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In 1999, ABBA's music was adapted into Mamma Mia!, a stage musical that toured worldwide and, as of April 2022, is still in the top-ten longest running productions on both Broadway (closed in 2015) and the West End (still running). A film of the same name, released in 2008, became the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom that year.
The song was not originally intended to be released as a single, but was issued in 12-inch form in the UK and a few other countries in 1981. "Lay All Your Love on Me" has since been much covered and is also featured in the Mamma Mia! musical (and its film adaptation), that showcases many of ABBA's hits.
In 2008, the song is performed by Meryl Streep in the film adaptation of Mamma Mia!, and is included on the soundtrack album. In Sámi – "Ruhta, Ruhta, Ruhta" by Ellen Vuolab. In 2010, the YouTube "historyteachers" released a song about King Henry VIII's six wives in the style of the song.
In 2008, the song was covered in a jazz/lounge music style by American group BNB on the album Bossa Mia: Songs of ABBA [50] The song is featured in the Mamma Mia! musical as a recurring musical theme sung by the character of Sophie. At the beginning of the musical, the context of the song is interpreted that Sophie dreams about her real father ...
"Take a Chance on Me" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in January 1978 as the second single from their fifth studio album, ABBA: The Album (1977).
"Fernando" is a song written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, from the Swedish musical group ABBA. The song was written for their fellow group member Anni-Frid Lyngstad and was included on her 1975 album Frida ensam.
When they finally came to use it in the musical Chess, they hoped that no one would notice that part of it had already been used in "Our Last Summer". [5] [2] The song is featured in the ABBA songs-based musical Mamma Mia!, the 2008 film of the same name, and Thor: Love and Thunder. That version was certified Silver by BPI in 2022. [6]
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus KVO1kl (Swedish: [ˈbjœːɳ ɵlˈvěːɵs] ⓘ; born 25 April 1945) [1] is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA. He is also the co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! He co-produced the films Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia!