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The Joy of ABBA

Between 1974 and 1982, ABBA plundered the Anglo-Saxon charts but divided critical opinion. This documentary explores how they raised the bar for pop music as a form and made us fall in love with the sound of Swedish melancholy. A saga about the soul of pop.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 7 Apr 2024 00:30
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • ABBA

    Gimme Gimme Gimme

  • ABBA

    Chiquitita

  • ABBA

    Super Trouper

  • The Vipers Skiffle Group

    The Glory Land

  • Hootenanny Singers

    En HÃ¥ttespeleman

  • The Hep Stars

    Cadillac

  • The Hep Stars

    No Response

  • The Hep Stars

    Sunny Girl

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    Det Kommer En Var

  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad

    En Ledig Dag

  • Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus

    Hej, Gamle Man

  • Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & Agnetha Fältskog

    People Need Love

  • ABBA

    Rock n Roll Band

  • ABBA

    I Am Just a Girl

  • ABBA

    Fernando

  • ABBA

    Ring Ring

  • ABBA

    Waterloo

  • ABBA

    I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

  • ABBA

    S.O.S.

  • ABBA

    Mamma Mia

  • ABBA

    Money Money Money

  • ABBA

    Does Your Mother Know

  • George McCrae

    Rock Your Baby

  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

  • ABBA

    The Name of the Game

  • ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

  • ABBA

    Summer Night City

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Oliver's Army

  • The Clash

    Spanish Bombs

  • Sex Pistols

    Pretty Vacant

  • ABBA

    The Winner Takes it All

  • ABBA

    Intermezzo #1

  • ABBA

    The Visitors

  • ABBA

    Slipping Through My Fingers

  • ABBA

    The Day Before You Came

  • ABBA

    Thank You For The Music

  • ABBA

    Take a Chance on Me

  • ABBA

    Tiger

  • 00:00

    ABBA

    Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

  • 00:01

    ABBA

    Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

  • 00:03

    ABBA

    Dancing Queen

  • 00:17

    ABBA

    Fernando

  • 00:19

    David Bowie

    Queen B****

  • 00:22

    ABBA

    Waterloo

  • 00:23

    Makeup and Vanity Set

    A Glowing Light, A Promise

  • 00:24

    ABBA

    Waterloo

  • 00:27

    ABBA

    S.O.S.

  • 00:28

    ABBA

    I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

  • 00:28

    ABBA

    So Long

  • 00:32

    ABBA

    Mamma Mia

  • 00:35

    ABBA

    Does Your Mother Know

  • 00:35

    The Wailers

    Get Up Stand Up

  • 00:36

    ABBA

    Dancing Queen

  • 00:39

    ABBA

    The Name Of The Game

  • 00:42

    ABBA

    Summer Night City

  • 00:43

    ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

  • 00:43

    Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Oliver's Army

  • 00:47

    Sex Pistols

    Pretty Vacant

  • 00:48

    ABBA

    The Winner Takes It All

  • 00:58

    ABBA

    Take a Chance on Me

Credits

Executive Producer Mark Cooper
Producer Ben Whalley
Director Ben Whalley

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