Opening song of the Abba Voyage experience- and what a track to get things going. Simply brilliant.
@JohanJohansson-y5y10 ай бұрын
The intro song to the ABBA Voyage concert - no words can describe how cool that was.
@cee710524 күн бұрын
It send shivers down your spine
@allanjensen1195Ай бұрын
An underrated masterpiece... the haunting guitars and bass... Ole brought his best to the drum beat on this one. Now I know it's the opening song in the Voyage experience, I want to get on a plane tonight for London
@stephencraig71303 ай бұрын
Freda was underrated. She has an exceptional voice. This song was about 10 years ahead of its time. The production quality is out of this world!!
@claudioculpiАй бұрын
A Frida foi a vocalista principal em 35 músicas dois discos do ABBA com nome de música os vocais são da Frida The visitors e Super Trouper
@tompomeroy957911 жыл бұрын
The Visitors is and always will be my favourite ABBA album. It is so mature and adult-like compared to their previous works, simply because it was written and recorded at such a difficult and turbulent time for the group with the divorces and the cracks beginning to form between them as a unit. All four members have said the sessions of 1981 were very tense at times and you can definitely hear and feel this in The Visitors. I wish they had made another one in 1982/1983...
@anibalcesarnishizk22053 жыл бұрын
1981,a very special year,indeed.
@abbafantasia8 ай бұрын
Previous works were masterpieces too, which enabled them to get to this place!
@PowerRedBullTypology7 ай бұрын
The Visitors was the most musically complex too. Much more chords used from different scales, which adds to the otherworldy vibe that this song has for example. Also, it somewhat strange vibe of 'the day before you came' comes from this use of chords out of scale
@thomasfrohlich92085 ай бұрын
The Album is the first Cd-release 1982 in Japan. In Europa etc 1983
@sirclip10 ай бұрын
Brilliant!
@conniedebruyn8045Ай бұрын
Love this masterpiece by ABBA. This song is one of those that was made so far out in time, I still don’t believe that we’ve caught up to it yet.
@digitalmediafanАй бұрын
Never heard of it until just now on the exclusivity abba hits stream. Absolutely fantastic
@larsyxa7 жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece, So far ahead of its time early EARLY 80:is. Abbas best song imho.
@jaysean95897 жыл бұрын
I agree. Just discovered it. Sounds VERY ahead of it's time, especially with chorus and how hard it hits along with the spooky but pop friendly vibe. A personal favorite! Now, to find a version that is of the original mastering. Very hard to come by. Wish me luck.
@anubisantas5 жыл бұрын
So right, been listening to this since I was a child. Now I'm 42, learned the piano and guitar, I dream one day of getting drums lessons to make a cover 🎵🎵🎸🎸
@dlamiss5 жыл бұрын
o yes. thought most of their early stuff upto dancing queen was crap but this is a brilliant song
@resireg5 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of Tommorow Never Knows from the Beatles
@eden199664 жыл бұрын
If this truly is the original video, then it is a Masterpiece. I was born in Stockholm 1970 and grew up with both their english and swedish songs, but I have ALWAYS favoured this one. Just never seen the video. This song was released 1981 and Anni-Frids hair just didn’t look like that then. That hairdo was not in fashion then, so I doubt this is a real video. Lips also don’t synk. But if it is - the videographer and director made a true masterpiece.
@randytutterow99344 жыл бұрын
My favorite Abba song. I love all of their songs, but this one just KILLS me!
@karinannamaria25143 ай бұрын
same here
@danadoozer9990 Жыл бұрын
I had this on vinyl as a little girl in the early 80s. I was OBSESSED with abba, my parents loved them too and bought all their albums! The albums always had fold outs with photos of the band and I wanted to be exactly like the blonde one, she was my total idol! I love them just as much today as i did back then, and this song is one of my favorites 😍 ❤
@incensepeppermint52214 жыл бұрын
LEGENDS Their best song on their last album.
@puzzleme5 Жыл бұрын
The REAL music videö please! These make-overs are not fine. Song is great ;-) love it
@alexlagno52402 жыл бұрын
Among the varieties of pop music groups is most important group.
@eddbass1 Жыл бұрын
Love the arabic vocal melody, some great( what i describe as) purple ultra violet notes...heard this for the first time last week after watching an abba doco..my hair stood up when i heard the vocal melody...like the first time i heard dusty springfields 'goin back'
@markpearson2337 Жыл бұрын
ABBA true to there music this iconic tune brings out what a class band they truly are big up THE VISTORS what a tune
@markpearson2337 Жыл бұрын
Crackin up what a tune so far ahead of there time ABBA RULES THE AIRWAVES 2023
@andresfernandes59064 жыл бұрын
Uniquely and brilliantly ABBA. Has anyone else ever even tried to capture this awful moment of political terror? Without preaching or pontificating about it? Unmatched in so many ways.
@lionheartroar31044 жыл бұрын
Abba could do any style of music...this is stunning
@Perle345610 жыл бұрын
The chorus is absolutely awesome!
@germanicelt10 жыл бұрын
It made me think of Star Wars back in the day when I was about 7.
@curatedradio5705 жыл бұрын
Miles ahead of the pack. Genius production and an incredible song. Probably their best
@LaurinaHawks5 жыл бұрын
I must confess: this song is a masterpiece and surely their best work over all. It combines so much elements, from prog rock (newer Genesis), Beatles experiments (Strawberry Fields, Tomorrow never knows) and a really deep moving and creepy lyric.
@davidfrench54073 жыл бұрын
I really think it sounds like if the guys listened to the Beatles doing Tomorrow Never Knows, and wanted to do an ABBA song based on the same sounds.
@LaurinaHawks9 ай бұрын
They were definately into Prog those days.@@davidfrench5407
@mc77ification6 жыл бұрын
Awesome Track! Frida`s Voice is brilliant!
@blissfields8192 Жыл бұрын
Just beyond! this is sonic art of the highest order. FANTASTIC!!!
@jellemoerman89529 жыл бұрын
This sure is another style from abba than the previous albums.. but it's soo good! One of my favourite songs!
@terryplatt10 жыл бұрын
I never heard this song until a couple of years ago, when I bought an Abba compilation which included this track. What a revelation! This is a solid gold, meticulously crafted masterpiece (as were all their releases), and one of the best things they ever did. It quickly became one of my favourite pieces of rock ever, full of portent and brooding drama. I love the dry, anechoic phasing on Agnetha's voice in the verses. Not what I would ever have expected to hear from Abba - but they always had a few surprises up their sleeves. Or even in their sleeves... This track demonstrates a hugely advanced maturity in the songwriting, and seemed to signal even greater things in the offing. Yet so often, when that kind of stage is reached, writers come to a brick wall, and feel that they've done their very best work, and pull back or quit for fear that nothing they do from there on in could ever eclipse what they've already achieved. Abba went as far as, and perhaps a little bit further than their strained relationships could have allowed. They were unique, and they will be remembered for the rest of eternity.
@Moem436 жыл бұрын
Frida sings the verses, not Agnetha.
@resireg5 жыл бұрын
Just like the Beatles, they knew when to break up the band
@jordicamps73794 жыл бұрын
In fact is Frida who is singing...a very underrated singer...and yes, the song is the best of the whole album.
@resireg4 жыл бұрын
@@jordicamps7379 check her solo album featuring Phil Collins. I am addicted to her solo career
@alande4ever4 жыл бұрын
FRIDA!! La voz de Frida es genial!!
@lineshaftrestorations79035 ай бұрын
I once had a coworker who was really good at self inflicted drama and thought this was the perfect theme song for her. 😂
@iantombleson43876 жыл бұрын
This song is something else, I grew up with Abba and got sick of the bubblegum. This is a grown up record.
@hughmcerlean3851 Жыл бұрын
This is so so fantastic will in front of its time love it 😊
@mariaurena745912 жыл бұрын
Love Frida on this song suits her voice so well!!!
@carolinaherrera45983 жыл бұрын
The music is absolutely beautiful just like In all their songs.
@dreedle9 жыл бұрын
One of their greatest tracks!
@MultiMrMiles6 жыл бұрын
80s was the last true decade...it was the BEST....pure gold really
@MultiMrPhill6 жыл бұрын
My understanding is that this is a song about Fear of a Russian Invasion, sung by a Woman who's Dad was an SS Officer.....
@chelseacharger6 жыл бұрын
Her dad wasn't in the SS. He was conscripted into the regular army. The Russian bit is close though seen through the eyes of a political dissident awaiting a visit of the secret police.
@MultiMrPhill6 жыл бұрын
Oh right, thanks!
@anibalcesarnishizk22056 жыл бұрын
chelseacharger It could be NKVD.
@RM-lj8bv5 жыл бұрын
70's were even better
@simonthreadgill67535 ай бұрын
Best song of theirs.
@veronikaleleka76724 жыл бұрын
I hear the doorbell ring and suddenly the panic takes me The sound so ominously tearing through the silence I cannot move, I'm standing Numb and frozen Among the things I love so dearly The books, the paintings and the furniture Help me The signal's sounding once again and someone tries the door-knob None of my friends would be so stupidly impatient And they don't dare to come here Anymore now But how I loved our secret meetings We talked and talked in quiet voices Smiling Now I hear them moving Muffled noises coming through the door I feel I'm Crackin' up Voices growing louder, irritation building And I'm close to fainting Crackin' up They must know by now I'm in here trembling In a terror evergrowing Crackin' up My whole world is falling, going crazy There is no escaping now, I'm Crackin' up These walls have witnessed all the anguish of humiliation And seen the hope of freedom glow in shining faces And now they've come to take me Come to break me And yet it isn't unexpected I have been waiting for these visitors Help me Now I hear them moving Muffled noises coming through the door I feel I'm Crackin' up Voices growing louder, irritation building And I'm close to fainting Crackin' up They must know by now I'm in here trembling In a terror evergrowing Crackin' up My whole world is falling, going crazy There is no escaping now, I'm Crackin' up Now I hear them moving Muffled noises coming through the door I feel I'm Crackin' up Voices growing louder, irritation building And I'm close to fainting Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) They must know by now I'm in here trembling In a terror evergrowing Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) My whole world is falling, going crazy There is no escaping now, I'm Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) Now I hear them moving Muffled noises coming through the door I feel I'm Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) Voices growing louder, irritation building And I'm close to fainting Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) They must know by now I'm in here trembling In a terror ever growing Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) My whole world is falling, going crazy There is no escaping now, I'm Crackin' up
@rajakumarim970 Жыл бұрын
Song for all ages
@bobbyyounger76324 жыл бұрын
Love this ABBA song....it packed the dance floors back in the day. Wish they had done an official video of it. This is best Fan-made video so far I've seen !
@AdamDawson38 жыл бұрын
The Visitors is not a dark album at all infact it is rather spectacular every song is sensational and the album has one of the best title tracks ever.
@cannedmusic4 жыл бұрын
My favorite from that album, and for a bit in general, was Head Over Heels; I love a good tango.
@therealrodney85614 жыл бұрын
The best song they ever recorded timeless!!!!!!!
@lorettabibby34374 жыл бұрын
The Visitors ABBA: What More can I say? XXX This Musical Pop/Rock Band of the 70s 80s Pure Genius, This Album was One of my Favorite around 1980+ When The ABBA TREND Had Hit Britain like A Tornado, Abba- Mania Gone Crazy,!!! ABBA Fans All over, Yes I Admit I Was One of them, Back in the early 70s, I Became Hooked on their Music And the TWO GUYS BJORN & BENNY Wow, How COOL Both Handsome and Genius, With the Help from their lead Singers Anna & Frida Beautifully Trained Voices X X X X Thankyou for YOUR music. X Ice-Maiden X Dec 18th 2019. Still Love their MUSIK!!!
@georgiehollander21996 жыл бұрын
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER !!!!
@marilynlevey39458 ай бұрын
Awesome Frida, you're amazing 👏❤️👍
@jukingeo10 жыл бұрын
@rampguy1 Yes, this was their last hit from their last album. ABBA, while a big hit in the 70's was struggling with the new sound of the 80's, but in 1981 they changed up their style and went heavy into synthesizers. The Vistors was a result. While it wasn't a big hit for them, I tought the song is brilliant. It has a very surreal and somewhat 'spooky' feeling to it. This is a song I typically play around Halloween. Those not familiar with it think it is new. I just say, "Nope, it is an old song by ABBA". The look of disbelief in their faces when they find out it is ABBA is priceless. I was looking forward to more of this from ABBA, but sadly, they broke up just after the album was released.
@Perle345610 жыл бұрын
Too bad, they broke up, imagine what other inspiring songs they would have composed down the road...yet, Frida and Agnetha ought to be in the singing game again.
@edfians253310 жыл бұрын
***** Agnetha had a solo record come out last year. It has a decent single on it, a duet with Gary Barlow (from Take That) called "I Should Have Followed You Home." There's a remix of it called "7th Heaven" that's better than the album mix, I think.
@Perle345610 жыл бұрын
*****...I know, nice song.
@Perle345610 жыл бұрын
jukingeo....this wasn't their last song...the last song was: The Day Before You Came.....and while recording it, Agnetha sang it in the dark....
@ronaldderooij177410 жыл бұрын
***** I know Agnetha had to mobilize all her professionality to record the song, but in the dark??? I cannot believe that. Why? The had been couples. They knew crying also of each other. However, this was not their last song. That was "under attack".
@blondsexyguy6 жыл бұрын
This song packed the dance floor..... " The Max" Omaha, Nebraska USA
@michaelholly28076 жыл бұрын
I love “The Max” such a great dance floor and all those different levels in the back patio and the other dance floor....... that place is amazing!!!! I go to Omaha for business and every time I’m there I make sure to visit “The Max” and also “Flixx”😀
@HypeSociety4 жыл бұрын
omg if they ever played this again at The Max I might lose my mind...know anyone who's DJing there anytime soon? @robynmusic @konichiwarecords?
@karinajones1121 Жыл бұрын
Glorious 🎉
@LaurinaHawks5 жыл бұрын
A Songs who's message is becoming frightingly actual today.
@universalexports7774 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant record-way ahead of its time-a masterpiece that will be played in 100 years and beyond!
@hadoenough8 жыл бұрын
This is such a bad ass song! Hella good!
@AdamDawson37 жыл бұрын
The Visitors is a mature album its not dark in anyway and this song is one of the best that they have recorded.
@lupegaehring23626 жыл бұрын
Adam Dawson love this song so much... It is beautiful
@carolinaherrera45983 жыл бұрын
The music is awesome.
@JoeyP3224 жыл бұрын
ABBA’s “White album” - to THIS day (2020) love this song !!!!!
@pinkserif4 жыл бұрын
My favourite ABBA track.
@melbro629 жыл бұрын
MUSIC, outstanding, singing, outstanding. Haunting song. Love to hear it every so often. very DARK album. The beginning of the END. Shows the talent they had, all had POST ABBA careers.
@aboyborninjune9 жыл бұрын
The dark side of ABBA, my favorite side. First time I heard it, the lyrics sounded like it was about alien abductions ;)
@SuperCatman6 жыл бұрын
SIMON GÅRDH We all did, but it was actually about Soviets punishing political opposition.
@Bless-the-Name6 жыл бұрын
I still do
@thesuncollective14754 жыл бұрын
Name of the Game is dark too..same vain
@jonscott40904 жыл бұрын
Still pretending it is
@wolfgangmarkusgstrein85224 жыл бұрын
Not dark at all! How brainwashed with all this darkside crap are you guys?
@ledivo596 жыл бұрын
... as they say, "the best things come last" - and "The Visitors" was definitely a great album to (almost) close this incomparable chapter of pop-music!
@nascimentoalexandre6 жыл бұрын
Absolutamente fantástica essa música! ABBA forever!!!
@ronaldderooij177410 жыл бұрын
ABBA's most political song, dedicated to the oppressed people in (then) Eastern Europe and South and Middle America.
@zonary110 жыл бұрын
Schizophrenia is such a terrible mental illness. More should be done to help. *HUG A DAISY TODAY*
@ronaldderooij177410 жыл бұрын
zonary1 Clearly, yes.
@znayner57668 жыл бұрын
+zonary1 lol
@resireg5 жыл бұрын
I like that song. Its anti communism inspired many people in Russia and Eastern Europe to keep their hope that the tyranny was about to end
@JoeyP3224 жыл бұрын
Bernie sanders wants to bring it all back
@Baires123110 жыл бұрын
Omg..the red glowing dome under the stars at the Saint NYC..awesome memories!!!
@bobh496910 жыл бұрын
I can smell the poppers now, bro!
@quim197010 жыл бұрын
Fartpants As is your name ;)
@frank8769810 жыл бұрын
This is my favourite disco group from my childhood . It is the music of my memories to where I came from and began . In 1970 . Now I am 43 . I can play it untill the end of all times . FOREVER !!! I also adore the song Eagle a lot .
@ПетрСтолыпин-м5г5 жыл бұрын
the best Abba song!
@michaelholly28076 жыл бұрын
Seconds into this song and the dance floor was packed at “The Bar” in Champaign Illinois back in 1982. I absolutely loved it! That place is still open but it’s called Chester Street. If you’re ever in Champaign, check it out!
@ricklittle74995 жыл бұрын
Michael Holly omg. To hear Chester Street. I went to U of I in 1985-1987... danced there many Saturday nights
@ms73sp6 ай бұрын
Well put together video. A great pity that ABBA never released a promotional video as I think it would have been a masterpiece
@radioserenidadec6 жыл бұрын
All of ABBAs Lps are great and yet this one is sooooooooooooo special and different... my favorite!!
@groteabbafan4 жыл бұрын
A great ABBA song
@MsFanmail9 жыл бұрын
the 1950s had Elvis the 1960s had the Beatles the 1970s had Abba
@starwarsmak75677 жыл бұрын
the 70s had pink floyd
@ethanethan20605 жыл бұрын
This song was from 1981
@alrivers22974 жыл бұрын
The 70's had Led Zeppelin too
@zanardi274 жыл бұрын
Bowie says hello.
@mikekaraoke3 жыл бұрын
This is 80's not 70's
@blackhawknet92545 жыл бұрын
gives me a good rhythm while running. love this song so much.
@takeshihiraoka53107 жыл бұрын
love this track. epic. awesome. radically different from the rest of their songs. just wish ABBA did more songs like this one.
@davinadavis493010 жыл бұрын
Abba 1980s style
@ceicli10 жыл бұрын
The song is so scary and so good! =)
@olehbezushenko91914 жыл бұрын
It really is!
@rf67245 жыл бұрын
The visitors. Abba,s best work to me.
@Bierney4511 жыл бұрын
Their greatest track..................along with LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME! Iconic memories of an iconic group! Wonderful. Bierney45 XX
@annehanni11 жыл бұрын
Great video for this deep and extraordinary Abba song!
@igorm44069 жыл бұрын
really good sounds, it seems to say - breaking up, love it.
@nathanj0612 жыл бұрын
That was amazing considering they never did an official video for this. Does anyone know why? This track was hot in the clubs in 1982. Love so many Abba songs but this one stands on it's own.
@ms73sp6 ай бұрын
I think they no longer had the urge to do much promoting all their songs and this fell through the cracks
@TheDinotunes12 жыл бұрын
stands the test of time better than most trax from the period shows the true depth of a mature abba. this could never be covered or re released by anyone else better than the original which marks it as a best track......
@CatastrophicG10 жыл бұрын
interesting angle from Abba near the end, darker, weirder. Great!
@michaelsterzel95117 жыл бұрын
The great voice of Frieda...
@ИннаПетрова-ы4ч Жыл бұрын
Вечная мировая классика, мне 61 ❤
@franciscaveronica33J8 жыл бұрын
Grande musica do ABBA
@BW921164 жыл бұрын
Masterwork.
@anibalcesarnishizk22056 жыл бұрын
The right song in the right year.
@_Patton_Was_Right4 жыл бұрын
Lots of hidden meaning in both the video and song. "The Piper" is very real
@daruszero11 жыл бұрын
''Lay all your love on me'' is such a great song that they really, really should make a stand alone version of it. Hundred times please.
@carolinaherrera45983 жыл бұрын
That is my favourite one.
@pm412249 жыл бұрын
Clips used in this video: Rose Red (2002 miniseries) Under Attack (ABBA promotional video)
@elpoderdelasgalaxias6 жыл бұрын
Their last album is gloriously moody, dark and musically stupendous.
@KippleyTouvell10 жыл бұрын
Brilliant production...I would die to work with them...
@nihilistic78405 жыл бұрын
Apparently it's about political dissidents and oppression. Funny how it's relevant again now, for different nations: I hear the doorbell ring and suddenly the panic takes me The sound so ominously tearing through the silence I cannot move, I'm standing Numb and frozen Among the things I love so dearly The books, the paintings and the furniture Help me The signal's sounding once again and someone tries the door-knob None of my friends would be so stupidly impatient And they don't dare to come here Anymore now But how I loved our secret meetings We talked and talked in quiet voices Smiling Now I hear them moving Muffled noises coming through the door I feel I'm Crackin' up Voices growing louder, irritation building And I'm close to fainting Crackin' up They must know by now I'm in here trembling In a terror evergrowing Crackin' up My whole world is falling, going crazy There is no escaping now, I'm Crackin' up These walls have witnessed all the anguish of humiliation And seen the hope of freedom glow in shining faces And now they've come to take me Come to break me And yet it isn't unexpected I have been waiting for these visitors Help me Now I hear them moving Muffled noises coming through the door I feel I'm Crackin' up Voices growing louder, irritation building And I'm close to fainting Crackin' up They must know by now I'm in here trembling In a terror evergrowing Crackin' up My whole world is falling, going crazy There is no escaping now, I'm Crackin' up Now I hear them moving Muffled noises coming through the door I feel I'm Crackin' up Voices growing louder, irritation building And I'm close to fainting Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) They must know by now I'm in here trembling In a terror evergrowing Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) My whole world is falling, going crazy There is no escaping now, I'm Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) Now I hear them moving Muffled noises coming through the door I feel I'm Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) Voices growing louder, irritation building And I'm close to fainting Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) They must know by now I'm in here trembling In a terror evergrowing Crackin' up (I have been waiting for these visitors) My whole world is falling, going crazy There is no escaping now, I'm Crackin' up
@dchornyi15 жыл бұрын
Wow! Very nice.
@welshlad64275 жыл бұрын
This song never got the credit it deserved. A big change for ABBA at the time. Great song ❤️
@Clemsonu8812 жыл бұрын
I never saw a video for this song back in the 80s and (until midway through) assumed this was actually the official video. Excellent!! It may have already been posted, but I read that this was actually written with the Soviet Union in mind with how they would break in where Christians were meeting and drag them away. Benny or Bjorn took that idea and wrote this song. But they didn't want to be political back then, so they didn't make that known until much later. I love this song.
@mickfizz16 жыл бұрын
Clips used in this video: Rose Red (2002 miniseries) Under Attack (ABBA promotional video)
@ms73sp6 ай бұрын
There was never a promotional video done for this song. One of life's great pities
@anthonys82386 ай бұрын
Amazing 🎉🎉❤❤
@dokken8710 жыл бұрын
well, it's more like - "WHEN ABBA GOES DARK 80'S " but one of their ever greatest!! love it!! shame for the bad "synchronization"
@mickfizz16 жыл бұрын
the song has no official clip
@zild642610 жыл бұрын
2:36 That 80's feel!
@staszek3064 Жыл бұрын
Piękne i ponadczasowe
@alande4ever4 жыл бұрын
LA CASA DE ROJO ROSADO! EXCELENTE IDEA PONER ESAS ESCENAS EN ESTA CANCIÓN DE ABBA!!
@ЖамалМальгаздарова4 жыл бұрын
Круто!!!
@vmlenigma3 жыл бұрын
I have this single as a promo on vinyl....
@aidenk41454 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL, THANK YOU
@SharLeeRV5 жыл бұрын
This os my favourite Abba song, I feel is only mine. Non commercial.
@SimeonAsparuhov14 жыл бұрын
very very nice!!!
@emilybeck25799 жыл бұрын
This is not the official video this is from Under Attack.
@mickfizz16 жыл бұрын
most of it... not all of it
@stephencraig71303 ай бұрын
Not sure why at least a promo video was not made for this song.