ABBA Reaction ELAINE (A SING-ALONG STUNNER!) | Dereck Reacts

[@itsabouttime8680]

This is why ABBA has universal appeal. They're masters at everything they do - the best in the business.

[@Pronzini1]

It's true, ABBA never really did a bad song. Their talent was too great.

[@robertberry5003]

As a lifelong ABBA fan,this song sound's as fresh as it was recorded yesterday,even though it's over 40 years ago. Timeless music never bettered.

[@judegary2766]

i know Im randomly asking but does someone know a way to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid forgot the account password. I love any help you can offer me!

[@kyngadrian4692]

@Jude Gary Instablaster :)

[@mattpsomadakis8159]

The "third voice" is magnificent on this track. I love it!

[@giorgiocolleoni5661]

Yep. Abba are LEGEND. 👍🏼

[@charliegustavsson9794]

Holy Moses, that was a quick approval! 🙌🏼

[@wayne_twentyfive]

And totally warranted !!!

[@charliegustavsson9794]

@@wayne_twentyfive Agreed!

[@MoiMoz]

Well it’s an amazing song 😼👍

[@TRguy64]

Hearing a song like this makes one realize how painfully very one dimensional most all of todays music is, especially RAP ! Dereck, you're soooo entertaining !! :)

[@JayArgonauts]

I like ‘That’s Me’ 😊

[@jorbarrie1]

Yes! One of my favourites! The harmonies are just amazing.

[@paulsmith2577]

My favourite non single from them

[@robertpaisley8643]

Hes already covered it

[@JF-sh2sm]

And it has an official video

[@JayArgonauts]

@@robertpaisley8643 Are you sure? I searched but couldn’t find it in his catalogue of reactions.

[@marcodebrabander5751]

I love this song!! And as a B side of the winner takes it all. The contrast cant be bigger!!

[@robetclo2516]

I have always loved ABBA and bought some of their 45 singles. I always took the time after listening to the side A to flip the 45 and listen to side B. I was introduced to the Pipper that way. Elaine is one of them as well.

[@deegee63]

So glad you’ve done this one. Love it. “I’m a Marionette” & “I Wonder” from The Album next pleeeease! 😊

[@The_Jupiter2_Mission]

i WONDER Live version and not the tepid album cut.

[@Tom_McMurtry]

"Thank you for the music" to.make the trifecta! And because it's a favourite of many who haven't realised he hasn't done it yet lol.

[@francismedina4547]

I prefer the album version of I Wonder

[@karlturner9038]

+ I'd also gladly see the reaction on both ones

[@frankjoi6403]

Our Last Summer, My Love My Life, I Wonder and Arrival still to come.

[@jansuhl4245]

And "Thats me"!

[@luanadarbybarbosa967]

I don't think they ever spoke enough about how good Frida's voice is at interpreting a lower tone, or how it sounds in a male voice. She even did several choirs in Björn's place with that tone on the album's Spanish version.

The power of a true mezzo-soprano :)

[@cserranoweb]

Elaine doesn't have a version in Spanish.

[@wawa2]

Love that synth opening at the beginning! Thanks Dereck! I accidentally scratched this 45 back in 1980 and when the girls get to the first Elaine, Elaine, Elaine part it just kept repeating and repeating Elaine!!!!! Elaine!!!!... we'd always laugh, I would put a dime on the needle and then the track would play all the way through LMAO! God I am old!

[@artroyo9202]

They sound superb on this...it is fast paced and disco sound...when they make backing vocals...it is Magic..two ladies are pitch perfect...😁😀🤩💛💖💙

[@TheTompabompa]

You realy go deep in ABBA.🥳 I hear some song i not heard since 70-80-ties. What a youtube channel. I love it ❤

[@stevemariman8769]

Their songs--this one particularly, are so appealing to the ears, with such strong harmonies, melodies, rhythms etc. Coupla more gems (from their ABBA album) you may find appealing, are the very funky "Man in the Middle," and the enchanting "Tropical Loveland." So catchy, and Frida's singing is fairly irresistible!

[@christinasibley2791]

Also, Dream World. Brilliant intro! 😃

[@MarcosPagan67]

Hey Dereck.! There are so many beatiful ABBA songs !!! Try this one B side " Lovelight" and from Super Trouper "Our las summer " and dont forget to react to Hole in your soul live version, i sure it will blow your mind !!!

[@MisterRichards-f8u]

You can tell instantly how much you loved it, I felt the same when I first heard it, the best part is when the drums come in and she sings they’ll have your mind they take soul oulllllllllllllllll ouullllllllllll nowhere to go your know there gonna get you

[@wayne_twentyfive]

This is one of my very favourite songs .. not just by ABBA, but by anyone ! .. So glad you really enjoyed it too, Dereck .. I've played this reaction many, many times already, and love it when you give out your ultra-early "DR Approved" and then laugh about it in amazement at how good it is .. Great stuff ! .. Wayne

[@madabbafan]

'My love my life' is another brilliant track

[@juliantorres2772]

I remember exactly when i heard this song for the 1st time , i was 11 year old at a friends party , that tune stay with me for days and the high energy was something so new for Abba.

[@davidtanser]

Love seeing your reaction to this. Elaine is NOT messing about is she! There's a reason this B-Side is a fan favourite!

[@eduardooscar309]

Dereck, fantastic your feeling! under one minute to aprove ! Really is a great song to a B-side but un the A-side is the fantastic "The winner takes it all" At the end of the video, for next reactions, You say: I wonder I'm a marionette and I added Thank you for the music This three songs was part of a little musical called "The Girl with the Golden Hair" that ABBA perform in the Europe/Australia Tour 1977 and are in "ABBA The Album" And remembering, today in 1977, ABBA first Concert in Australia, under the rain and wind begining with "Tiger" GOD bless you and stay safe My best regards from Argentina

[@goroakechi3157]

I always thought this was one of ABBA’s most underrated songs! Right with If It Wasn’t for the Night. And I’ve always thought this song sounded like a song that should play in a fight scene.

[@tgstancat]

Yep. In 1980 I had the 45 of the winner takes it all and that was a masterpiece. This gem was on the b side. I wore both sides out!

[@teddouglas3496]

Fabulous 🥰🥰🥰

[@ABBALAURAFAN]

Why on earth this was a b-side and not on the original release of the Super Trouper album is just a mystery to me.

[@resireg]

They had so much good material, that they sacrificed some good songs like that

[@Urfinchannel]

It was a bonus ,a clever thing at that time ,so you have to buy the single and the Album

[@Warriorking.1963]

They have to put something on the B-side. All their songs are so good, no matter which one they chose, they're going to be burning up a fantastic!

[@andrewleary7117]

This song and PUT ON YOUR WHITE SOMBRERO ended up on the reissue of SUPER TROUPER here in the uk

[@creatinotionchannel2680]

Yes I Wonder (the live version) and I'm A Marionette (the album version is stunning and perfectly matches the epicness of Eagle from the beginning of Abba the Album). I'm A Marionette would probably be Abba's darkest song besides The Visitors.

[@Tom_McMurtry]

"Thank you for the music" to.make the trifecta! And because it's a favourite of many who haven't realised he hasn't done it yet lol.

[@helenstephens1246]

I love this song it is very catchy and could have been an album track. Off my favourite album super trouper. Great harmonies and great vocals

[@kimmokurikka2334]

This remains I'am The City. Same style with synths. So gooooood.

[@dtwolfe63]

ABBA and The Carpenters are at the top of my list!

[@eggy1962]

same here

[@mickeefreeman2898]

ABBA often tackle with their sensitive lyrics either on B-sides or album tracks, for example I think "Lovers life a little longer" on the Voulez-vous album...I think would make a wonderful worlds aids day anthem. ?. Have a look & listen . Respect.....regards little mickee London u.k 💥🥳 💕💕.

[@christinasibley2791]

See, we all knew you’d love this one too! So glad you finally availed yourself of it. When those drums come in on the intro, it makes me bounce! 😂 I’m a Marionette, I wonder, I’ve been waiting for you, My Love My Life, King Kong Song ( my favourite part is the scream! 😂 I bet you’re intrigued now!😂) You’ll have to tell us whether that was a faster ‘ Dereck Approved’ than Sombrero. Oh I almost forgot He Is Your Brother 😃👍

[@visitor1982]

You should check out You Owe Me One from 1982.

[@helenstephens1246]

Listen to Cassandra or I am the city they are fantastic 😊. Frida sings her heart out on Cassandra and it’s a fantastic song to singalong to they performed it on a tv show

[@francismedina4547]

Funny thing about ABBA is even if the song is just ok when you listen to it later on, you’ll begin to like it better than the first time you heard it. The vocoder is usually applied to Agnetha’s voice.

[@AzoreanZionist]

🥺 I am still waiting for the reaction to «Lovelight». ♫♪♫♪♪

[@jossieassie4682]

That’s me- Dereck please!

[@CarrieSimmer]

You have to listen to My Love My Life by ABBA! You’ll be in heaven

[@ono1dij]

jajajajajajajajajajajajaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! I was sure that Elaine will deserve an inmediate approval by Dereck!!!

[@Tom_McMurtry]

Thank you for the music too!

[@DC-vv5ii]

Don't forget to do Just Like That. And if you do Lovelight, watch out for that dirty ceiling.

[@christinasibley2791]

Ooh Lovelight! That’s the other one I forgot to mention. You are so right! Now, when you say Just Like That, do you mean Gemini’s version or do you mean the Abba demo? As far as I know, they never completed it themselves and gave it to Gemini. I wish they had, because it’s a great song.

[@colinmackillop]

Can you believe this was only a B side. When I was a kid I used to play this on the juke box at my local swimming pool cafe as it was the only place I could hear it.

[@joopbergwerff3946]

Thx for the nice reaction again Maybe you can try some of their early songs like "so long" another energy-song

[@musikplaneten]

Yes! Another great reaction! Please go for I wonder (live version) next. You wont be disapointed!

[@sLAPtHEcAT66]

you will go nuts! for another B-side hidden gem - "You Owe Me One" (the flip-side to the single Under Attack), from the post-TheVisitors 1982 studio sessions :-) xx

[@shereekendall1003]

I do I do I do I do I do is so perfect, also another great one is Happy Hawaii

[@Cybus2006]

Thank you, thank you!!! You've almost run out of late era ABBA but there are many great early era songs to react to - "Another Town, Another Train", "Tiger" and of course "Rock Me"!!! xxx

[@nickchristoforou7850]

"Another Town, Another Train", "Nina, Pretty Ballerina", "He Is Your Brother", "Ring Ring" and "Rock 'N Roll Band" are 5 great tracks on their first Album...."Disillusion" is good too.

[@agnetamalmqvist9075]

❤️❤️❤️

[@erikskifte8862]

THIS IS MY FAVE B SIDE FROM ABBA. SHOULD'VE BEEN RELEASED AS AN A SIDE SINGLE. IT WOULD'VE BEEN MASSIVE. AS WELL AS KISSES OF FIRE. LOOOOOOVE ABBA 💘💘💘💘

[@m_r_g5303]

YOU MADE MY DAY Derek!! 😄 Finally you got to this brilliant one! I’d been waiting for so long. Thank you so much! I totally agree to your reaction and ‚Derek approved‘ 😊🤩😊 May first time listening to ELAINE I felt goosebumps 🥰 One of their best songs!

[@DereckReacts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@helenstephens1246]

Nobody harmonises like Frida and Agnetha and the third voice when they sing together you can’t tell the difference

[@aeproductionstm1150]

Dereck, try Summer night city live at Wembley it's fantastic! Or maybe you could try Our last summer (in which Frida slay)

[@stansolo4138]

" TIGER " ..... next please

[@christinasibley2791]

Omg! Yessss! He should definitely react to Tiger! Brilliant song! 😃

[@stansolo4138]

@@christinasibley2791 touche... and the video is really cool too

[@ITSBRYINDY74]

Would love to hear your thoughts on “My Love, My Life” and “Gonna Sing you my Love Song”

[@uteorgahs815]

YES YES YES -- BANANAS!!! Geile Mucke !!! DANKE DERECK !!! 👍👍👍👌👌👌 ABBA IS THE BEST GROUP !!! 💯💥

[@N-Bahner]

Absolutely the Best. I'm Fan since 1993.

[@jorgbauer7351]

Elaine hat kaum einer auf dem Radar. 1980 waren ABBA ihrer Zeit so weit voraus. Ein bissiger Beat der erst viel später zum Mainstream wurde.

[@N-Bahner]

@@jorgbauer7351 Ich war auch erstaunt, als ich ihn zum ersten mal hörte. Dies war bei mir erst im Juni 2000 der Fall, als ich mir die Box "Thank You For The Music" aus 1994 zulegte. "Should I Laugh Or Cry" finde ich allerdings noch genialer.

[@uteorgahs815]

@@N-Bahner Da bin ich voll deiner Meinung lieber Jörg!!! Should I Laugh Or Cry ist natürlich wieder eine ganz andere Haus Nummer!!! Schon die Anfangs Musik, The Bass, The Drums, The Synthy's, dann Frida's Mezzosopran Stimme!!!👍👍👍 Wow,dass war schon ein richtiger Kracher!!!👌👌👌 Habe nie verstanden,warum dass nur eine B Seite war,aber so ist das nun Mal. Sie waren ganz große Künstler!!! 💯💥👏👏👏‼️

[@N-Bahner]

@@uteorgahs815 Vermute mal, auch hier war wieder Per Lindval als Drummer tätig. Den habe ich schon zu seiner Zeit bei a-ha (2000 - 2007) bewundert. Und bei den neuen Songs ist er ebenfalls zu hören. Hoffentlich lässt man uns nicht noch länger warten.

[@gareth3152]

This should have been A side. Dancing Queen of 1980

[@shine01120]

4:10 - 4:15 sounds like it was used again and built upon in I Am The City

[@spursdegen69]

You must do Tropical Loveland! Kind of a different ABBA song but really good 👍🏻

[@markstevenson7577]

"Suzy Hang Around" is a great little number that should be reacted to.

[@charliegustavsson9794]

Love that early one! ❤️

[@sverkernilsson27]

"Watch Out" = ABBA goes hard rock is also nice!

[@charliegustavsson9794]

@@sverkernilsson27 Haha, yes absolutely!!!

[@creatinotionchannel2680]

The only Abba song with Benny on vocal lead. It has a very folk rock sound to it like something from The Byrds.

[@paull4048]

Love this song! Also, “Hey, Hey, Helen”. Love the beat on that one!

[@josealdrete9002]

Exelent video...saludos desde los Angeles California ..

[@edned5504]

Well done Dereck - an interesting perspective on this song. Love it.

[@ludmilagoldin2542]

Thanks, Dereck!!👋👌

[@davidneumann3527]

Thank you for reacting to this son, a hidden gem indeed. ;) Check out Abba You owe me one, it's nothing like the other Abba songs and I'm curious what you will say :)

[@masculineguy37]

the secret of the ABBA sound was that they dubbed the (female) voices up to 8 times so the harmony sounds like a little choir. In this song they dubbed Agneta and Annifrid's voices double at some points in the song. When they were live they always had background vocals to add the full sound. Thanks for posting!

[@sussanenajimaddinflod8267]

Thanx. Peace

[@123billydog]

Elaine was one of the first 5 songs completed for the Super Trouper album but it fell out of favour with the group as other songs were developed for the new album, hence only getting a B-side of The Winner Takes It All single release. Lyrically its pretty ambiguous and seems to deal with dark issues that would be focused on even more a year later when ABBA recorded The Visitors album. As a fan back them, it was a huge buzz flipping The Winner Takes It All single and getting a song with a completely different feel....although when The Winner was released in August 1980, nobody knew this wouldn't be on the LP released later in the year. Now, you have to listen to Our Last Summer from the Super Trouper album purleeeeeeze

[@logan0215]

It tooootally sounds like it could be on The Visitors

[@Borusa1976]

Always fun nowdays to see how long on each ABBA track will it take for a "Dereck Approves" to come in..... 8-) Still looking forward to seeing his face when One Last Summer comes on 8-)

[@helenpeterson]

#Our Last Summer

[@Borusa1976]

Whoops... Our.... apologies

[@cessnaace]

That's Me, with its Stephen King's Carrie reference is great too.

[@robertjoelsson2387]

Interesting! Even if I’m from ABBA-land I wasn’t familiar to this b-side hit. Though I think it’s a good one. Also get the vibes of Summernight City. This is really worth listening to again and for sure several more times. Good choise for a reaction video.

[@upfrontbear74]

Yay you finally got round to it, I’m a Marionette at some stage please

[@SimplyTim_UK]

Dreamworld is similar. :)

[@Melb1]

Dreamworld and You owe me one! Thanks 🙂

[@AdamDawson3]

Please do a reaction to these ABBA songs 'Nina Pretty Ballerina', 'Dream World' & 'What About Livingstone'

[@emmanuelernandez7067]

Dream world is a truly gem 😍

[@AdamDawson3]

@@emmanuelernandez7067 Dream World is my favourite ABBA song

[@thomaseriksson5251]

Dance while the music still goes on

[@otisblack3921]

I first heard “Elaine” when I bought “The Winner Takes it All” single and it was the B side. At that time the lyrics simply weren’t available to the public and being a B side there was no inner sleeve to go long with it either. Instead of “Its a dead end street” I always thought they were singing “it’s a man’s dream....to tie your hands and tie your feet”, so for a good 30 years I always considered it the Bondage Song. Ahh......good times.......As far as the lyrical story I just thought it probably represented a woman in the workplace being stepped over and taken advantage of. The workplace had already been the lyrical subject of ABBA with “If it Wasn’t For the Nights” and continued to be a topic of interest all the way up to “The Day Before You Came”. As for the vocoder, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that was just the girls singing that way.....I mean, they did it on “Does Your Mother Know” as well as “Hole in you Soul”, but on the other hand they did process their voices on “freak” in “Me and I” and the pre chorus de-glissando in “Lay All Your Love on Me” which was recorded around the same time, so I guess it could go either way.....but I would still place my money on it being the girls rather than a machine. An earlier song in a vaguely similar vein is “That’s Me”.....the similarities being the third voice and percolating synths. Check it out!

[@ianlyngstad1206]

I'm inclined to agree. It was the ladies' voices I think, Agnetha and Frida worked incredibly hard, and also, some of those vocal ideas came from them.

[@christinasibley2791]

That’s Me is a stunning song!

[@TJdirect]

Princess Anne-Frid Synni of Reuss, Countess of Plauen.

[@PedroRio07]

It's funny, I remember listening to this B side from an unknown neighbor at my grandmother's. He or she played it like in loop and very loud. I had the Super Trouper album and it wasn't in... it's on their name, they do fantastic A and B sides when this mattered... another great and entertaining reaction well done boy! And oh try I'm a marionette both studio and live (a comparison) ✌🏻

[@anthonyrogers4137]

Greetings from Oz, Dereck 👋😃🐨 I agree with the "song-a-long" quality ...it always makes me think of doing sing-a-longs in a car with friends on a sunny day 😊💞 I've always thought that the lyrics were inspired by the old silent black-&-white vaudevillian movies where there's a 'damsel-in-distress', being tied-up to a train-line by an evil man who wants her but she doesn't want him. There was also a cartoon-series in the late-60s/early-70s called 'The Perils of Penelope Pitstop', which was sort-of a homage to those old movies, and I think the baddie was called Snidley Whiplash (and his dog was called Mutley). Thanks for reviewing this song, and I'm so glad you love it. By the way, what does "106" mean? ...I'm sure thats what you said earlier, and you said it twice. Cheers.

[@tahfaa66]

I’m amazed at how many of the greatest songs were B sides and never made it onto their respective albums from the session!

[@TheClairem75]

I’m a big Abba fan but I have never heard this song before and was potty trained to Money Money Money! 😂😂😂

[@elizabethvic4771]

I still have this 45

[@Earcandy73]

Wonderful song! Now it’s time to top it off with Thank You For the Music 😁

[@alanthewonderhorse8513]

Other ABBA tracks worthy of .. a Dereck reacts...Dance while the music still goes on, what about Livingston, I've been waiting for you, that's me , tiger, I'm a marionette, dum dum diddle, my love my life ...are some overlooked gems..as ever, a pleasure Dereck..😀

[@nickchristoforou7850]

"Gonna Sing You My Lovesong" and "My Mama Said" two very different songs, both standouts from 'Waterloo'

[@bars4791]

Highly recommended live version of Does Your Mother Know and Hole in Your Soul from Wembley 1979

[@Smgs-ue7tj]

I love how that song injects you with a lot of energy, it has a running pace that goes amazingly with the dark lyrics that show desperation. You have surely come a long way Dereck, and I just really enjoy your ABBA reactions

[@christinasibley2791]

Great choices! And I agree about Eagle. I was so disappointed when it wasn’t the full version that Dereck played 😃 I hope he will give it another go.

[@laurabretlopez9819]

Awesome

[@knitinsolitude4979]

The lyrics seem to refer to the situation of a celebrity ...in a goldfish bowl, always used as s metaphor for living in the public eye... hands and feet are tied, on a dead end street, they can’t go anywhere because of the fans...the street to fame is narrow, and you can’t escape once you’re on it...

[@MisterRichards-f8u]

Please do this again ❤️

[@francismedina4547]

Please react to Just Like That! It’s an incomplete song. ABBA must have a full complete version. I wonder.

[@ABBALAURAFAN]

Finally! 😃

[@UberDurable]

Fantastic indeed, I would also suggest: Malcolm McLaren - Waltz Darling

[@kazbaz8645]

The day before you came is worth a review too

[@kevinwalsh7155]

5 NEW ABBA songs in the works. Pandemic delayed the release.

[@ABBALAURAFAN]

Just so you know Derek it’s your channel you could do a double approved. 😃

[@kennethsoderstrom]

Hi Dereck! Please, react to one of their early one "Ring Ring"

[@genewebb2837]

great reaction. try listening to dance while the music still goes on (w/several key changes) and the unreleased gem just like that *matt pop mix- he completed a full version of this song. so well done.

[@TJdirect]

Living life in a goldfish bowl used to be a metaphor for a public life where everyone gets to see you. And you have no privacy

[@bernardweis5732]

Your commentary "slays"!!!