Waterloo was chosen as the best song in the history of eurovision song contest at the 50th anniversary celebration of eurovision in 2005. Abba are a swedish pop group formed in stockholm in 1972 by agnetha faltskog, bjorn ulvaeus, benny andersson, and annifrid lyngstad. Just a level lower compared to elvis, rolling stones, supremes, and beatles. Download the karaoke of waterloo as made famous by abba in the genre disco, pop, rock on karaoke version. In my generation, there were six levels of great to excellent artists and abba was up on level two with roy orbison, paul anka, ray stevens, four tops, etc. Abba are a swedish pop supergroup formed in stockholm in 1972 by agnetha faltskog, bjorn ulvaeus, benny andersson, and annifrid lyngstad. After few moments will be generated link to download video and you can start downloading. The next year, rechristened abba a suggestion from stig anderson and an acronym of the members first names, the quartet submitted the single waterloo, and became the first swedish act to win. I took the live sweedish version from eurovision tv, 1974 and resdubed it to the studio stereo version then i took the french. Abba take a chance on me german tv 78 youtubedownload. With the visitors, abba took several steps away from the lighter pop music they had recorded previously and the album is often regarded as a more complex and mature effort. View abba song lyrics by popularity along with songs featured in, albums, videos and song meanings.
Waterloo was first released on cd in sweden in 1988. This song was recorded by abba in swedish, english, french and german. Subsequently, german and french versions were recorded in march and april 1974 respectively. We have 18 albums and 182 song lyrics in our database. It was the first time sweden had won, and also the first time a group had won. Abba waterloo eurovision song contest second performance after winning 1974 duration. In sweden, the album had already been released as topped. Check out waterloo german version by abba on amazon music. After all, the platinum collection, by queen, has been selling very well since 2000, and greatest hits. The battle that changed the face of the world after defeating france and imprisoning napoleon on elba, ending two decades of war, europe is shocked to find napoleon has escaped and has caused the french army to defect from the king back to him. Here is a great bubblerock video i did of abba s smash 1974 hit waterloo. The albums title track won abba the 1974 eurovision song contest and became a global hit, launching the groups career.
Arrival is the fourth studio album by the swedish pop group abba. With waterloo being the title, the song lives up to my expectations, everybodys expectations will be different, but the real treat for me was the different versions of some of the songs. Publication date 1974 topics abba, waterloo language english. Steam workshop abba waterloo france war music replacer. Waterloo sheet music abba sheet music free download.
The albums title track won abba the 1974 eurovision song contest. This album is definitely one for abba collectors like myself, and the fact that i purchased this album from makes this even more special for me. Just chose the format and click on the button download. Faltskog, annifrid lyngstad, bjorn ulvaeus and benny andersson have not performed together since 1982. January 2019 marked the 41th anniversary of its release as a single, and in this feature we trace the story of the last abba song to retain the joyful innocence of their early years. Karaoke waterloo abba cdg, mp4, kfn karaoke version. You are watching videos for abba on youtube, enjoy the best music videos at. Download now its easy to play abba is a fabulous collection of simplified, easytoread arrangements of 15 popular abba songs for piano perfect for the beginner pianist looking to bolster their repertoire and improve their playing.
You can dance you can jive having the time of your life see that girl watch that scene digging the dancing queen friday night and the lights are low looking out for a place to go where they play the right music getting in the swing you come to look for a king anybody could be that guy night is young and the musics high with a bit of rock music everything is fine youre in the mood for a dance. The singer has revealed that the group are considering a reunion over 30 years since their split for the 40th anniversary of their debut hit, waterloo. The albums title track won abba the 1974 eurovision song contest and. Waterloo this song is by abba and appears on the album waterloo 1974 on the compilation album the singles the first ten years 1982 on the compilation album gold greatest hits 1992 on the box set thank you for the music 1994 on the compilation album the complete singles collection.
The groups name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names. Agnetha faltskog 05 april 1950, benny andersson 16 december 1946, bjorn ulvaeus 25 april 1945 and annifrid lynstad 15 november 1945, the only group member who was not born in sweden but in neighbouring norway. Waterloo this song is by abba and appears on the 30th anniversary edition of waterloo 1974 and on the compilation album the complete singles collection 1999. The songs remain popular today, such as dancing queen and fernando. During their active years, abba released 8 studio albums, 3 compilation albums, and many many singles. In 2005, the dan band recorded a cover of waterloo as part of an abba medley for his album the dan band live. Transpose printable pop composition or download, save as pdf. One of defunct french trio revolvers most popular youtube videos is a cover of helplessly hoping. Abba recorded this song in english, swedish, french and german. Plus, there is an alternative mix around used to be very rare, but now can be bought quite easily from places like itunes, plus a live version out there as well on the live at wembley arena album, and another live version on the increasingly rare abba live album. Torment of the abba star with a nazi father world news.
This was also the first single to be credited to the group performing under the name abba. Abba won the contest and waterloo became not only a massive hit in europe but all over the world peaking at no. Waterloo is the second studio album by the swedish pop group abba. Super trouper beams are gonna blind me but i wont feel blue like i always do cause somewhere in the crowd, theres you i was sick and tired of everything when i. Justin if an abba platinum is released, it does not mean that abba gold will no longer be on sale. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. Waterloo is the second studio album by the swedish pop group abba, and the first released internationally. The visitors is the eighth studio album by swedish pop group abba. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. Waterloo is the first single from the swedish pop group abbas second album, waterloo and. Feb 01, 2010 abba perform waterloo in german for german tv in 1974. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Translation of waterloo german version by abba from german to en.
Waterloo is the first single from the swedish pop group abba s second album, waterloo and their first under the epic and atlantic labels. It was originally released in sweden on 11 october 1976 by polar records. Hopefully this is better quality than some versions out there. Abba chose it over hasta manana to be the swedish entry for. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Swedish in origin, the band abba formed in 1972 and produced many hit tunes of the seventies before facing their waterloo in 1982.
Waterloo biography belgian heavy progressive band waterloo, comprising dirk bogaert lead vocals, flute, gus roan guitar, marc malyster organ, jacky mauer drums and jeanpaul janssens bass were formed in the autumn of 1969, out of the ashes of brusselsbased bluesrock power trio adams recital and ghents todays version. Abba your stage name is made up of the initials of your first names. Abba waterloo live flood honey honey german abba cover version 1974. Eeek, potentially huge news agnetha faltskog has hinted that abba may reform in 2014. Waterloo sheet music, is a song by the swedish pop group abba, it was the winning song of the eurovision song contest in 1974 in brighton uk, becoming its first world cup success. The last hundred days of napoleon, abba waterloo, battle of waterloo. In 2004, the song was covered by edie on the compilation abbalicious, performed by various american drag queens.
Find abba discography, albums and singles on allmusic. It was originally released in sweden on 4 march 1974 through polar music. Provided to youtube by universal music group waterloo german version abba waterloo. This mod replaces the war music for napoleons france with abba waterloo. It will play instead of their unique war music in the soundtrack loop and when talking with the french ingame while at war. Download abba take a chance on me german tv 78 download video abba take a chance on me german tv 78 directly from youtube.
Wie du mich angesehen hast, war ich schon verloren. My, my at waterloo, napoleon did surrender oh, yeah and i have met my destiny in quite a similar way the history book on the shelf is always repeating itself waterloo. Abba thank you for the music official video by abba. This album is rather unusual in the groups output, however, for the fact that the guys are still featured fairly prominently in some of the vocals, and for the variety of sounds including reggae, folkrock, and hard rock embraced by its songs. The bonus selections feature all the various versions of waterloo in swedish, french and german, as well as an alternate mix of the english version. Few would dispute that take a chance on me is one of abbas most enduring hit recordings. The battle, fought south of waterloo, belgium, ended 23 years of recurrent warfare between france and the other powers of europe. Abba perform waterloo in german for german tv in 1974. German pop group banaroo covered the song for the german abba mania compilation, which coincided with a tv special. Recording sessions began in august 1975 and continued until september 1976 at metronome and glen studios in stockholm, sweden. Known as the tyskerbarnas or german children, they were the offspring of norwegian mothers and german soldier fathers, the result of a.
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