🎵 ABBA - Take a Chance On Me REACTION

[@christianoazzuro6711]

Abba's not a 'girl's group' ...anymore.Apart from being a guilty pleasure for a mass of boys back then,now it's a meeting point for a mass of diverse music lovers.From gays and classical music listeners to hip hopper,metalheads and punks.Great reaction.Thank you.

[@niklasherneryd4754]

These guys deserves respect and the haters can go whereever! The ABBA-girls are actually the female artists who have sold most albums ever in the world!!! Fantastic harmony, arrangements, lyrics and voices and so many excellent songs! The Mamma Mia-movies are nice yes, but the songs are ofcourse better with Abba! Why not ”Lay All Your Love On Me” or the more groovy ”The Name Of The Game”?

[@LAGoodz]

Mad these guys are in their 70’s now. ABBA are timeless and loved by every generation from my toddlers to great Grandparents.

[@rodney9409]

Definitely for all generations, they are more popular is South Africa than I thought, 7 no1albums and 8 no1 singles etc, I was queuing at the farmacy a few weeks ago and there youngsters working there sang along with Super Trouper when it came on, I was shocked.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

Before checking the MM movie check first the legendary 'ABBA THE MOVIE' docu music film.You'll see what Abba power means.

[@marcodebrabander5751]

ABBA songs only get better the more you hear them. And the more songs you hear the more you get the genius of their versatility

[@neldablanco1663]

ABBA is ICONIC group! Thanks for reacting!

[@zpy-nq7wv]

LISTEN TO ," THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL " . ABBA'S BEST SONG !😢❤

[@jeannieschmidt2217]

Hated Abba as a child - because it was the ONLY cassette tape that my dad would EVER play on our very long road trips. But now as an adult I LOVE and appreciate their music and harmonies. My TOP favourite Abba song is Summer Night City. Followed by Does Your Mother Know, Voulez Vous, Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie, Under Attack, and The Name of the Game. ALL are fantastic - and ALL worth a listen. I think you'll truly enjoy every one of them. Enjoy the journey. Cheers from Canada :)

[@scouseofhorror104]

Hey, great to see Under Attack in your list! Sometimes gets overlooked 🤗

[@jeannieschmidt2217]

@@scouseofhorror104 I know - it's a great song but so underrated. Wish it was as well known as their other ones.

[@polkhigh2317]

100% agree Jeannie 8 tracks and mom and dad They are HOF and my kids now love them

[@xbubblehead]

My favorite is the haunting "Fernando". Not an upbeat dance song at all, but it always hits me in the feels.

[@wendyryder2708]

Totally agree! It’s my FAVOURITE Abba song!

[@Muckylittleme]

Girls made the first move all the time back in the 70's and 80's Happy days 😍

[@eduardooscar309]

So nice to see you again reaction to more ABBA songs in your ABBA Journey "Take a chance on me" (1978) is one of their best ABBA hits in all the world, the most selling song of ABBA in U.S. (more than Dancing Queen), #3 in Billboard U.S. one of their four Top10 in US : #6 Waterloo (1974) #1 Dancing Queen (1977) #3 Take a chance on me (1978) #8 The winner takes it all (1981) This is one of few song than the vocals are more extensive than the music (They begin 'a capela' and singing at the end) the blonde singer Agnetha is the lead vocal in the solo verses, her voice is so powerful, in perfect armonies and chorus with the brunette Anni Frid in co-leads vocal (and the boys in back voices singing repetitive the frase 'take a chance, chance') Agnetha & Anni Frid have fantastic voices and harmonies together Agnetha is soprano Anni Frid is mezzo soprano and together made a 'third voice' the guitarist Björn got the idea while jogging, by the sound of the footsteps he interpreted t-k-t t-kt and adapted it to "take a chance, chance, take a chance", so the song was born Although it is a disco europop, it's like a constant and happy march, captivating, cloying, addictive if I could give You a suggestion for next reaction, take a review of all "ABBA The Álbum" (release at the same time with "ABBA The Movie" in 1977), is a Masterpiece of versatility in each song, but specialy the hymn "Thank you for the music" I wish you a greatest week My best regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷 South América

[@donnamoskowitz4978]

Bwahahahaha....Michael. You are such a typical man! I say that just from your reaction which I always enjoy! So being a young girl/woman during this time blue eye shadow was big and I remember getting my long hair wet and making tiny little braids and sleeping with it that way so when I woke up and combed the braids out my hair had that same frizzy look! Ah, I grew up on the best decades of music and artists!!! Thanks for sharing and love from Texas!!!

[@bruceatwood1498]

Mamma Mia is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on songs recorded by Swedish group ABBA. It is an actual Broadway show.

[@dottzie33]

Can’t ever go wrong with an ABBA song. Was at a tribute this past weekend everyone was up singing and dancing from start to end

[@donnamoskowitz4978]

Wish I could have been there!!!

[@suzannecarter2163]

Please listen to Waterloo, Fernando, Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia

[@Muckylittleme]

You have reacted to 5 ABBA songs. No luck required, they have hit after hit. I don't think you have done any ABBA disco yet though so I would request "Voulez Vous" live.

[@Elbe-Citizen]

You should take the time to listen to ALL Abba songs. It's worth it. With but one or two exceptions I love them all. They are negotiating with some hotels in Las Vegas (I have the impression that you are American) to establish their show there too after having built the ABBA arena in London.

[@pghrpg4065]

A girl could make the first move. My mother was a bank teller and my father was a customer. She asked him out and the rest is history. They've been married for 49 years.

[@michaelwduffy]

Love that!

[@elfiero4]

man this should be your 5th reacion to ABBA, that's why I just subscribed to your channel,continous reacting to ABBA, the best pop group Evaaaa! i let you this one that you dont reacting yet: Dancing Queen kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnfVeKivrJaJbtU, I think you have ever heard this wonderful song, the best of ABBA, not for nothing was cataloged as the most listened song of 1976 and one of the best 100 songs in history!

[@supastah68]

Best Band Ever

[@Elbe-Citizen]

ABBA means joy and happiness.

[@frankscarborough1428]

Love ABBA

[@kjellbornesater766]

"Take a Chance on Me" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in January 1978

[@wildk4tmc421]

Dancing queen is one of my faves ❤💃

[@michaelrochester48]

Actually I see plenty of girls with blue eyeshadow walking around so you’re wrong about the eyeshadow. The frizzy hair was a big thing in the 70s especially in discos

[@hahatoldyouso]

Honestly can't go wrong with ABBA!

[@alejandrosantanaborquez917]

All the best... ABBA👑 ❤️🇨🇱👍

[@jessquinn6106]

Abba is a people's groups. They sing to and for everyone. BTW they are not in Mamma Mia,. but the songs of Abba are used to the tell the movie's story.

[@kjellbornesater766]

I was on the dance floor when ABBA was big like 72-82, and it was great

[@qwerty-so6ml]

She winked at me. Psalm 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them WINK with the eye that hate me without a cause.

[@michaseitz8923]

"Under Attack" and "The Name of the Game".

[@ИринаБондаренко-щ7ч]

Фрида прекрасна, так зажигательно танцует. Гармонична во всем.

[@bunnylover68]

All of ABBA songs are good! Check them all out!😉

[@clairedodgson3627]

Loved ABBA growing up in the late 70s. Can't abide the Mamma Mia film though! Dancing Queen or Gimme, Gimme, Gimme are my favourites. Why not also check out British band, Erasure, and their ABBA EP. That will blow your mind for sure!🙂

[@mattigolx2532]

Exactly. This great song and fun video makes me smile everytime

[@jannetkoolman5645]

If you enjoy Frida’s (the redhead) movements, you should see her dance in If it wasn’t for the nights. You will NOT be disappointed 😉

[@jamesleogue3938]

I'm a big ABBA fan and I was one of the few lucky ones who got to see them live at Wembley Arena in 1979🤗 I myself wouldn't recommend the Mamamia films🤮, l got the DVD when it came out and the next day I gave it to a charity shop. As I said I've been an ABBA fan for decades but the movie is not for me, but I can understand why women like it, I would however recommend "ABBA The Movie" The story line is a bit cheesy but the live performances are outstanding you get to see a whole new side of ABBA from what you see in their videos 🙃 🇬🇧🙂

[@Pilutta100]

Very entertaining reaction. Hugs from Sweden. Nah, skip the movie, just see their vids.

[@michaeltipton5500]

Yeah let's be clear here. The Ladies are the big show.

[@construct3]

This song was 1977. It's disco. People seriously dressed up to go to the disco. The hair styles and makeup here were completely appropriate for a night at the disco. I know because I was there. The movie used covers of lots of ABBA songs. It may also have used some of their originals; I'm not sure. I saw the first one. It's a romp, an entertainment. Don't walk in thinking you are going to see something great, and you might have fun with it if you let yourself.

[@routemaster19]

Its usually best to start at the beginning and - whilst not the first song they did together - "Ring Ring" is one of their earliest tracks with all the hallmarks in place and sets the scene for the next 10 years.

[@marciaramirez3791]

Lovin' the channel! My favorite ABBA song is "Fernando". It's about two former soldiers in the Spanish/American War. Beautiful lyrics and as usual amazing harmony. Thanks for the joy!

[@221b-Maker-Street]

'Unrealistic the girl making the first move'. This is Sweden, remember! 🇸🇪

[@scotties.3414]

I'm glad you are keeping yourself open to music from the past. A good song is a good song no matter what time frame it's from 😃

[@blackdiamondshop]

They are so iconic

[@queenslanddiva]

The songs are deceptively hard to sing. They're brilliant. You should watch The Winner Takes it All. Gorgeous

[@bwractive]

there's even a second mamma mia movie already

[@douglasmcclelland]

You may already have heard some of these facts about ABBA but in case you haven't...ABBA ruled the world in pop music from around 1974 when they won the Eurovision Song contest, a music contest across Europe that takes place every year, until they separated in 1982. The band name is made up of the initial letters of the members names. Angetha (amazing vocals, blonde, originally married to Bjorn, separated around 1980), Benny (plays piano, writes the music and sings, originally married to Anifrid), Bjorn (writes the lyrics and sings) and Anifrid (amazing vocals, dark hair). After the band split in 1982 Benny and Bjorn continued working, writing music, etc. Wrote the musical Chess and the stage show Mamma Mia based on the bands music, later made into 2 films.... more to follow...

[@douglasmcclelland]

ABBA are the worlds 2nd most successful band of all time, album sales only second to The Beatles. The most amazing thing of all is that after nearly 40 years apart they reformed in 2021 to announce a brand new album / new music ABBA Voyage with an amazing new concert using digital avatars of themselves (created by George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic) with a 10 piece live band in a purpose built arena in London which remains constantly sold out 18 months after it opened - the show is amazing, unlike anything anyone has seen before - you must see it.

[@douglasmcclelland]

ABBA have a huge catalogue of amazing songs, you've only begun to see the range and type of music they created. To see how good they ARE, not just were, I would recommend you listen to one of the first songs released from their new album, 40 years after their last, called "Don't Shut Me Down' - listen and tell me that isn't ABBA! I can't pick a top 3, there are simply too many so my first 3 suggestions covering a range of styles would be: "Does Your Mother Know" (lead singer Bjorn), "The Piper" and "When I Kissed the Teacher"

[@douglasmcclelland]

When listening to the new ABBA Voyage album / songs remember, they are all in the 70's now and this is how they still sound and create music!!!!

[@donnamcintyre3108]

You should check out Waterloo and dancing queen

[@JeffMartinEquinox]

This was DISCO! - fashion - the swaying... this group was huge in the disco scene.

[@rdwulf6289]

Abba is not a disco band.

[@queenslanddiva]

Abba wasn't a disco band.

[@eduardooscar309]

Bee Gees was big in escene disco ABBA was europop music, with some songs in disco style (not these)

[@queenslanddiva]

@@eduardooscar309 the Bee Gees were never a disco group.

[@eduardooscar309]

@@queenslanddiva please read my comment I don't said these

[@coletteservice5586]

I like Move On and Fernando

[@bobbyyounger7632]

After 40 years of going their separate ways they join back together and give fans a new album titled Voyage and a new concert experience. ABBA are nominated for 4 Grammy awards this year including Best Album and Record of the year ! Check out the two single releases from this new album "I Still Have Faith In You" and "Don't Shut Me Down"

[@coolcat8b]

ABBA started their career in a talent show, not backed by a big music corporation. Somehow, they kept this vibrancy, this freshness to their sound. Their songs were playing non stop through my teenager years, they were very popular. As well as singing together, they were also two couples. Agneta (the blond girl) was not very comfortable being a super star, and that eventually ended the group, and their marriage. I'm glad to see they remain popular, they deserve it. My favorite of their is: Knowing Me, Knowing You, that talks about their break up.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

My teen age daughter really got into their music from the Mamma Mia movies...now she listens to Hard Core Metal....go figure. I never got into Overkill that much, but she loves them. I do love my rock though any genre....even pop/disco stuff is okay to a certain degree,

[@jimwood4660]

This was huge in the disco scene! Let's be honest, as a teen in the 70s it was all about meeting girls the only reason I can dance! Try "dancing queen"

[@AmyW-qo4se]

70's, good song! Check out, Tiger, Bang- A- Boomerang , Honey Honey & Ring Ring

[@darrinlindsey]

This is my favorite ABBA song.

[@karensheline6958]

A white guy with a jar of mayonnaise behind him….😂🤣 Does it get any better??!!

[@TB-bb4yz]

One of the best bands ever. In 1982, I met ABBA and talked with them, when I was in Sweden at that time....I will never forget this.

[@patevo68]

And you should try their New songs also. I still have faith in you and Dont shut me down. They still sing also they are in their 70's

[@patriciaalvareztostado8170]

Abba were icons in a lot of things, the music style, their sound that came form the girl voices and the music of Benny and Bjørn, the clothes they used were very 70, the high boots of the girls, the shine clothes. They have so many hits, for me this is perfect pop, catching songs that get in to your head,

[@vandergrad]

Oh man... this was my secret theme song when I was crushing on my best friend, back in my high school days (late 70's). We never did get together as a couple but we are still dear, dear friends to this day. And yes, the big fringed hairstyles, the blue eyeshadow, and the shiny lip-gloss were definitely the go-to look back then... think: Farrah Fawcett swimsuit poster.

[@michaele7880]

Oh and yes, Frida’s hair is crimped. A short-lived fad thank goodness.

[@patevo68]

My favorite is Super trouper from ABBA, please listen to that sonde also

[@billybscotland7246]

I was distracted by the Edinburgh Uni hoodie 😂

[@Jontor11]

If you haven't done it yet, 'Dancing queen' is the crown of the jewel.

[@charleskofflermusic9051]

I like the staging in this one. Popular and masterpiece music. Thank you Michael 👍👍🎉🎉🔥🔥☀️☀️☀️

[@chelseacharger]

ABBA are not in the 'Mamma Mia' movies themselves apart from a couple of 'blink and you'll miss them' cameo appearances by the two men in the group. But the films are built around a soundtrack featuring multiple ABBA favourites. Personally, I much prefer 'Muriel's Wedding' which is a brilliant movie that incorporates a handful of ABBA classics very well into the storyline. ABBA really has universal appeal and their fan-base is a wide cross spectrum of society.

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

Well Bjørn and Benny made the Movies.

[@chelseacharger]

@@anne-mariesindruprix4792 The films were partly financed by them and they of course arranged the music soundtrack. But the filming itself, producers and directors was carried out by others.

[@mikesmithson6805]

They are nominated for 4 award this coming weekend at the Grammys. They're up for Album of the year Award alongside adele beyonce harry styles, lizzo, Kendrick lamar, doja cat, etc. Good luck to ABBA. They deserve the win

[@jennifertappan3823]

OK, I cant take it anymore. I have to ask.....whats with the mayo??

[@bpfromowc]

Great review Michael. 👍 I think you’re ready for a live track by ABBA. 🙂 This one kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpfCoGeKqbWhms0 sounded so good, they included it on their next album, they thought they couldn’t better it in a studio setting. Thanks man. 🙏🏻

[@Paladin70]

Thank you for sharing this link. I thought I had seen and/or heard everything they’d done and this was awesome to discover after 50 years of enjoying them.

[@bpfromowc]

@@Paladin70 You’re welcome Richard. It’s made my day to know I have brought that brilliant performance to somebody who appreciates it. Here is another obscure one, from the Bee Gees. Also a one-off outstanding performance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHaaknd5h7JqmZI Best wishes from Belfast, NI. ✌️

[@Paladin70]

@@bpfromowc Wow you really are the music man. I’ve heard them do that song but hadn’t seen that clip. It looks like an Australian version of our American Bandstand that was such a huge part of our lives growing up in the 50s, 60s and 70s. They looked very similar to this the first time I saw them perform around 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thanks again for sharing.

[@bpfromowc]

@@Paladin70 I wish I had seen them live. You’re a lucky guy. ✌️

[@Paladin70]

@@bpfromowc 1974 and 1978 during their big disco era. Both were great. Happy St. Brigid’s Day!!!

[@patclinker6587]

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. Michael, you need to see the stage version, not the movie version, of Mama Mia! You wi LIVE it!!

[@patclinker6587]

Ooops, love it!

[@scouseofhorror104]

Impossible to pick one, but The Day Before You Came always puts me in a trance 🧡

[@horaciorivero4748]

"Don't shut me down", es nueva y vas a notar que después de tantos años la magia sigue intacta

[@mikaelhultberg9543]

The Mama Mia movie isn't the best in the world, far from it, but they sing ABBA, and ABBA is world class!

[@ajbrito7434]

Soldiers, Angeleyes or Me And I 😊

[@debbie7505]

Do you realize they are 2 married couples at this point. They letter go divorced. Recently they were planning a comeback. I’m not sure if they did.

[@carmenubiera1473]

Does your mother know... Please react to that song!

[@robertsibley6330]

check out the film Mama mia.

[@louisewakelingsmith13]

We didn’t have hair straighteners 😂😂2:50

[@michaele7880]

Frida and Agnetha sung in harmony. Not like the screaming matches you hear today with singers trying to outdo each other.

[@sarablack2547]

You should check a British group erasure.andy bell is the lead singer Vince Clark writes the songs,plays instruments.vince was a founding member of Depeche mode and was in a band called yazoo with singer Alison moyet before forming erasure.erasure did a abba ep which includes this song you need to check the video they did for this song.

[@jonnajois]

Check out VOULEY VOUZ! Their best song in my opinion.

[@brittahlander1043]

You should check out the movie Mamma Mia, great film fantastic music.

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

Did you just get back from the Mayo Clinic?

[@sharonpeterson5415]

The Winner Takes It All?

[@6549Marci]

If I'm not mistaken, he did it already.

[@sharonpeterson5415]

@@6549Marci yes. He was talking about a song he heard, couldn't remember the name. I was just saying, was it The Winner Takes It All?

[@6549Marci]

@@sharonpeterson5415 Aha, got it 🙂

[@TheFridaFan]

I have to tell you...I loathe the Mamma Mia movies. The stage musical? Fine. The films though. Trying to listen to Pierce Brosnan howl his way through When All is Said and Done was not a pleasant experience.

[@6549Marci]

As much as I don't like ABBA covers, I love Mamma Mia and watched it over 1K times. I know it sounds crazy, but I must admit it has much to do with Meryl Streep. I have been a huge fan of hers since '85. Even though I knew she could sing, I was nervous about taking ABBA songs. But The Winner Takes All made my chin drop. I was amazed at the power of her voice. Slipping Through My Fingers is also a little gem. Meryl and Amanda's voices blend wonderfully together. Pierce's When All Is Said And Done is pretty decent; in fact, I liked it. It wasn't until then that I realized what a brilliant lyricist Björn is. Frida's version was about the end of a relationship, while Pierce's is about a new beginning. It never occurred to me to look at it from a different angle. I like Mamma Mia in general. It's a joyful, uplifting, and moving film. I can't say the same for MM2, I've only seen it once, and it was enough for me. Not because Meryl is only in it for about 5 minutes, I knew that, but the filmmakers didn't respect the previous storyline and totally ruined it. Unwatchable for me. And the ABBA cover versions in this movie were terrible. Waterloo still scares me to this day. Or when Cher sings ABBA 🤢

[@TheFridaFan]

@@6549Marci I will say that Meryl Streep is a bright spot on the film. That shouldn't be a surprise--she's an amazing actress.

[@slashdisco]

Dude, you keep mentioning the movie but do try to separate the two. I've been obsessed with ABBA for decades but I can't stand the Mamma Mia movies. They're romcoms set to ABBA music, that's all. ABBA the band is *FAR* from just "chick" music; they're literally one of the bestselling artists of all time. Please do "Dancing Queen", "Super Trouper" and "Money, Money, Money" next!

[@WolfkingSybren]

You can watch the movie, but you really need to know the ABBA songs first..the movie versions are not that good performed, compared to ABBA's

[@tonyd3345]

Great reaction. You should slap some mayo on a turkey sandwich and go back to where it all began. WATERLOO!! AꓭBA at its best!

[@Paladin70]

Never a bad song, check out SOS and Fernando. Agnetha (the blond) is still pretty darn sexy at age 72 and you can forget about her because I saw her first - about 50 years before you lol.

[@ИринаБондаренко-щ7ч]

Фрида все еще красива, но никак не агнета.

[@Paladin70]

@@ИринаБондаренко-щ7ч Grbleushnika komferdablinkh gneuscht brev lichtisch opprudnike!!!

[@jasonbutt7199]

What's the mayo for lol