Voulez-Vous (song)
Voulez -Vous is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA, which originally appeared on the same album. It was written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. The song has a playing time of 5 minutes 11 seconds; the main Agnetha Fältskog singing voices and Anni-Frid Lyngstad together. In July 1979, the piece with Angel Eyes on the B - side was released as a single.
Formation
Voulez -Vous was created in Andersson and Ulvaeus ' stay in the Bahamas in January 1979. Because Miami is not far away, they decided to record the instrumental tracks in the Convention therein " Criteria Recording Studios ". In the same studio, the Bee Gees made their shots. Was started on 1 February, with support from some other musicians of the band Foxy and producers, as well as mixers, including, for example, Tom Dowd. With job titles like Song X or America, the song was finally completed in March. In the music video ABBA singing in a club in front of a dancing audience. It was filmed "Film Studio Europe " in Stockholm on April 5, 1979.
Angel Eyes
This song with the working title Katakusom was started on 26th October 1978 revisions lasted until mid-November. The originally planned Spanish version was never recorded. Angel Eyes was initially only released in the UK as the A- side, because the label where appropriate " Epic Records " said it was stronger than Voulez -Vous. After Voulez -Vous did not come to the United States on 80th place out, Angel Eyes was also published there, but made it only to number 64 in the charts.
Publications and achievements
Voulez -Vous arrived in Belgium at No. 1 and in Ireland, Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands in the top ten. In Germany, the single reached the "Top 15".
Swell
- Carl Magnus Palm: light and shadow. ABBA - The True Story. Bosworth Musikverlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86543-100-4 ( German translation: Helmut Müller).
- Carl Magnus Palm: Abba. Story and songs compact. Bosworth Music, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86543-227-8 ( story and songs Compact), ( German translation: Cecilia Senge ).