ABBA Hits In The UK
Submitted by Martin1983 on Tue, 01/25/2005 - 06:36
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- Waterloo - #1 (1974)
- Ring Ring - #32 (1974)
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - #38 (1975)
- S.O.S. - #6 (1975)
- Mamma Mia - #1 (1975)
- Fernando - #1 (1976)
- Dancing Queen - #1 (1976)
- Money, Money, Money - #3 (1976)
- Knowing Me, Knowing You - #1 (1977)
- The Name Of The Game - #1 (1977)
- Take A Chance On Me - #1 (1978)
- Summer Night City - #5 (1978)
- Chiquitita - #2 (1979)
- Does Your Mother Know - #4 (1979)
- Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous - #3 (1979)
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - #3 (1979)
- I Have A Dream - #2 (1979)
- The Winner Takes It All - #1 (1980)
- Super Trouper - #1 (1980)
- Lay All Your Love On Me - #7 (1981)
- One Of Us - #3 (1981)
- Head Over Heels - #25 (1982)
- The Day Before You Came - #32 (1982)
- Under Attack - #26 (1982)
- Thank You For The Music - #33 (1983)
ABBA shot to fame in the UK after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo in 1974. They initially found it difficult to follow up their success, but eventually got a foothold in the charts, with SOS giving them their second top-ten hit, followed by three number ones in 1976. More success followed through the late 1970s and in 1980, with ABBA's lyrical and music style maturing. The later singles did not sell as well as the group's earlier work and ultimately, the band split up in 1982.
Lay All Your Love On Me, released in 1981, was the highest (at the time) single to chart that was released on a 12inch record, rather than the standard 7inch.
Dancing Queen and Waterloo were later reissued in 1992 and 2004, the latter for the song's thirtieth anniversary of its Eurovision win.