If you haven’t noticed yet I am a massive fan of Abba and have loved their music ever since my Dad bought me ‘Take A Chance On Me’ in 1976 (Song 76) but it is their later music that I love the most. Songs like ‘The Winner Takes It All’ and ‘Slipping Through My Fingers’ (Song 162) are works of true genius as is this song.
I first came across this one when I heard a version by Blancmange, which was a ‘B’ side of one of their singles back in 1982 and having loved Blancmange’s version (which was very similar) I sought out the original which I love even more.
The last Abba song to be recorded (though not the last to be released) this song is a homage to how ‘mundane and ordinary’ can be changed by ‘an event’ or ‘someone coming into your life’ into something new and exciting and in this song Abba reflect on the tedious nature of things ‘the day before you came’ and changed my life. I love the train rhythm beat, the wonderful use of modern synthesiser sounds and the fantastic voice of Agnetha singing (once again) a truly amazing lyric. This song is a masterpiece and even though it was never released as a single in the UK it was in the ‘Top Ten’ favourite Abba songs in a recent UK poll.
Now listen to the song…
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