Super Trouper
Super Trouper was a top-selling 1980 (see 1980 in music) album by Europop stars ABBA. Led by the international hit "Winner Takes It All", Super Trouper was their sixth British chart-topping album.
Track listing
all songs by Andersson and Ulvaeus - "Super Trouper - 4:11"The Winner Takes It All - 4:55"On and on and On - 3:40"Andante, Andante - 4:39"Me and I - 4:54"Happy New Year - 4:23"Our Last Summer - 4:19"The Piper - 3:26"Lay All Your Love on Me - 4:33"The Way Old Friends Do [live] - 2:57
Personnel
ABBA - Benny Andersson - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Agnetha Fältskog - vocals
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad - vocals
- Björn Ulvaeus - acoustic guitar, vocals
Additional personnelOla Brunkert - drumsLars Carlsson - hornAnders Glenmark - guitarRutger Gunnarsson - bass, guitarJanne Kling - flute, saxophonePer Lindvall - drumsJanne Schaffer - guitarAke Sundqvist - percussionMike Watson - bassLasse Wellander - guitarKajtek Wojciechowski - saxophone
ProductionProducers: Benny Andersson, Björn UlvaeusEngineer: Michael B. TretowArranger: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Rutger GunnarssonDesign: Rune Soderqvist
Trivia
The title track, after its success as a single in the UK was parodied in a sketch on the BBC comedy programme, Not the Nine O'Clock News in 1981. The sketch comprised a very close musical parody of the song, called Super Duper, with rather scathing words about Abba: - One of us is ugly, one of us is cute
: One of us you'd like to see in her birthday suit
: Two of us write music, two have way a song
: Sorry, in translation, that line come out wrong
Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn, and Agnetha were played (in order) by Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Rowan Atkinson and Pamela Stephenson. The sketch was a very close parody of the video for Super Trouper.
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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