Thank You for the Music (box set)

Thank You for the Music

Box set by ABBA

Released

31 October 1994

Pop

Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

ABBA chronology

More Gold: More Hits
(1993)

Thank You for the Music
(1994)

The Definitive Collection
(2001)

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Thank You for the Music is the title of a box set by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1994. It has 66 tracks (separated onto four discs), including songs from the early ABBA days, such as "People Need Love" and "He Is Your Brother", as well as their most popular and recognisable songs ("Dancing Queen" and "Mamma Mia" etc.). Many (but not all) non-album B-sides appear on the box set, many appearing on CD for the first time.

The fourth CD includes a host of rarities, most notable being the "ABBA Undeleted" excerpt, which is a 23 minute medley of various songs that never saw the light of day either as a single or as an album track. It also contains some of the group's songs in different languages, as well as an alternate version of ’Thank You For The Music’, the song ’Dream World’ (dating back to the Voulez-Vous sessions) and the Super Trouper outtake, ’Put On Your White Sombrero’.

In 2008 the Thank You For The Music box set was reissued in downsized packaging with a revised booklet, although the disc contents remain exactly the same as the original release.

Track listing

Disc 1

All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"People Need Love"	2:46
2.	"Another Town, Another Train"	3:13
3.	"He Is Your Brother"	3:19
4.	"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"	2:55
5.	"Ring Ring" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus, N. Sedaka, P. Cody)	3:02
6.	"Waterloo" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	2:44
7.	"Hasta Mañana" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	3:09
8.	"Honey, Honey" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	2:56
9.	"Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)"	3:12
10.	"So Long"	3:05
11.	"I've Been Waiting for You" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	3:38
12.	"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	3:17
13.	"SOS" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	3:21
14.	"Mamma Mia" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	3:32
15.	"Fernando"	4:12
16.	"Dancing Queen" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	3:50
17.	"That's Me" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	3:16
18.	"When I Kissed the Teacher"	3:01
19.	"Money, Money, Money"	3:08
20.	"Crazy World"	3:49
21.	"My Love, My Life" (written by Benny Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	3:53

Disc 2

All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Knowing Me, Knowing You" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	4:02
2.	"Happy Hawaii" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	4:24
3.	"The Name of the Game" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	3:57
4.	"I Wonder (Departure)" (Live; written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	4:26
5.	"Eagle"	5:49
6.	"Take a Chance on Me"	4:03
7.	"Thank You for the Music"	3:49
8.	"Summer Night City" (Previously unreleased full length version)	4:14
9.	"Chiquitita"	5:26
10.	"Lovelight" (Alternate remix)	3:19
11.	"Does Your Mother Know"	3:15
12.	"Voulez-Vous"	4:19
13.	"Angeleyes"	4:18
14.	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"	4:48
15.	"I Have a Dream"	4:44

Disc 3

All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Winner Takes It All"	4:54
2.	"Elaine"	3:46
3.	"Super Trouper"	4:13
4.	"Lay All Your Love On Me"	4:33
5.	"On and On and On"	3:39
6.	"Our Last Summer"	4:18
7.	"The Way Old Friends Do" (Live)	2:53
8.	"The Visitors"	5:48
9.	"One of Us"	3:57
10.	"Should I Laugh or Cry"	4:27
11.	"Head over Heels"	3:46
12.	"When All Is Said and Done"	3:15
13.	"Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"	3:36
14.	"The Day Before You Came"	5:49
15.	"Cassandra"	4:50
16.	"Under Attack"	3:44

Disc 4

All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Put On Your White Sombrero"	4:27
2.	"Dream World"	3:36
3.	"Thank You for the Music" (Doris Day Version)	4:03
4.	"Hej Gamle Man!"	3:21
5.	"Merry-Go-Round"	3:20
6.	"Santa Rosa"	3:01
7.	"She's My Kind of Girl"	2:44
8.	"Medley: Pick a Bale of Cotton - On Top Of Old Smokey - Midnight Special" (Traditional, arranged by B. Andersson & B. Ulvaeus)	4:21
9.	"You Owe Me One"	3:25
10.	"Slipping Through My Fingers/Me And I" (Live)	8:37
11.	"ABBA Undeleted: "Scaramouche"/"Summer Night City"/"Take a Chance on Me"/"Baby" (Early version of "Rock Me")/"Just a Notion"/"Rikky Rock ’n’ Roller"/"Burning My Bridges"/"Fernando (Frida Swedish solo version)" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)/"Here Comes Rubie Jamie" (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)/"Hamlet III Part 1 & 2"/"Free as a Bumble Bee"/"Rubber Ball Man"/"Crying Over You"/"Just Like That" (Saxophone version)/"Givin’ a Little Bit More"	23:30
12.	"Waterloo" (French/Swedish Version) (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	2:40
13.	"Ring Ring" (Swed./Spa./Ger. Version) (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	4:21
14.	"Honey, Honey" (Swedish Version) (written by B. Andersson, S. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus)	2:57

Personnel

ABBA

Benny Andersson - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
Agnetha Fältskog - vocals
Anni-Frid Lyngstad - vocals
Björn Ulvaeus - acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals

Additional personnel

Ulf Andersson - saxophone
Ola Brunkert - drums
Lars Carlsson - horn
Christer Eklund - saxophone
Malando Gassama - percussion
Anders Glenmark - guitar
Rutger Gunnarsson - bass
Roger Palm - drums
Janne Schaffer - guitar
Åke Sundqvist - percussion
Mike Watson - bass
Lasse Wellander - guitar

Production

Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Engineer: Michael Tretow
Design: Intro, London
Liner Notes: Carl Magnus Palm

References

↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r212077

ABBA

Anni-Frid Lyngstad Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson Agnetha Fältskog

Studio albums	Ring Ring Waterloo ABBA Arrival ABBA: The Album Voulez-Vous Super Trouper The Visitors

Compilations	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Gracias Por La Música The Singles: The First Ten Years Thank You for the Music Hits! Hits! Hits! The Songbook – Australian Chart Hits Gold: Greatest Hits Oro: Grandes Éxitos More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits Thank You for the Music (box set) Love Stories The Definitive Collection 18 Hits The Complete Studio Recordings Number Ones The Albums

Other albums	ABBA Live List of ABBA tribute albums Abba-esque The ABBA Generation ABBAmania Abbasalutely Rajaton Sings ABBA with Lahti Symphony Orchestra A Tribute to ABBA Mamma Mia Mamma Mia! Original Cast Recording Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack Live at Wembley Arena

Tours and TV specials	Eurovision Song Contest 1974 European & Australian Tour (ABBA) ABBA: The Tour Dick Cavett Meets ABBA Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Films and musicals	ABBA: The Movie The Girl with the Golden Hair Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! (film)

Video games	SingStar ABBA ABBA: You Can Dance

Related music	Discography Awards and nominations Songs Just Like That Unreleased songs ABBA: The Museum Music of Sweden

Related individuals	Stig Anderson Rutger Gunnarsson Ola Brunkert Michael B. Tretow Lasse Hallström A-Teens Björn Again Linda Ulvaeus

Book:ABBA

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