"releases of the film have been made: a single-disc DVD, a two-disc, special-edition DVD, a single-disc Blu-ray, and a now-defunct single-disc HD DVD. All releases above feature a restored print with bonus material. The initial DVD, including digital restoration, was released by SBS in Australia on 2 October 2005. A theatrical re-release of the film occurred across Europe during July and August 2008 (the same period as the ABBA-themed movie musical ""Mamma Mia!"" first hit American theaters) in the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Germany, and Austria. ABBA: The Movie ABBA: The Movie is a 1977 documentary film about the"
"the seventh longest-running show in West End history, as well as various international productions. Its Broadway incarnation closed in September 2015 after a 14-year run, making it the ninth longest-running show in Broadway history. ""Mamma Mia!"" is based on the songs of ABBA, a Swedish pop/dance group active from 1972 to 1982 and one of the most popular international pop groups of all time, topping the charts again and again in Europe, North and South America and Australia. Following the premiere of the musical in London in 1999, topped the charts in the United Kingdom again. This musical was the"
"ABBA ABBA () are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at The Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest. They are the most successful group to have taken part in the competition. Estimates of ABBA's total record sales"
"ABBA tribute band Björn Again, which featured two Erasure tracks (""A Little Respect"" and ""Stop!"") performed in the style of ABBA as an answer record. The music video for ""Take a Chance on Me"" was directed by Philippe Gautier. ""Take a Chance on Me"" reached #51 on the US Radio Songs Abba-esque Abba-esque is an EP by the British pop duo Erasure. Released in 1992, it was their first and only number one on the UK Singles Chart. As big fans of the Swedish group ABBA, Erasure (Vince Clarke and Andy Bell) had often performed ABBA songs in concert over"
"(although Dana lip-synched her winning song), including three out of the four winners of the 1969 Contest. The remaining eight winners, marked in light red, were shown in video footage of their performances in their respective editions of the Eurovision Song Contest, where available. Others were shown in still photographs or in clips taken from other broadcast where no clip from the contest was known to exist. Abba's performance of ""Waterloo"" was taken from a televised concert the group had performed in Mysen in 1975. Notes: Songs of Europe (1981 concert) Songs of Europe is a concert television programme commemorating"
"ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute is an upcoming American-British television special tribute to the Swedish band ABBA set to air in 2019 on NBC and BBC. It will feature appearances by Agnetha Faltskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and a performance of their new song ""I Still Have Faith in You” by their digital avatars. It will also include appearances by a variety of musical artists performing ABBA songs such as ""Dancing Queen,"" ""Mamma Mia,"" ""The Winner Takes It All,"" and ""Take a Chance on"
"Portugal. ""Mamma Mia!"", another musical based on the songs of ABBA Abbacadabra ABBAcadabra is a French children's musical based on songs from the pop group ABBA. It was originally produced for French television in 1983 by Alain and Daniel Boublil, but which was later also transferred to an English stage version and two other television programs. The story was not always the same as the selection of the chosen songs varied by productions. The French television production consisted of 12 ABBA songs with new French lyrics by Alain & Daniel Boublil, and the story was based on classic fairy tales"
"Abba-esque Abba-esque is an EP by the British pop duo Erasure. Released in 1992, it was their first and only number one on the UK Singles Chart. As big fans of the Swedish group ABBA, Erasure (Vince Clarke and Andy Bell) had often performed ABBA songs in concert over the years. They had originally planned to release an album of ABBA covers, but instead opted to release an EP of four of ABBA's best known hits. Mute Records released ""Abba-esque"" in the UK, while Elektra Records released it in the US. Music videos were produced for all four tracks, and"
"is the general length of all Melodifestivalen songs. The song also includes the name of the band ABBA, explaining that most Melodifestivalen songs are copies of Abba. The song was put forward to participate in Melodifestivalen 2006, with Shirley Clamp singing it, however it was rejected. The song entered Svensktoppen on 11 February 2007, reaching #3. On 4 March 2007 it entered #1. Placed at #8 on 3 June 2007, the 17-week-long Svensktoppenvisit finished. The music video is a general parody of the Melodifestivalen competition. A group of celebrities, mimicked by impressionists, sit in a room watching the television. The"
"Have Faith in You"" and ""Don't Shut Me Down"". ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute is an upcoming American-British television special tribute to the Swedish band ABBA set to air in 2019 on NBC and BBC. It will feature appearances by Agnetha Faltskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and a performance of their new song ""I Still Have Faith in You” by their digital avatars. It will also include appearances by a variety of musical artists performing ABBA songs such as ""Dancing Queen,"" ""Mamma Mia,"" ""The"
"and also in South Africa. However, Stig Anderson felt that the true breakthrough could only come with a UK or US hit. When Agnetha Fältskog gave birth to her daughter Linda in 1973, she was replaced for a short period by Inger Brundin on a trip to West Germany. In 1973, Stig Anderson, tired of unwieldy names, started to refer to the group privately and publicly as ABBA (a palindrome). At first, this was a play on words, as Abba is also the name of a well-known fish-canning company in Sweden, and itself an acronym. However, since the fish-canners were"
"in Abba's marketing, creativity and presentation that makes it almost embarrassing to critique their efforts"", while ""Creem"" wrote: ""SOS is surrounded on this LP by so many good tunes that the mind boggles"". In Australia, the airing of the music videos for ""I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"" and ""Mamma Mia"" on the nationally broadcast TV pop show ""Countdown"" (which premiered in November 1974) saw the band rapidly gain enormous popularity, and ""Countdown"" become a key promoter of the group via their distinctive music videos. This started an immense interest for ABBA in Australia, resulting in"
"""Knowing Me, Knowing You"" after Abba songs, and his talk show catchphrase, ""Aha!"", also comes from Abba. In earlier incarnations, Partridge's wardrobe included a blazer, badge and tie, driving gloves, and ""too-short"" shorts, styles he describes as ""sports casual"" and ""imperial leisure"". According to Iannucci, by the time of ""Alpha Papa"" his wardrobe had ""evolved to the ""Top Gear"" Presenter Circa 2005 stage"", with sports jackets and a ""borderline-foppish"" fringe. As Coogan aged, the ageing make-up he wore in earlier performances became unnecessary. According to Coogan, Partridge was originally a ""one-note, sketchy character"" and ""freak show"", but slowly became refined"
"and Björn Ulvaeus have been very successful in musical theatre, with their international hit Mamma Mia!, as well as Chess, and Kristina från Duvemåla, which was a huge success in Sweden. An English version is expected to hit Broadway in the near future. Blonde Agnetha Fältskog has scored various solo hits after ABBA, her latest album 'A' selling up to 1.5 million copies worldwide and reaching the top 5 in the UK, Australia and in Scandinavia and Europe. Some of the most successful post-ABBA popular music artists from Sweden are Europe, Roxette, Secret Service (band), Agnes, The Wannadies, Ace of"
"in New York City for two nights in September 2009, yielding a live recording, and at the Royal Albert Hall for one night in April 2010. Andersson's next project was ""Mamma Mia!"", a musical built around 24 of ABBA's songs, which has become a worldwide box-office blockbuster, with versions in several languages being played in many countries, including the UK (West End premiere in April 1999), Canada (Toronto premiere in 2000), the USA (Broadway premiere in 2001), and Sweden (Swedish language premiere in 2005). For the 2004 semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, staged in Istanbul thirty years after ABBA"
"European countries simultaneously (rather than each national broadcaster showing their own preview programme). The programme was also notable in being the European television debut for the winners, ABBA, who were peculiarly credited in previews as ""The Abba"". It was first aired on German television Hessischer Rundfunk on 27–28 March and in Finland on 30 March as ""Eurovision laulukilpailu"". The UK did not broadcast the programmes, instead airing their own preview shows introduced by David Vine on BBC1 on 24 and 31 March. In the same year, the French entry was broadcast by all the nations showing the previews, even though"
"musical and movie. In 2008, the song was covered in a jazz/lounge style by American group BNB on its album ""Bossa Mia: Songs of ABBA"". Tribute group Abbacadabra released numerous dance cover remixes of the song through Almighty Records in the late 1990s. Mixes of the group's cover version were most recently included on the its 2008 compilation ""We Love ABBA: The Mamma Mia Dance Compilation"". Audio samples can be heard on the official Almighty Records website. The British sitcom comedy ""Gimme Gimme Gimme"" used this song as its title theme. The Unix/Linux computer operating system command line utility ""man"""
"Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! (promoted as Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia!) is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. The title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper ""Mamma Mia"". Ulvaeus and Andersson, who composed the original music for ABBA, were involved in the development of the show from the beginning. Singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad has been involved financially in the production and she has also been present at many of the premieres around the world."
"Abbacadabra ABBAcadabra is a French children's musical based on songs from the pop group ABBA. It was originally produced for French television in 1983 by Alain and Daniel Boublil, but which was later also transferred to an English stage version and two other television programs. The story was not always the same as the selection of the chosen songs varied by productions. The French television production consisted of 12 ABBA songs with new French lyrics by Alain & Daniel Boublil, and the story was based on classic fairy tales like Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Snow White and others. The cast"
"album Kick Down in 1976. ABBA Additional musicians Production ABBA (album) ABBA is the third (second internationally) studio album by the Swedish pop group of the same name. It was originally released on 21 April 1975 through Polar Music and featured the hits ""Mamma Mia"" and ""SOS"". Following the Eurovision success of ""Waterloo"", ""ABBA"" saw the band gaining worldwide recognition. ""I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"" topped the charts in Australia, as did ""Mamma Mia"" shortly after. ""SOS"" and ""Mamma Mia"" became hits in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The album saw ABBA"
"#3 UK – #51 Germany – #82 Love Stories (album) Love Stories is a 1998 greatest hits compilation album of love songs released by Swedish pop group ABBA. It consists of seventeen songs, about half of which have been singles. The other half are album tracks taken from the albums ""Arrival"", """", ""Super Trouper"", and ""The Visitors"". It was promoted by SAT1 on German TV. ""Love Stories"" replaces two old collections of ABBA's love songs, titled ""I Love ABBA"" and ""From ABBA With Love"", both released in 1984 and deleted several years later. All songs written by Benny Andersson and"
"ABBA (album) ABBA is the third (second internationally) studio album by the Swedish pop group of the same name. It was originally released on 21 April 1975 through Polar Music and featured the hits ""Mamma Mia"" and ""SOS"". Following the Eurovision success of ""Waterloo"", ""ABBA"" saw the band gaining worldwide recognition. ""I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"" topped the charts in Australia, as did ""Mamma Mia"" shortly after. ""SOS"" and ""Mamma Mia"" became hits in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The album saw ABBA dabble into reggae with ""Tropical Loveland"", and includes a"
"choice for th[at] market"". Billboard explains that due to the rock song ""Hole in Your Soul"", ""ABBA: The Album"" was also a hit in the album-oriented rock market, with the song having ""extensive FM play"". ""Abba - Uncensored on the Record"" said the song ""was another example of the group proving that they could still rock [in 1977]"", and describes it as ""exceptionally good"" for its genre. It adds that ""its use of Benny and Bjorn's vocal intermixed with Agnetha and Frida"" is ""simple but very effective [and] works very well."" ""Abba's Abba Gold"" said the song had a ""memorable"
"""Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again"", was released in 2018. ABBA were honoured at the of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, when their hit ""Waterloo"" was chosen as the best song in the competition's history. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2015, their song ""Dancing Queen"" was inducted into the Recording Academy's Grammy Hall of Fame. On April 27, 2018, it was announced that the band had recorded two new songs after 35 years of being inactive, with the first one – ""I Still Have Faith in You"" – to"
"Soviet Union, The Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, Zimbabwe, the UK, Canada, Argentina and the United States. ABBA consisted of Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (better known as Frida), Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. ""For a complete list of all the songs, see List of songs recorded by ABBA"" ! scope=""col"" rowspan=""2"" style=""width:24em;"" | Title ! scope=""col"" rowspan=""2"" | Year ! scope=""col"" colspan=""10"" | Peak chart positions ! scope=""col"" rowspan=""2"" style=""width:8em;"" | Certifications ! scope=""col"" rowspan=""2"" | Album !style=""width:3em;font-size:85%""|SWE<br> !style=""width:3em;font-size:85%""|AUS<br> !style=""width:3em;font-size:85%""|AUT<br> !style=""width:3em;font-size:85%""|GER<br> !style=""width:3em;font-size:85%""|IRE<br><ref name=iresin> ABBA discography The discography of Swedish pop music group ABBA consists of eight studio"
"ABBA, Ulvaeus and Andersson created the musicals ""Chess"", a collaboration with lyricist Tim Rice, ""Kristina från Duvemåla"" (based on ""The Emigrants"" novels by Swedish writer Vilhelm Moberg), and ""Mamma Mia!"" (based on ABBA songs). Together with Andersson, Ulvaeus was nominated for the Drama Desk Award in the category ""Outstanding Music"" (for the musical ""Chess""), and for a Tony Award in a category ""Best Orchestrations"" (for the musical ""Mamma Mia!""). Original cast recordings of both musicals were nominated for a Grammy Award. For the 2004 semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, thirty years after ABBA had won the 1974"
"The following songs appeared on the ""Thank You for the Music"" box set and ""ABBA - The Collection"": As a result, ""Knowing Me, Knowing You"", ""Summer Night City"" and ""Thank You for the Music"" remain as the only songs that have never been officially released. The reason for this is that the television channel lost the original footage. However, these three songs are available with an average quality on YouTube. Dick Cavett Meets ABBA Dick Cavett Meets ABBA is a 1981 television special featuring the Swedish pop group being interviewed by the American television personality Dick Cavett. ABBA also took"
"TV musical for children based on songs of ABBA). Bonnie played the role of Sleeping Beauty and José had the role of Snow White. Other Dutch celebrities took part in this music show: Marga Scheide of Luv' (as ""Carabosse/the Bad Fairy""), Ron Brandsteder (Patty Brard's first husband) and Benny Neyman. In 1985, Bonnie & José recorded a whole LP (entitled ""Herinnering"") with ABBA's standards. This opus contained another Top 40 hit: ""Zoals Vrienden Doen"" (""The Way Old Friends Do""). In 1986, the duet recorded a TV special in Sweden: ""Bonnie en José in Zweden"" aired on the NCRV channel. The"
"70s"" voted ""Dancing Queen"" as their favourite hit of the decade. In October 2014, the musical instrument insurer Musicguard carried out a survey determining ""Dancing Queen"" to be the United Kingdom's favourite ""floorfiller"". Unlike its closest competitors, ""Billie Jean"" by Michael Jackson (No. 2) and ""Twist and Shout"" by The Beatles (No. 3), it turned out to be very popular throughout the nation whereas the other two were strong regional favourites. In 2015, ""Dancing Queen"" was inducted into the Recording Academy's Grammy Hall of Fame. In September 2016, ""The Guardian"" ran an article by Tim Jonze entitled ""Why Abba's Dancing"
"ABBA discography The discography of Swedish pop music group ABBA consists of eight studio albums, two live albums, seven compilation albums, three box sets, four video albums, seventy-three singles, and thirty-three music videos. This list does not include solo material performed by individual members. ABBA's biggest hit singles worldwide are ""Dancing Queen"" and ""Fernando"", with ""Arrival"" being their biggest hit studio album. The compilation album """" (1992) has become one of the most popular albums worldwide, with sales of over 28 million copies. ABBA were particularly successful in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, The"
"In April/May 2007, Andersson worked on the film soundtrack, re-recording the ABBA songs with musicians from the original ABBA recording sessions. ""Mamma Mia! The Movie"" has become the most successful film musical of all time, and the biggest-selling DVD ever in the UK. Andersson currently performs with his own band of 16 musicians, Benny Anderssons Orkester (""Benny Andersson's orchestra"", BAO), with fellow Swedes Helen Sjöholm (of ""Kristina from Duvemåla"") and Tommy Körberg (of ""Chess""), with lyrics to new material sometimes written by Björn Ulvaeus. BAO has released five albums to huge success in Sweden, all containing hit singles. BAO recently"
"similar to ones used in the TV series; several jokes are even reused. Doon MacKichan's character Kendall Ball did not make it into the eventual TV series but did appear in ""The Day Today"", made between the two incarnations. Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (radio series) Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (also known as Knowing Me Knowing You) is a BBC Radio 4 series of six episodes (beginning 1 December 1992). It is named after the song ""Knowing Me, Knowing You"" by ABBA (Alan Partridge's favourite band), which was used as the show's title music. Steve"
"more than $28.5m (£17m) since its US release two weeks ago, and has sent Child's 1961 book Mastering the Art of French Cooking back to the top of best-seller lists, as well as triggering a boom in interest in French cuisine classes in the US... After the star uncharacteristically sang and danced - in dungarees, what's more - in last year's Abba musical ""Mamma Mia!"", the highest-grossing British film ever, not only did the Swedish group's Gold collection top the album charts, there was also a surge in demand from couples who wanted to marry on the Greek island of"