ABBA - The Name Of The Game

[@zip261]

No matter what year it is, ABBA are untouchable.

[@haeleth7218]

Great, great comment. I agree 110%

[@F1hislife]

ABBA is my childhood❤

[@1ghenny]

same here :) I heard them for the first time as a baby exactly 30 years ago, on my Mom's birthday :)

[@CelticSaint]

when those harmonies come in! WOW!

[@Annalovesanimals]

The older I get, the more I appreciate the Art of Abba. Always loved them, anyways.

[@GdF420]

Both Agnetha and Frida at their very best natural drop dead gorgeous selves

[@fuarkbrah0]

Agnetha>>>>

[@gracetruthandlight]

Yes stunning and full of life and love

[@LazyIRanch]

All four of them are very attractive! I especially thought Björn was dreamy when I was a teen.

[@rachelkelly6592]

Frida was stunning!

[@Gondo60]

Perfect vocal harmonies. No autotune. That’s talent.

[@amyozzbo5368]

Totally

[@BroccoliBeefed]

No, but there is wall-of-sound, track layering technique. And lots of auto harmonies to create those haunting choruses

[@jonathanbradbury2665]

@@BroccoliBeefed Sure...but those layers were added on WITHOUT Autotune. As in....multple passes and hitting the right note each time.

[@danielk.2298]

ABBA never used autotune. Each vocal harmonie were sung by themselves originally.

[@rw8733]

Faultless. Heavenly.

[@VesaGuardian]

I wonder how many hours of sleep Abba will steal this time...

[@elizabethdalton-jandreau5588]

I've already lost at least 30 minutes. :p

[@telfordrunners3254]

doesn't matter dear .... you'll wake even more fresh

[@stumeister5507]

haha so true, because it's the soundtrack to our lives.

[@thomtlc2]

I consider it time well spent.

[@pianotalent]

YES!!!!!!!

[@stur.7502]

Listing to the acoustic rhythm in this song is like listening to Ringo on his drum kit, really catchy melodic riffs.

[@daynasmum529]

Im a huge fan of Led Zeppelin, Jethro tull, Black sabbath, ACDC, Iron Maiden etc. I also believe ABBA is quite possibly the greatest.

[@henrikfolkesson2157]

I am also a great metal fan but the voices of this women is unparalled.

[@mandylee87]

Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple's favorite band? ABBA!

[@edwardhoran2511]

You go girl!

[@Yourweakminds]

❤️

[@harrispetsas3017]

One of Abba's finest songs. Frida's and Agnetha's voices are so different and so beautiful. They are impeccably synchronised and combined. Masterpiece!

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

Composition, performance, production and arrangement all perfect. A masterpiece indeed.

[@daynasmum529]

I think its fair to say they are the most harmonious female duo ever - by a very long shot. Its like angels singing.@@inglepropnoosegarm7801

[@markokrunic6325]

Masterpiece

[@LazyIRanch]

When I first heard them, I assumed they were sisters (like Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart) because sibling harmonies are often so amazing. My mom was born in 1920, grew up very poor. Her dad died when she was five, her mom died when she was eleven in 1931, and she and 3 of her siblings went to an orphanage. The oldest was 14 and considered too old to go to the orphanage, so she went to work as a nanny for a widower with 2 small children. He married her when she turned 15. Their mom had no money for gifts for her five kids, so she gave them the only thing she could. She loved music and taught those kids to sing in harmony. She taught them every song she knew, from Gospel to 19th century bluegrass murder ballads, to funny novelty songs from the 1920s. When I was a kid, we had family reunions every year, and after supper everyone sat outside under the oak trees as cousin Dale brought out his guitar and those siblings would sing the songs their Momma taught them long ago. I loved hearing them sing!☺

[@Atheist7]

FACT CHECKED: yes

[@mattiasjohansson1908]

Timeless. So many elements to the song. If this came out today i belive it would still be a big hit.

[@butchweatherly7976]

My name is Butch Weatherly and I am genuinely happy to be listening to this wonderful song very, very loud on Sunday, February 25,2024 in Kihei Maui. This song and ABBA has always warmed my heart and soothed my soul and I sincerely wish nothing but Peace, Happiness, and Prosperity to all who read this. Take Care and I genuinely Love you all! Respectfully and with The Warmest of Aloha , Butch Weatherly

[@davidl570]

The ONLY way to play ABBA is very, very loud! You're doing the right thing (and thanks for the post!).

[@Holly-z2i]

Backatcha! ❤️

[@carl_anderson9315]

Agnetha’s voice sounds like the purest crystal. Annie-Frida’s voice sounds like the warmest and finest wood.

[@davidp2287]

What a great comment. Their blended vocals are among the best ever.

[@ochirbatnyamsuren3574]

Their voices were different from others that are ABBA franchise now. You named it... crystal voices

[@ricky3180]

I have listened to Abba since 1974 and no one ever described the magic of the blend of their voices as perfect as you do👍

[@SC-jh9qp]

I love the similes you chose!

[@MrGoneTroppo]

Agree! Definite wood.

[@genepoole1771]

Really sophisticated song. Minor key verse, pre-chorus, major key chorus, and if that wasn't enough, the major key post chorus breakdown. Many chords, all of them perfectly chosen. And the details in this song are extraordinary. The spaces. The tense little guitar lick at the end of the verse. The accents of horn over the chorus. This is pop songwriting genius. Up there with Jeff Lynn, Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach and the Beatles.

[@matt8863]

Congrats...Comment writing genius.

[@lookindy7051]

Had John Lennon not said it was the best pop song, Or was that SOS, anyways he was a avud fan of their music.

[@leslierobertson4734]

Agree with whole heart 💜

[@davelee8961]

Agreed! Andersson/Anderson/Ulvaeus concocted so many great tunes.

[@hajnalkakun7665]

Thank you for your professional music comment.

[@qsstores6933]

Me: just one Abba song before bed. Me two hours later: just one more...

[@clayin_it_]

Same

[@Dustiliciousz]

For some reason, I always have the same. You just get into the vibe.... and before you know it, hoursss

[@JH-ce7yd]

Same. Except that I've been doing that two nights running now, and staying up half the night. Arrgh.

[@churchill981]

I don’t blame you mate!

[@rhondamckay5925]

Yup...waking up the house with my singing.

[@brianandrea3249]

I’m not a huge ABBA fan, I do like them though. But , this song is just magnificent! So many layers and nuances that work so well together and Anna and Frida sounding amazing. And horns! For me personally by far their best song

[@gilliangoldsmith6665]

I agree I love this song. So underrated.

[@Robin_Hood054]

*This* *not* *song* *.* *This* *is* *timeless* *masterpiece* *.*

[@Lovejazz01]

It happens to me all the time...when I hear one ABBAsong(original or cover) I fall into playing and watching an ABBA marathon of music and videos , can't stop listening and watching!! Love ABBA!!❤️

[@tweeny55]

Same happens with ELO lol

[@104thDIVTimberwolf]

Lovejazz01, I'm glad I'm not the only one!

[@TheSteveinNY]

Lovejazz01 Good call. that's what I'm doing right now lol

[@adamhill5721]

Lovejazz01 me too!!

[@adamhill5721]

I just started my marathon now!😁

[@lunnouxhinds8464]

ABBA. How can anyone not like ABBA. Just listen to their voices and those harmonies. Everything they did was awesome.

[@kenw.1112]

I fell in love with ABBA the very first time hearing them in the 70's! They are truly a miracle from God!

[@hajnalkakun7665]

I think who do not love ABBA have a problem of being GOOD.

[@vinylovaa532]

@@hajnalkakun7665 but those freaks do exist... 🥸🥸

[@unfvzedmak]

@@hajnalkakun7665 period

[@kencoleman5007]

And the compositions as a whole. There's great reason why ABBA songs get interpreted into great instrumentals.

[@mtedeschi]

Anni-Frid ❤❤❤

[@robertphilip6974]

You’ll never get a harmony like agnetha and Frida, perfect!!!

[@Gardner0871public]

I say this all the time lol

[@mjrussell414]

Robert Philip No, you're right, we won't.

[@Laffingrl]

The way that Benny looks at Frida....Wow!

[@ronavena]

Indeed, I've never seen them (or Agnetha & Bjorn) be so affectionate toward each other in any ABBA video.

[@mikem189]

I don't blame him. I try to look at my wife the same way.

[@excaliburhead]

It’s how I look at her too. 😆

[@Simon-fr4ts]

He sticks his finger in her mouth, that was funny!

[@geoffreeve6645]

Just the best pop group ever masters at work this era will never be repeated unfortunately glad I’ve lived it

[@gb4478]

Metalheads, hard rockers, emos, progs... Everyone takes their hat off to ABBA.

[@guidomilan1613]

One of the Best Abba'song

[@SpookyElectric319]

How can anyone NOT like this.. Or Abba?!

[@lewminati139]

+Celtic Lady. Sadly, I'm old enough to remember when this first came out. It was an OK, average sort of song to me then. I never noticed all the subtleties in the arrangement that I can hear now. Now I realise just what a fantastic song this is (along with all of the others!) I've heard a lot of ABBA fans say that they didn't really appreciate how good they were at the time. It's only in recent years that they've experienced an epiphany.

[@claudioarnaud4032]

who does not like it because they never heard or do not like what is good

[@lewminati139]

Ben, a lot of their songs have great basslines (especially songs like One Of Us) that I never really noticed at the time. It was partially due to the fact that 40 years ago our TV's and radios had tiny little tinny speakers.

[@bencurry5295]

Lew Minati Wasn't they awful :) Great to hear the quality with today's stereo's,But' At least we still had music.

[@levaithenofgods9215]

Sometimes the songs and tunes that stays with you forever are those that grows into you slowly not the HITs.

[@nickking9353]

There's something really magical about the way their voices blend together.

[@mymidlifeedit4318]

Brilliant artists aside, can I just say how refreshing it is to watch a video of people with their own lovely and charming teeth (not veneers), women not overly made up so that they're unrecognizable, and just healthy, beautiful, but natural looking people sharing their talent with the world? I miss people looking like people.

[@Alisonws]

💯 👏🏻 😍

[@milino2894]

I absolutely love their "imperfect" teeth! ❤

[@kristinehowell5732]

Me to,very much so. So sad the way people are today! Horrible

[@RVMaxtube]

Seriously one of the best songs ever written. The lyrics, the music, the voices. Perhaps, perfection.

[@mortisxx5712]

It is. With its intricate verses and bridges, it's not like a hit song at all. Still, it comes out as a masterpiece.

[@carolinemorgan1712]

I love love love ABBA. This song, and SOS are my absolute favourites; they have the most wonderful layers, depth, melody, and lyrics in my opinion.

[@patriciaalvareztostado8170]

Is a great song, and one that I didnt knew before, until i hear it in Mamma Mia...

[@Ndotra]

I think you just described every abba song!

[@joannajamerson35]

💯

[@wandydeoli5780]

Most underrated abba song

[@hairyrichardson8921]

I'm starting to believe that in the waiting room in Heaven, ABBA is playing on the speakers!

[@tomcarpenter700]

Happy friendship day

[@abigailemelle5600]

So true..... amazing

[@Mr356b]

We’re all already in the waiting room, so you’re right 😁

[@keithrg1]

I love this!

[@miroslavmilan]

Come on man, they’re not dead yet!

[@davidnorris4946]

They get better the older the songs get, pure class

[@Jess-hm7ft]

Takes me back to a time when the only man in my life was my Dad ❤😊

[@cloramurphy3838]

MASTERPIECE

[@mf5202]

The harmonies are still unmatched. Still get goosebumps when the voices join in for the chorus.

[@xr7coug]

I couldn't have said it better!!

[@daynasmum529]

I honestly dont think there has ever been a greater pairing of voices, these 2 girls set the benchmark & it has never been beaten.

[@Atheist7]

FACT CHECKED: yes

[@richardwarry7281]

My favourite Abba song. Their most complex hit. By rights the structure is too complicated for a big pop hit, but the genius of Benny and Bjorn turned it into a number one hit in the UK. Just such an incredibly satisfying listen: a mini classical opus masquerading as a pop song.

[@marknorwood7521]

To be Honest, "I" Can't pick a "Favorite" ABBA song. There are So Many that are LITERALLY Great. I can't pick just 1.

[@martinbosch8022]

Great music,... and human beauty... 🌞

[@AudieHolland]

Greatest ABBA song.

[@TheJimbo1791]

How well you said it ! So true !

[@steveturnbull7869]

Stunning arrangement

[@nellies]

This song is brilliant, one of my favorite ABBA songs. Not only does it sound great, but its structure and everything is very complex and unique. There's so many layers of vocals and the harmonies are perfect, and there's so many changes in sound and pace. The verses and the chorus sounds like two completely different songs, and then Frida also sings acapella in one part, but somehow it all works. Genius songwriting.

[@JCTiggs1]

I consider this one of their 'hidden gems' in the sense that it isn't one of their most popular songs.

[@kevinfhaney]

I love this song , take a chance and Waterloo

[@vicsaul5459]

Their production , sound engineering 👌 off the charts, maybevtheir best and most unique recording so far ❤

[@davidl570]

In addition to how both Agnetha / Bjorn and Benny / Frida are looking at each other with so much love, what makes this video all the more beautiful is the fact that Agnetha was pregnant with her daughter at the time!

[@lounolastname4477]

Her daughter was 5 at this time. She was pregnant with her son

[@davidl570]

@@lounolastname4477 Whoops! Okay, thanks for the correction.

[@shaneluscombe4798]

Even tho I’m a heavy metal fan I can’t help but love and adore ABBA

[@brandnewrock8375]

Shane Luscombe Be proud brother, im a heavy metal fan too.. but nothing still compares to ABBA ever 👍

[@musicmind72]

ABBA is not just about a particular. They glorify music in general.

[@musicmind72]

*about a particular genre of music... (correction, above)

[@uyauabing]

Abba brought me to King Crimson.

[@Chetallica]

Agree!!

[@David-dl5vd]

The baroque trumpet in the chorus is exquisite

[@renacleerican7824]

You ve perfectly expressed the pure explosion of joy when I listen to this part of this amazing song❤ It is baroque indeed, in a Scandinavian way: genius.

[@louise_rose]

The trumpet player is uncredited on the album, but I suspect it could be Björn Skifs - known internationally as the singer of the band Blue Swede, who scored a surprise US no.1 hit single with "Hooked on a Feeling" in 1974. He did trumpet solos on a couple of songs by other Swedish artists, and all of these people around Polar Records knew each other and appeared on each other's albums. Skifs has had a long and successful career here in Sweden as a singer, band leader and comedy actor.

[@rustybearden1800]

Such a fantastic story of four people who came together to realize a dream, fell in love with each other, created such an amazing musical songbook and changed the world forever. Love them or hate them, you cannot ignore their legacy in modern pop music.

[@beavoicenotanecho8590]

Just Love them , I can't imagine that there is someone who can hate those talented and beautiful people

[@mirjanabittar7781]

So true ! ❤❤

[@geneedgerton4482]

Those two women’s voices shine, like a godly yin and yang in perfect harmony. Frida’s richly intense EARTHY tone (that seems to portray wisdom and contentment) blended with Agnetha’s poignantly open ANGELIC voice (that seems to capture love and desperation) … creates this GODLY sound, a vibrational frequency that puts us in awe and in harmony with the universe. Magic, I tell you. It’s magic. 😊😊😊😊

[@AudieHolland]

To be fair, when Frida sings in a higher register I have mistaken her voice for Agnetha´s. For years I thought Departure was sung by Agnetha.

[@seamuslittle]

I love 'Departure'. Massive effect on me when I was 18 and about to go off to university.

[@geneedgerton4482]

@@seamuslittle Me too! :-)

[@renacleerican7824]

You described it perfectly!

[@mirjanabittar7781]

To me, Frida's voice is also angelic !

[@victorhugotoledocofre1366]

The spontaneous scene between 03:33 and 03:54 must be easily one of the most romantically satisfying pieces of imagery ever achieved in the history of motion pictures

[@someshheble1204]

Spot on! It’s spontaneous and genuine. She bursts out laughing with such abandon... and looks all the more beautiful !

[@judyreyes9250]

Lovely, genuine, playful. Who could ask for more? Good eye, friend.

[@ae5631]

such a beautiful moment

[@lexipayne8237]

I agree 100 percent it's so beautiful

[@evasmith3020]

@Abi_Lou I think it was true love ❤

[@frank7741]

ABBA meine Liebe

[@Koot-gh8ts]

There is such a special atmosphere in this song. Highly underrated Abba-song.

[@SharpeNeal]

Agree, but only underrated commercially I believe. Like SOS (and others of course), a masterful composition rightfully recognised by peers...

[@rudyniosho2505]

True! It’s one of my favorites! Very underrated 🥰

[@Dbusdriver71]

So True, Koot 1968. Very underrated but timing is everything in the music business; perhaps this is why this tune was as big as it should have been.

[@leblonocean6781]

Exactly! That's what I feel, a special atmosphere in this song. I used to sing it going to school, during the classes, returning home. Magic part of my life.

[@dianelindsay1327]

Very true, my favourite Abba song.

[@VincePalamaraJFK]

ABBA's VIDEOS and songs are so iconic! :)

[@Atheist7]

They UNDERSTOOD "videos" before they were "a thing"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@VincePalamaraJFK]

@@Atheist7 So true!

[@PKMNFan4664]

One of ABBA's more underrated songs.

[@drummerman1964]

Indeed, but my "number four" in my ABBA-Singlehit-topten.

[@redletter2008]

Yes. It's now my new favorite ABBA song. Always liked them, but after watching a documentary on them last night I have "rediscovered" my love of their music - and this song in particular.

[@azazelviking3510]

Nirvana Fan Of course,cause they has had many more better.Good,lovely,but Money(3),Gimme(2),Dancing Queen overshadows it.

[@paullambethii9041]

This, Waterloo and SOS were the Apex of their talent.

[@BilisNegra]

Well, it was released as a single, and there's no such thing as an unsuccessful ABBA single, so better quit parroting cliché typical KZbin "underrating" comments where it does not belong or apply, if you kindly will.

[@ratter531]

All of Abba's songs still sound so beautiful in 2022.

[@jamesswain2465]

They never seem to get old. I just discovered ABBA last April, 2022 so they are all new to me.

[@ratter531]

@@jamesswain2465 They began 50 years ago.

[@ratter531]

@@jamesswain2465 Their most beautiful song is Abba - Chiquitita (Official Music Video)

[@ratter531]

@@jamesswain2465 Another beauty is Abba - I Have A Dream - High Quality

[@TheJimbo1791]

@@ratter531 😀I appreciate that, but it is impossible to say which one is the most beautiful song. There are SO many. To me it changes all the time right now it is "I am not that woman" from the new album. Greetings from Finland!

[@johnno556]

ABBA were the epitome of Musical royalty. The boys were musical geniuses and Agnetha & Frida were vocally perfect. The likes of which will never be replicated. LEGENDS.

[@Мишель-о7х]

Yes of course😊

[@ruthdixon7807]

curiously complex for something so immediate. absolute masterpiece in songwriting.

[@beardedbaldie2698]

It’s nice to hear both Agnetha and Frida share lead vocals in the same song. In almost all their other songs, either one leads or the whole track is sang in unison.

[@bernie4268]

Who were those music critics that failed to see the brilliance of Abba? The people voted. Abba were the Gods of pop. Rediscovered this gem. One of their best.

[@barrycuda3769]

I ' believe one of the critics was Rolling Stone magazine ' ABBA were too pleasant and pure for their liking ' they prefer to idolize people that plant bombs that cripple and maim other people.

[@ianbrown_777]

NME was one. There's a youtube of Benny getting stuck into an NME reporter at the Voyage thing last May. He has a long memory.

[@theone456]

From a musical standpoint....this is the most perfect structured pop song. ABBA were the highest class of pop music

[@CatBlack01]

3:50. Benny and Frida. So cute. Tremendous song, wonderful vocals and arrangement, really gets under your skin.

[@mrihjannerejschn6146]

By far my favourite ABBA song. So, of course, I see it harshly underrated.

[@patstoll4044]

I'm with you on this.

[@JJONNYREPP]

ABBA - The Name Of The Game 0842am 3.8.23 the working title of this song was: what's the name of the fart? and a starter for ten: which recording studio engineer pulled off the massive feat of not only collecting the whole liquor store stash for a heavy abba recording session but broke wind as he entered the recording room door as beni was bouncing down the original 8 track. his mighty guff being heard from quite some distance and can still be discerned much to beni's consternation.. during the opening of said song?

[@thatoneidiotzak.1374]

Fun fact: this was filmed in Björn and Agnethas home

[@andreazimmermann5222]

I always wondered where this was filmed. I love the red checked curtains!

[@abbafan4506]

Wow

[@PA-p23qw]

This is probably ABBA’s most underrated song,it’s in my top 3 of ABBA songs,it’s wonderful in all its aspects

[@TheBlueCream]

its fabulous !

[@gordonpi8674]

It was a number one in UK and many other euro countries. It’s their only 5 part song, complex one.

[@FSR431]

They are the name of the game.

[@Mingus8]

Imagine a band.. that only writes hit songs.

[@debjaniroygupta1]

@Michael H. Hey I'm a Beatles fan to !

[@luanunes14]

ABBA

[@anarita.53]

@Michael H. Yesss Beatles ❤️

[@leemurphy8159]

Shawaddywaddy?

[@garyk1334]

As I grew up I was constantly amazed that yet another classic had appeared . After a few years you knew it was just a dead cert

[@TheGringoLoco]

Those impeccable four-part harmonies gave Queen and The Sweet a run for their money. ABBA did for European pop music what The Beatles and Elvis did for rock music and what Led Zeppelin did for hard rock. Amazing band. Monumental.

[@salmonella4u]

and I suppose Bob Dylan for what he did for stoners. The Bee Gees for boosting my brothers ego and making his head even bigger than it was back then. He did the whole John Travolta thing and all. On top of that, he looked just like the Beib!. Me? I looked like Screech from saved by the bell, so no luck with the ladies for me. lol

[@TheGringoLoco]

***** You're a moron.

[@TheGringoLoco]

***** On what credible grounds do you make such an unsubstantiated claim like that? Indulge me. I'm all ears.

[@evametdekrullen]

***** please leave

[@GeorgiaGeorgette]

+J. P. Perfectly put.

[@VincePalamaraJFK]

Another reason I love ABBA: they all seem like sweet people.

[@jackstraw262]

Everyone seems sweet after they’ve had a line of coke the size of their leg

[@jkr2734]

Yes, I agree, people were nicer back then too.

[@SCARAMOUSXL5]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR AGNETHA!!!🎂🎂🎂🍾🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂

[@JimHanner]

The drop at 2:05 is just incredible. You're just begging for a chorus and throws you back into that lazy minor riff.

[@Anna-yp3bb]

They were sheer genius composers the guys😍😍😍

[@phila3884]

That's one of my favorite parts of the song. Even that short figure has some intricate 3-part in there.

[@d.j.vandermeer3832]

Great to see that I’m not the only one who is enjoying this. Absolutely stunning composing.

[@RickAiello]

The version on ABBA Gold does just that, skips the second verse and goes straight to another round of chorus to the end. I hate that version because I love the second verse, and it makes no sense when they sing “your smile and the sound of your voice” in the ending chorus, because that line is introduced in the second verse.

[@IsabelleAnneAbraham]

100% it's wonderful but drives me crazy at the same time!

[@capuleeet]

I'd say this is the best ABBA song

[@louise_rose]

One of their finest hours. :)

[@srinath6247]

No band is a match to this phenomenal band.

[@RoswithaDorfmund-hh7jw]

Was für ein Song ❤

[@Lee71England]

The subtle trumpet in this song may well be subtle.....but it adds even more perfection to this perfect track.

[@andrewmarcellis2007]

Hey You gotta check out a band called The Doublejumps if you like ABBA. Beautiful singing and songwriting

[@Cires789]

Fridas smile at 2.22, I'm in love.

[@billybrah4904]

very subtle. very sexy.

[@markhardwick1570]

You got me. Good spot :)

[@JimGardner]

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is how you write a PERFECT pop song. Just... I have no words.

[@simonthomas5113]

Such a well written song. I love it.

[@thomasfleig1184]

This is such a well constructed song. It's almost like 3 different songs merged together in one great compilation.

[@raymondmcmenemy303]

ABBA'S best in my opinion.

[@apatia29]

Oh yes, the first cd of ABBA I bought was ABBA gold and I remember that I liked the part of this song when Frida starts to sing in solo but later didn't know which song was and I couldn't relate it with the start which sounded somehow darker than the rest of the song.

[@Mingus8]

Thats the formula for a real pop tune, a melody and a clever countermelody. Not many musicians can do that anymore.. its more like the same theme repeated all over. Many of todays pop tunes would due for a bridge only in the 70ies..

[@colmcq]

It's genius

[@keithwilson6060]

And one of the songs is even a capella.

[@JESUS-SAVES_1975.]

I'm starting to believe that this is what music will sound like in heaven.

[@georgelukyamuzi9108]

True haa haaa.

[@baldrbraa]

After you have been welcomed by the last movement of Sibelius 5th symphony.

[@Learnamericanenglishonline]

Junior high in the mid 1970s -- beautiful memories. Thanks ABBA!

[@richardpineda1710]

LearnAmericanEnglishOnli

[@annerchisline9641]

Junior high in the early 80s with great ABBA memories here. :)

[@bertitolino]

Me too, third year highschool. My teacher English owned the most flashy Mazda car ever, we wore Lois jeans, in our kitchen we listened to a philips radio made from real wood and mom bought her first car just for herself, a VW stationcar.

[@OklaBoondocks]

Yesssssss

[@harshmnr]

For me it's freshman year of college in 2017-18. :) ~:~

[@randomtask9029]

A pop masterpiece.

[@renacleerican7824]

Best harmonies ever!

[@pannikattak7533]

I'm not sure if this song even has a chorus as it is very complex but when Anni-Frid sings "Tell me please.." at 1:17, the song leaves the pop world and soars to another dimension.

[@politicalprincess1]

She knew her power, too, sat among those trees.

[@MontagZoso]

Damn, ABBA has no bad songs. This is one of my favorites (aren’t they all). Power Swedes! They are simply phenomenal. ❤️

[@harindranvenkatesh]

That's correct. I have the discography and I believe as you stated that there is not one bad song at all.

[@alisonharper9215]

I agree

[@rf6724]

How do you record a perfect pop song? This is how. Epic ABBA.

[@sixstrings666]

Well, even when hacks like Led Zeppelin goes to record in their studio you know It's good.

[@monavasco8251]

This is the last piece of ideal world in a time when everything is falling apart.

[@morganahoff2242]

So nice to see their faces up close, and that they're ordinary people. Not glitsy, supermodels, auditioned for stardom. These ordinary folks brought us all that wonderful music. Thank you.

[@susannemielke6331]

The name of the game von ABBA gehört zu meinen Lieblingssongs

[@hajnalkakun7665]

yes we also love abba

[@opentrunk]

It makes you wonder why they all have runny noses though, doesn't it? 04:21

[@frisco-2.0]

Supermodels? These women from back than were more sexy and attractive as any supermodel from today!!!

[@opentrunk]

It looks to me like the name of the game is let's get another gram of coke.

[@bigmagic96]

Masterpiece after masterpiece... still listening 40 years later

[@edkemerer1118]

Frida is a princess absolutely BEAUTIFUL

[@SC-jh9qp]

Right on both counts. ❤️

[@frivolityrestores9608]

Frida looks like a perfect doll queen and Benny looks like a perfectvdoll king to complete the set. Agnetha is painfully beautiful but looks very smart and Bjorn looks cute and smart as her. So beautiful together all four letting us share these moments. i like how it ends in one of them smiling the other sipping tea, very nonchalant and not fake.

[@motivationchannel512]

I suddenly recall this was my favourite song when I was a young boy...

[@jerilane4420]

Its 2021 and Im sooooooooooo addicted to this band all over again!! It must be the need for a past time when the world was so much better. These four made it that way and their music of course.

[@louiseformosa680]

Exactly the same feeling. Greetings from Malta.

[@keithrg1]

Instant obsession at 11 years old with Waterloo. Never looked back.

[@abigailemelle5600]

A time of innocence and true love

[@mathewreynolds7607]

I'm addicted to meth

[@blackmore4]

The world wasn't any better. You were just younger.

[@julianblake8385]

You listen to Abba and you smile and have faith. Then you lose hope in humanity when you find people in the comments fighting because they can't agree on who was more beautiful: if a super, super hot and talented red head or a super, super hot and talented blonde.

[@fritzzapatak318]

One the real master pieces from the masters of pop. Cannot stop hearing it, just mindblowing. For all times.

[@steveturnbull7869]

It’s a stunning song. And that’s from a lifelong punk!

[@metayful]

best group ever

[@Echnaton1954]

Here in Sweden we say >The one who doesn´t love ABBA is like a cat that lost it´s sleeping place< --- love from Stockholm

[@Thorgallll]

In Sweden Abba was being spit on when they were making hit after hit. That's the truth.

[@markvonmeding4085]

In America what we say if someone doesn't love Abba 💘 is that that 🐈 needs to be spayed ♤ and that's that!

[@abigailemelle5600]

This band is an instrument of the divine to evoke emotions so deep and varied in human beings... there may never be another like them ever again

[@edwardhoran2511]

Omg, Abigail. You are so right!!!

[@deepsix1827]

This, for me, was ABBA's best song. It's perfect.

[@jobu719]

Me toooooooooooo! (From JAPAN)

[@chocolatnoir1108]

YES💯✔️

[@aljanescamos6197]

Indeed

[@scottorummalleus6917]

Agree - it is their best composition, but so many to choose

[@obladi2375]

Arrival

[@joeygambino3487]

Pure Talent

[@EliasAbensur]

One of the best vocal arrangements I've ever heard.

[@tjvanpopta]

Abba had so many unbelievable wonderful songs. Nothing compares to them. Best vocal group in music history.

[@angusthecat6617]

beatles have entered the chat and are chuckling

[@miamitten1123]

@@angusthecat6617 ohh shut up. ABBA could genuinely sing. Beatles were just catchy with not much competition at the time

[@angusthecat6617]

@@miamitten1123 must suck having the IQ of a piano key

[@EricTheBody]

They’re great, but so are The Beach Boys. 🤨

[@TheJimbo1791]

@@angusthecat6617 Well, John Lennon himself said that SOS is the most perfect pop song ever written. But come on, boring answer my friend. There are so many bands, you can say "oh but how about Queen??" or whatever. We can have bold statements, they are fun !

[@federicoariel3536]

I'm 50...and I heard this song when I was 11....40 years loving this song.

[@tianyinjia]

Yah. Me too

[@maidinsaintlouis6387]

federico ariel me too

[@田單-f9v]

me too.

[@benjaminscribner7737]

57 here, still listening to them

[@v.dargain1678]

The game's not over , whatever the name of it . Keep playing ABBA .

[@seanjones2456]

Just think if they were around today with the internet?! They were huge back then, but today? They would have had fans from different galaxies!

[@leewilson2140]

Over 40 years old,knocks the crap out of the modern stuff!!

[@deborahkissinger2260]

No one could ever compare to their harmonies

[@subhajitdeysarkar9724]

the laughter seems so genuine that it brings a smile on my face.

[@venturestar]

100% Agree

[@aissanisamira3160]

Yessss..true.

[@medicatedmenorah]

Benny and Frida as well as Agnetha and Björn were together for the longest time, but their marriages didn’t work out unfortunately.

[@jesusgonzalez3709]

😇😇

[@donovanphillips4973]

Still sparkling 2023!!❤

[@davespeed45]

I think this is one of their underrated songs. It showcases both girls brilliant voices and and is one of my favourite ABBA songs. Top stuff.

[@Davey7358]

This song was a hit all over the world. Including the US. Not underrated. I agree with your other comment though 100%. :)

[@AudieHolland]

As some other commenter said, it seems too complex to have been a major hit. But it was. And it is one of my favourite ABBA songs.

[@cookies6455]

All four of them sing. But yes, the women have amazing voices, but all of them harmonize.