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"I don't like ABBA... I hate it when I go to a club to find out they decided to play oldies all night... These songs make me sick."
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ABBA Duo Collaborating Again

Published May 10th, 2009 by Wendy
Mamma Mia program cover
Creative Commons License photo credit: yumiang

ABBA stars Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus are set to premiere their first newly written pop song in 15 years, according to a report on Nme.com

According to NME, the song, called ‘Story Of A Heart’, will be released on July 6. It is available as part of a 14-track album by Andersson’s 16-member group The Benny Andersson Band.

Vocals on the track have been translated into English, and are sung by Swedish star Helen Sjöholm. The song will also incorporate Swedish folk music, polka, waltzes and Celtic folk.

The Benny Andersson Band will be performing a free concert in London as part of a Sweden On Stage Festival on July 4. A year ago on July 4, all four ABBA members were reunited at the Swedish premiere of the film Mamma Mia!

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About ABBA Plus Free ABBA Music

Published July 23rd, 2008 by Karen

This group should’ve faded away in the ‘70s, but for some reason ABBA has endured. Last week Mamma Mia hit theatres. Starring Meryl Streep, the movie musical is based on the successful Broadway play inspired by the music of ABBA.

ABBA fans are wild about it and can’t seem to get enough of this Swedish pop sensation, so today we’re offering something special for all the ABBA fans:

Five Things You Probably Didn’t Know About ABBA

1. In addition to being a palindrome, ABBA is an acronym for the band members’ names (Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn, Anni-Frid)

2. Former ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert died in his garden in 2008. While it was tragic, we can’t help but be reminded of Spinal Tap (one of the band’s drummer’s died in, “a bizarre gardening accident.”).

3. After ABBA, Bjorn and Benny teamed up with Tim Rice for a musical called Chess. The group released a concept album/play soundtrack featured the unlikely hit song, “One Night in Bangkok.” (See the weird video, here.)

4. ABBA is Swedish, but the band scored a hit with 1980’s Gracia Por La Musica, a compilation of ABBA songs performed in Spanish.

5. Mamma Mia! isn’t the only ABBA-themed musical. In 1983 the musical Abbacadabra debuted on French television.

Free ABBA mp3 music downloads

Abba—Mamma Mia mp3
Abba—Dancing Queen mp3
Abba—Fernando mp3