Eagle (song)

Eagle is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. The song has a duration of 5 minutes and 51 seconds and is therefore the longest of all ABBA songs. The lead vocals are sung by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni- Frid Lyngstad. The song was coupled out in May 1978 with the Thank You for the Music B-side as the third and final single from the album The Album. It is about the freedom that has an eagle.

Formation

The basic instrumental tracks for Eagle were completed in June 1977. In October last overdubs were added. In one hears Fältskog and Lyngstad Eagle sing together, which at that time was already rare. Job titles were initially high or high The Eagle. The final text and title delivered Ulvaeus, when he had the novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull read and was inspired by it.

" I wanted to capture the feeling of freedom and euphoria that I felt while reading this book"

In Taiwan, the single was released in 1977, but with the B-side One Man, One Woman. In April 1978, also a shot in addition to the music video for Thank You for the Music and One Man, One Woman to Eagle.

Furthermore, there's a so-called "radio version " of almost six minutes is only about four minutes instead of the original game duration. It is also known as " Eagle ( Short Version ) " and is located among others on the song lists from The Album (Deluxe Edition), The Definitive Collection and The Essential Collection. In addition, this version is mainly played on the radio.

Achievements

Eagle could not keep up with the success of the previous single Take a Chance on Me. In the countries where it was released, she cut off with only moderate success. The only European country in which the single reached the top position on the charts, Belgium was. In South Africa (2nd place) and Zimbabwe ( 5th place) she was also successful. In the United States and Britain Eagle was not released as a single, just as in Norway and Sweden.

Cover

1993 published the German hard rock band Sargant Fury a cover version of the song on her album Little Fish.