Ring Ring (song)

February 14, 1973

Ring ring is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was written and composed by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson, while acting together as the lead singer Agnetha Fältskog indoor and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. In addition to the well-known English version still exist a Swedish and a German version of the song. All three versions were released in February 1973 in various countries as a single.

The song is about a woman who is eagerly waiting for a call from her friend.

Formation

Ring Ring was 1972/1973 written as a Swedish contribution to the Euro Vision Song Contest 1973. At the same time the three men wanted to reach the international break and end up in the UK and U.S. charts. For this reason, Anderson asked his friend Neil Sedaka to revise the English text again. The receptacle for Ring Ring began on 10 January 1973. A month later, on 10 February, they were so at the time of preliminary decision for the Euro Vision Song Contest. After the show they were convinced of their victory. However, the jury consisting of music experts, and different ring ring occupied at the end to ABBA's great disappointment only place 3 However, the single was released several days later.

Success

In contrast to the music experts on the panel, the single was the plate sellers torn right out of hand. No. 1 on the sales charts, the Swedish version to just lay in second place, the English. By the end of March were about 100,000 copies sold are listed. Even outside Sweden Ring Ring has been very successful, for example in Denmark, Austria, Finland and South Africa as well as in a number of South American countries. Thus, the single managed to sell to the spring of 1974 about 545,000 times.