TEENAGE HIP-HOP FAN REACTS TO | ABBA - Ring Ring (Official Music Video) | REACTION !

[@Colin-mc4ml]

Chase this is ABBA's first attempt to represent Sweden in the annual Eurovision Song Contest in 1973. Ring Ring was entered into Sweden's Melodifestivalen 1973, whose winner would represent Sweden in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest. ABBA failed to represent Sweden, so they tried again in 1974 and was selected to represent Sweden with the song Waterloo and won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. Eurovision Song Contest is an original song competition between European countries. The competition has been going on since 1956 to unite war-torn Europe after WWII. The Eurovision Song Contest is the biggest TV show in the world.

[@-NiEr]

This song was the winner in Sweden - 1973... kzbin.info/www/bejne/m52XfGipl72EpM0

[@linarandel]

If their outfits isn’t 70’s, I don’t know what is! Love your reactions, greetings from Sweden 😊🇸🇪

[@colinmackillop]

Maybe give their song The Name of the Game a listen. It’s an incredible track

[@discogareth]

ABBA had a regular bank of session musicians who played on all the tracks. Occasionally they’d appear in a video or a TV performance.

[@Muckylittleme]

"Honey, honey" Same era, same outfits. 😁

[@Beboham]

You'll love "Take a chance on me". Very funny and super catchy song with excellent vocal power, Another perfect masterpiece is "The name of the game" 

[@sarablack2547]

it would be good if he did erasure's version inclu the video after.

[@terrykemp1876]

Ah, very early ABBA. They were still finding themselves musically. ABBA had a standard backing band they always used in the studio and live. Not ABBA members as such but always there doing their thing.

[@anotherview7937]

The Visitors song is incredible as is Like An Angel passing Through My Room and Slipping through My Fingers.

[@Vikinggirl1679]

Great song and reaction. This was in the early 70s glam rock era hence the costumes. You can see these actual costumes and many others in the ABBA Museum in Stockholm. Bjorns spikey guitar and Bennys first accordian (his first and favorite instrument ) are there too. They wear these exact same costumes in the video (Honey Honey) another great early ABBA song. FYI Frida, the red haired girl and Bennys wife, was an incredible seamstress and knitter that absolutely loved clothes. She took fashion design classes in case singing didn't work out. In the beginning when they didn't have much money it was Frida that sewed and designed their costumes. Later Owe Sandstrom came in later to help but Frida still had a big say in the costumes. It was her and Owe who designed the iconic cat dresses. He hand painted them and Frida came up with the idea to have a long skirt fastened by velcro at the waist to be taken off and reveal the micro mini skirt version with white boots. Take care

[@alejandrosantanaborquez917]

Hi, Chase!... Great react, as usual 👍 Lovely song from 1973... It's incredible that 50 years have already passed. Maybe it's time for you to see their debut on TV with an original song...: 'People need love', when they weren't called ABBA yet... They introduced themselves as: Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid. ❤🇨🇱🤗👍

[@eduardooscar309]

"People need love" (1972) I agree with you, my dear friend Estoy contigo, querido Amigo

[@chasevickerss]

I'll check it out!

[@craigh5709]

Fantastic again....Thank you Chase. We love you as well. It's highly doubtful that you will find an ABBA song you won't enjoy. Safe to say their legacy is in great hands. I might suggest a video that's different from what you've been listening to. That's a song called Eagle. But get the long version. This song gives you a far better idea of how they ( ABBA) do evolve and the MASTERPIECES they created. Have a brilliant weekend and many thanks again for your time and sincere kindness. Your friend Craig from Australia.

[@Lisa-M]

Hmm, lets wait what he will say to 'I Saw It In The Mirror'. 😅

[@craigh5709]

@@Lisa-M it might surprise us all. 🤷‍♂️😊

[@christianoazzuro6711]

@@Lisa-M lol!oh no!possibly the least fave one from all their discography...Chase plz don't do this. For the moment keep the safe way doing the big hits.

[@Lisa-M]

@@christianoazzuro6711 😁

[@Lisa-M]

@@craigh5709 Maybe. Who knows? ☺

[@Asa...S]

The reason it's just 3 minutes long is because it was an entry to Melodifestivalen (the Swedish selection show that selects Sweden's entry to Eurovision). "Ring Ring" came 3rd in Melodifestivalen 1973. But in 1974 they won both Melodifestivalen and Eurovision with "Waterloo".

[@abbagus1]

Remember there was no KZbin when the craze for them existed so these million views are out of curiosity from new generations. They were the first though that produced videos to promote their singles worldwide in tv , probably the one group that has more videos produced cos they didn’t like to live traveling. Their success promoting this way gave the idea to invent MTV , when they were promoting their last album in 1982. They were also the first group on CD when it was invented , nevertheless their big sales were before this format was commercialized

[@robertdinmore1971]

Here are list of ABBA singles by year 1972 People Need Love 1973 Ring Ring 1974 Waterloo 1974 Honey Honey 1975 So Long 1975 I've Been Waiting For You 1975 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 1975 S.O.S. 1975 Mamma Mia 1976 Fernando 1976 Dancing Queen 1976 Money Money Money 1977 Knowing Me Knowing You 1977 The Name and The Game 1978 Take A Chance On Me 1978 Eagle 1978 Summer Night City 1979 Chiquitita 1979 Does Your Mother Know 1979 Voulez Vous / Angeleyes 1979 Gimme Gimme Gimme 1979 I Have A Dream 1980 The Winner Takes It All 1980 On & On & On 1980 Super Trouper 1981 Lay All You Love On Me 1981 One Of Us 1982 Head Over Heals 1982 The Day Before You Came 1982 Under Attack 1983 Thank You For the Music 2021 I Still Have Faith In You 2021 Don't Shut Me Down 2021 Just A Notion 2021 Little Things

[@eduardooscar309]

remember that some songs were singles only in a few countries, for example Honey honey I've been waiting for You. Eagle On and on and on

[@shinakuma2774]

This is an inaccurate list... eagle wasn't a single , when all is said is done was a single and there are other errors

[@raywright8226]

​@@shinakuma2774Both of the songs you mentioned were singles here in Australia.

[@brentgunderson1349]

We're SO lucky to have all these videos from back then. Videos were not a thing then like they are now. MTV didn't even debut until mid 1981. One reason we have a lot of these older video clips is because of concerts, but most of all for T.V. shows. ABBA and The Carpenters are both rare in the fact that they created actual videos for almost every song they put out as a single, and even some songs that weren't. The reason is because they were so huge that they couldn't possibly be touring constantly or in all the countries to make appearances on shows to promote new singles. So by creating videos they could just be sent to T.V. shows around the world for promotion. If you notice, ABBA was particularly savvy in recording songs that would specifically cater to different parts of the world. "Fernando" and "Chiquitita" for the Latin markets, "Mamma Mia" Italian, "Voulez-Vous" French, and so on. Brilliant marketing. And get this. Over the course of the 1970s ABBA were second only to Volvo cars as Sweden’s biggest export! How amazing is THAT?!?

[@tomnoziglia8385]

Great reaction Chase. This was an early ABBA song when they were discovering their sound. A truly infectious hook, and yes, you gotta love those outfits! You cam never go wrong with an ABBA song.

[@jselectronics8215]

They asked Neal Sedaka to write the English lyrics for them.

[@eduardooscar309]

I want to leave you a separate comment You will have noticed that many of us, including myself, in your reaction to "Ring Ring" cited Eurovision and the song "Waterloo" At the time ABBA was formed, Swedish music and artists did not have much global, or even European, significance. That's why the classic Eurovison song contest was like a launching pad for many unknown artists. ABBA's manager knew this very well, and was confident that Björn and Benny were going to achieve international success as composers. That's why when they were invited to the Melodiefestivalen in 1973 (the Swedish preselection to classify the representative for Eurovision) he thought about the possibility of incorporating Agnetha and Frida to that invitation, and that's how the four of them presented themselves, under the name of "Björn and Benny, Agnetha and Frida" singing "Ring Ring" They came out only third, (with Agnetha physically limited due to being 8 months pregnant) but the Swedish public made "Ring Ring" the musical event of the year From that defeat the basis of the next attempt is born The following year, under the definitive name of ABBA, they recorded a song in the same style but even more powerful: "Waterloo." and with it they swept first in Sweden, and then in the Eurovision grand final held in Brighton UK exactly 50 years ago "Waterloo" will be ABBA's first great global hit, and in my opinion the most important song in its history, and its victory in Eurovision I consider it the most important musical act of the 70s. "Waterloo" is less than 3 minutes long, it is the 13th ABBA song with the most views on KZbin and the 7th with the most downloads on Spotify My suggestion is that you search on KZbin for the live performance with which ABBA won Eurovision exactly 50 years ago. because it is a historical fact, for ABBA and for music and the official video is very similar to this one for "Ring Ring", given that they were filmed on consecutive days and in the same room (the only thing that changes are the outfits and the three backup musicians are not there) put in the youtube search engine: ABBA Eurovision Waterloo and you will now have all the downloads available and that performance is absolutely live, it is the only time you will see ABBA competing (actually there is a previous one, in Sweden) and until now you have not seen ABBA live, only official videos with their recorded studio tracks all that ABBA was and still is now, was born these magic night in Brighton UK when ABBA shock all the world with the iconic banger "Waterloo"

[@electromaniac1]

This video is from 1974. There's a performance från Denmark in 1973. The soundscape is very Phil Spector influenced. The engineer Michael B. Tretow did as usual wonders engineering this song.

[@klauskotowski6588]

Your are a so Sweet Person to Look with much love you hear & to be the Music 😇👊👏👏👏🥰🤝☺️

[@GINGERALERR]

The other 3 musicians weren't part of the group, but played on many of their recordings back then.

[@chrisakehurst6937]

Have a look at Does Your Mother Know/Hole In Your Soul Live from Wembley 1979

[@АнтонНефёдов-ч6э]

I definetly recommend react to this video: ABBA: So Long (HQ) Made In Sweden. You won't be dissapointed :) Also you should see "Summer night city" and "Thank you for the music".

[@eduardooscar309]

"Summer Night City" I prefer the live perfomance in London 1979 5 minutes of a live Masterpiece

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

The other guy is playing a Gibson Les Paul, gold top. Now that is a cool guitar!

[@ruuddhont2098]

One of their earlier hits...the outfits were iconic

[@stevehulse4005]

Classic ABBA sound and there are several versions of this, the original 1973 version, the 1974 remix released after Waterloo in the U.K. only which was somewhat slower and I think there is an American remix plus various different language versions too.

[@mervinmannas7671]

You have by now realised ABBAs diversity you must do Eagle it will blow you away

[@eduardooscar309]

when You suggested "Eagle" You must added , the long version, almost 6 minutes and not the official video, only a bit more than 3 minutes

[@mervinmannas7671]

@@eduardooscar309 no you are right long version soooooo much better

[@MrFishface1]

I suggest you do Eagle next, the production on this song is amazing and as usual, stunning vocals from the ladies.

[@Lisa-M]

But he should definitely make sure that he reacts to the long album version which lasts almost six minutes.

[@chasevickerss]

I'll check it out!

[@eduardooscar309]

​@@chasevickerss please the long versión also You can surch and find a great video with "Eagle" from 'ABBA The Movie' (1977)

[@helenpeterson]

​@@chasevickerssthere is a video featuring the LONG version that is a must and its from ABBA THE MOVIE.

[@shinakuma2774]

Yep.. my first fav Abba song as a kid.. def catchy as... love you're getting into these.. there's so much gold out there.. id love to know what you think of one of their older tracks 'watch out' abba and non abba fans like this track.. was the b side of Waterloo.. but its awesome!

[@The_Jupiter2_Mission]

The mix for the American market was better with the added sax, guitar mix brought more forward and the vocals not pitched up as Michael Tretow was want to do a lot in the early songs.

[@The_Nightsong]

I'm Swedish, and few things bring out my inner patriot like ABBA, Skarsgårds and Sabaton 😊🥰🥰🥰

[@rdwulf6289]

Whenever you get round to listening to their track Eagle, please make sure it's the album version. It's full length and far superior to edited version.

[@nocturne7371]

As a Swede growing up in the 70s, hearing this song in English is so weird. I only heard the Swedish version until some time in the 2000s. Same is true for Fernando and Waterloo. It took me a long time to hear the English versions insted of the Swedish, and it's still weird to hear it in English.

[@rolandbotica4139]

Hi Chase, I love all of your abba reaction videos. May I suggest other great catchy songs by them: Super Trouper, Voulez Vous, and Eagle. They are gems. God bless you dude and keep em comin! 💙😊🕊

[@chasevickerss]

Added!

[@ollier67]

we love you to Chase stay safe take care

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Chase! ☎

[@chasevickerss]

You bet!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

@@chasevickerss 😊

[@rayfaircloth8253]

This was their 1973 entry into the Eurovision contest where they placed 5th I believe. All songs had a time limit of 3:00 minutes.

[@thehoogard]

I kind of like the saxophones they incorporated in the us-version.

[@raymondpeterson952]

my opinion only but i honestly don't think i've ever heard a bad ABBA song...

[@dsludge8217]

An unlikely but still influence on the wild stage clothes of the 70s and 80s was the Swedish Tax Authorities. You see, the bands could make deductions for their stage clothes - but only if they were too wild to be used as everyday clothing.

[@anthonyjames4648]

👍❤

[@terrykemp1876]

Super Trouper next. Or Under Attack.

[@eduardooscar309]

Hello again, dear young friend Thank you for making "Ring Ring", when ABBA was not called that I remember that when I was young (now I am almost 65 years old) there was no cell phone or internet, and not everyone had a telephone; and when I left my parents protested because I hung up the phone to talk to my girlfriend, or was waiting for her call, and I didn't want them to use it and occupy it what times those hahaha "Ring ring" was composed to go to Eurovision 1973 but was third in the Swedish preselection:(Melodiefestivalen) there they went with Agnetha with a very advanced first pregnancy (at eight months, you can see in some photos) "Ring Ring" is the third single (and first album) from the future quartet ABBA (in these times they called themselves as 'Bjorn and Benny; Agnetha and Frida') "Ring Ring" is the only ABBA song in english that have another more songwriters It's because their manager Stig Anderson called to Neil Sedaka for an english lyrics , and he did it with Pill Cody surely because of Agnetha's pregnancy and her postpartum, the future ABBA did not have many chances to promote "Ring Ring" That is why there is even a curious one: a TV presentation from 1973 performing "Ring Ring" without the presence of Agnetha, with Inger (a friend of Frida) in her place after Agnetha's postpartum the future ABBA makes a presentation in Denmark and there they film two videos: "Ring Ring" and "Love isn't easy" This official video is from 1974 After the victory in Eurovision with "Waterloo", ABBA begins with their official videos, and in two days they filmed both: "Waterloo" and "Ring Ring" the costumes they wear are superheroes, to be different from those of Waterloo ABBA remixed the original recording from 1973, when they first applied the 'wall of sound' technique ABBA decided to release "Ring Ring" again in the UK and other countries in 1974, as the follow-up single after "Waterloo", but it barely reached number 32 in the UK. For me it is a very good song (8pts) it had its success a little beyond Sweden in 1973 and other European countries It's glam rock style, like the next, the glorious and iconic banger masterpiece "Waterloo" and last date "Ring Ring" was first ABBA song recorded in spanish language (also other languages), but not released in their time (that's why "Chiquitita" is first ABBA song released in spanish language) And now to the 50th anniversary of "Ring Ring" album ABBA did the official video in 4k and released a new special edition of the album See you next time God bless you! my best regards to you from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷 South America

[@clapiotis]

Lots of interesting info and a great read. Thanks for sharing and greetings from Athens, Greece.

[@eduardooscar309]

@@clapiotis Athens! It is my beloved city since I studied Ancient History in my first year of high school in 1970, more than 50 years ago. I love Greek mythology and civilization It is very difficult, due to the great geographical distance, and due to the particular economic situation in my country Argentina, to be able to make trips for retired people like me. but if i could do it Athens, along with Rome and Jerusalem, are the cities in the world that I would like to know because of their fantástic history.

[@clapiotis]

​@@eduardooscar309 I hope one day you make it in one of those cities, and why not, all of them. Thanks for the response.

[@mikaelhultberg9543]

This English version of Ring Ring is from the album of the same name from 1973. There is also an original Swedish version from 1972. Aditionally there are versions in German and Spanish. And no, the extra mucisians in this video are not part of the group.

[@electromaniac1]

The single in Swedish was also released in 1973 after it was performed at the Swedish Melodifestivalen (Eurovision). Not in 1972. They started recording the song on January 10, 1973.

[@eduardooscar309]

in 1972 the furure ABBA recording two singles People need love & He is your brother Ring Ring was recorded in 1973

[@halldorra]

Excactly how Austrailians met ABBA

[@ArthurVerhulst]

Hej Chase, what's the instrumental piece of music you end your vids with? I really like it a lot 👍🏻

[@vansting]

At the time ABBA was really not liked by musicians and people working in the industry. The sound was to cute to be taken seriously.

[@harrycallahan9069]

How this never won at Eurovision 1973 is sacrilege

[@shinakuma2774]

Abba was only ever 4 members from the get go

[@michaeltipton5500]

I can honestly say that I don't remember this one.

[@muffelbuffel7836]

One of the first ABBA songs in English. In the Swedish version it sounds like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hISve4B3oMd3pLssi=9m4WoN0b2uRIij1P

[@abrahampresence8297]

You chatter to much. Let's hear more of the music. You are to disruptive. Not needed.