‘Conociendome, Conociendote’ is the Spanish Version of the Abba song ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’ and is one of the songs on the Spanish version of ‘Abba Gold’ which is called ‘Abba Oro’.
I first came across Abba’s Spanish recordings when I saw ‘Abba Oro’ in the HMV shop on Oxford Street in the 1990s. That particular branch is massive and has just about every record you could ever want and because of the sheer size of the store the CDs and records are in alphabetical order and as a result Abba are first.
The album caught my eye and as I looked at it I realised that Abba had recorded a whole load of their hits in Spanish. I put the disc back in the rack and thought no more of it. Many years later I was on the train back from Newcastle to London and was watching various Abba videos on ‘You Tube’ when I saw a video for a Spanish version of the song ‘When All Is Said And Done’ and I was reminded of Abba’s Spanish recordings. I downloaded them from itunes and listened to them all and this one is my favourite.
Although I do not speak Spanish, I love the drama of the language and as I know what the songs are about in English I can follow the ‘action’ so to speak when listening to them. I understand that the Abba Girls recorded the Spanish versions by going back to the original master tapes and re-recording them in Spanish. As some of them were recorded in the 1980s there are some slight differences in the remixes for the songs in the 1980s and this is quite noticeable in this song in particular but I personally think it adds to the song and adds to the drama.
Now listen to the song….
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