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Super Trouper was a top-selling 1980 (see 1980 in music) album by Europop stars ABBA. Led by the international hit "Winner Takes It All", Super Trouper was their sixth British chart-topping album. Super Trouper was reissued in digitally remastered form twice; once in 1997, and again in 2001.
Track listing
all songs by Andersson and Ulvaeus
- "Super Trouper" - 4:11
- "The Winner Takes It All" - 4:55
- "On and on and On" - 3:40
- "Andante, Andante" - 4:39
- "Me and I" - 4:54
- "Happy New Year" - 4:23
- "Our Last Summer" - 4:19
- "The Piper" - 3:26
- "Lay All Your Love on Me" - 4:33
- "The Way Old Friends Do" - 2:57
- "Elaine" - 3:44
- "Put On Your White Sombrero" - 4:34
Personnel
ABBA
- Benny Andersson - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Agnetha Fältskog - vocals
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad - vocals
- Björn Ulvaeus - acoustic guitar, vocals
Additional personnel
- Ola Brunkert - drums
- Lars Carlsson - horn
- Anders Glenmark - guitar
- Rutger Gunnarsson - bass, guitar
- Janne Kling - flute, saxophone
- Per Lindvall - drums
- Janne Schaffer - guitar
- Ake Sundqvist - percussion
- Mike Watson - bass
- Lasse Wellander - guitar
- Kajtek Wojciechowski - saxophone
Production
- Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
- Arranger: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Rutger Gunnarsson
- Design: Rune Soderqvist
Trivia
The title track, after its success as a single in the UK was parodied in a sketch on the BBC comedy programme, Not the Nine O'Clock News in 1981. The sketch comprised a very close musical parody of the song, called Super Duper, with rather scathing words about Abba:
- One of us is ugly, one of us is cute
- One of us you'd like to see in her birthday suit
- Two of us write music, two have way a song
- Sorry, in translation, that line come out wrong
Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn, and Agnetha were played (in order) by Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Rowan Atkinson and Pamela Stephenson. The sketch was a very close parody of the video for Super Trouper.
Super Trouper is a registered trademark owned by Strong Entertainment Lighting, for their brand of followspots, i.e., directional spotlights used to follow a performer on stage. A real life example: http://www.strongint.com/products/Strong_Follow_Spots/STShort/
Charts
Album - UK Album Chart
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | UK Album Chart | 1 |
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Billboard 200 | 17 |
Singles - UK Singles Chart
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "The Winner Takes It All" | UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| 1980 | "Super Trouper" | UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| 1981 | "Lay All Your Love On Me" | UK Singles Chart | 7 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "The Winner Takes It All" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |
| 1980 | "The Winner Takes It All" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1980 | "Lay All Your Love On Me/Super Trouper/On And On" | Club Play Singles | 1 |
| 1981 | "Super Trouper" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 45 |
| 1981 | "Super Trouper" | Adult Contemporary | 14 |
| 1981 | "On And On And On" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 90 |