Categories: Music

ABBA: Tracks from “Mamma Mia!”

ABBA, the world-popular Swedish band, in the 1970s produced many hits that to this day remain well-known and highly recognizable to millions. While ABBA songs have always received widespread airplay, we have been recently hearing more about ABBA and their classic music since the debut of “Mamma Mia!” on Broadway and the release of the 2008 film based on the Broadway production.

My awareness of ABBA was limited to about four of the band’s songs up until seeing the film “Mamma Mia!” in the movie theaters over the summer of 2008. Amazed by the many hits and wide array of music ABBA produced over the relatively short seven or eight years during which the group peaked on the charts, I decided to do a little digging and find out when the songs were released and how some performed on the U.S. charts.

Chiquitita

This song hit the charts in 1979 and peaked in 1980, topping out at #29 on the charts.

Dancing Queen

One of the most popular ABBA songs, and for good reason: this ABBA song reached the #1 spot in 1977 and spent fifteen weeks in the Top 40.

Does Your Mother Know

This 1979 ABBA hit spent ten weeks in the Top 40, reaching the #19 spot.

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

Released as a single in 1979.

Honey, Honey

One of the earlier ABBA hits, Honey, Honey spent four weeks in the Top 40 Billboard charts in late 1974; the song reached #27.

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do