Did ABBA sing in French?
“Waterloo” was the only song ABBA recorded in French…
Was Waterloo banned?
Some songs were banned for only a limited period, and have since received BBC airplay, while others were banned many years after having been first aired, as was the case of the Cure’s “Killing an Arab”, ABBA’s “Waterloo”, Queen’s “Killer Queen”, the Boomtown Rats’ “I Don’t Like Mondays” and 67 other songs which were …
How many languages did ABBA record in?
ABBA recorded songs in five languages. Most of ABBA’s songs were recorded in English. They recorded 4 songs in Swedish, three in German, one in French and 15 in Spanish.
Did ABBA sing in English at Eurovision?
On 6 April 1974, the song was the winning entry for Sweden in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest….Waterloo (ABBA song)
| “Waterloo” | |
|---|---|
| “Waterloo (Eurovision Performance)” on YouTube | |
| Eurovision Song Contest 1974 entry | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Artist(s) | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad |
Does Voulez-vous mean in English?
Do you want?
“Voulez-Vous” (pronounced [vule vu] voo-lay-voo; French for “Do you want?”) is a 1979 song by the Swedish group ABBA, written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
Why is Waterloo banned in USA?
Sometimes these bans can be head-scratchers, which is true of the 1990s ban on ABBA’s ‘Waterloo’. Due to its connotations with armies and fighting, amidst the ongoing Gulf War, BBC deemed it inappropriate to play, despite few actually connecting this song to literal war.
Who has the best voice in ABBA?
Frida was the best singer in terms of her technical ability. She had a background in jazz; she also had the widest range. Agnetha wasn’t technically as good, but still very good. She sang in a Swedish production of ‘Jesus Christ, Superstar’, and her singing there is wonderful, even though she was only a teenager.
Can the members of ABBA speak English?
They have always been reasonably fluent in English as a second language and comfortable singing in English. When ABBA started neither Anni-frid or Agnetha spoke English and they performed their early English songs phonetically.