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ABBA I Have A Dream

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Channel: daveinprogress3 · 2015 · Howto & Style

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Abba-mania had truly begun to subside once the new decade began. The mid seventies onwards saw a fever pitch dynamic only seen once before in the land downunder = Beatlemania!

Abba may not have been discovered by Australia first, but we take the credit for their breakout on the world stage after a litany of singles raced to the top of our charts in late 1975 and in the next few years multiple hit singles and albums made them superstars on the other side of the world forcing other regions to sit up & notice.

The legendary 1977 tour, the movie shot whilst they performed in Australia, the tv specials. all led to a saturation that was inevitable and the backlash that followed was gradual. but thankfully not terminal. The two years in between the tour and the release of 'Voulez Vous' saw a somewhat muted response to their single releases.'Take a chance on me', 'Eagle', 'Summer night city' all failed to make the Top 10. Although 'Chiquitita' and 'Does your mother know' were solid successes, the failure of the title track and the subject of this post were telling. It took an itinerant disco track 'Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)' to see them return to the top 10 in late 1979.

'I have a dream' is one of their most beautiful recordings and one of their biggest hits in the northern hemisphere - reaching #2 in England and #! in Austria and Canada. In Oz it only managed a #64 peak. Used effectively in the 'Mamma Mia' musical and movie; it is just one classic in a treasure trove of gems that will live on, long after the lifetimes of the Super Swedes.

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