105 - Watch Out
106 - I Saw it in the Mirror
107 - Man in the Middle
108 - Rock 'n' Roll Band
109 - Merry-Go-Round
110 - Santa Rosa
111 - Åh, vilka tider
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Post by Alan on Dec 1, 2023 19:34:33 GMT
Voyage album tracks:
4. Don’t Shut Me Down
8. I Still Have Faith In You
39. Ode to Freedom
42. I Can Be That Woman
54. Keep An Eye On Dan
56. Just A Notion
73. No Doubt About It
76. When You Danced With Me
85. Bumblebee
98. Little Things
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2023 20:01:39 GMT
Well, here's how my personal (current) Top 10 stacks up against the 'official' list kindly posted by Alan:
1. The Visitors (9)
2. Eagle (6)
3. Knowing Me, Knowing You (5)
4. Hey, Hey Helen (68 - travesty!)
5. So Long (67)
6. Lovelight (72)
7. Slipping through My Fingers (27)
8. Me and I (55)
9. I Still Have Faith in You (8)
10. Head Over Heels (61)
All of which proves that there really is no accounting for taste - theirs or mine. My 'sweet spot' seems to be between 55 and 72!
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Post by Henry on Dec 2, 2023 17:25:56 GMT
Fantastic top 5! My top 5.
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Post by Alan on Dec 2, 2023 21:41:06 GMT
Not sure I can agree with what you say about One of Us. Tracks from The Visitors were sent out to European record companies and, while When All Is Said And Done may have been favoured by Polar (as it had a ready-made video), all the feedback that was returned was heavily in favour of One of Us. I doubt When All Is Said And Done would have got much support from radio stations and the media in general.
One of Us was The Winner Takes It All Part 2 - an Agnetha-led break-up ballad and that’s what was wanted. Perhaps it didn’t do ABBA too many favours in the long run - maybe a bit too much washing of dirty linen in public - but although When All
Is Said And Done offered a different singer (and therefore another split), it’s still pretty much more of the same.
Anyway, you criticise the bits of the top 100 you don’t like while using the bits you do to try and suit your tastes. Can’t really have it both ways. One of Us was a big hit. Yes, When All Is Said And Done was quite a big US hit (though not in Australia) but there are countless examples of songs by any act that were hits in the US but not the UK, and vice-versa. Tastes differ.
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Post by ianunderattack on Dec 3, 2023 17:25:33 GMT
Does anyone have the list from 2009 the last time the chart was compiled? It would be interesting to see the difference: apparently The Visitors is the biggest jump while Slipping Through My Fingers has slipped comparatively.
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