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  • This song is SO freaking good. I gotta youtube-cover it on bass

  • Abba are my favvourite band of all time ,and I have all their albums so I will say after lots and lots of listening here is my opinion of their best all time album so here it is My favourite is The Visitors , it is so grown up and classy it is full of of great music great melody it is is what I would call ein meisterwerk

  • This song has a *perfect* tempo. They couldn't of done it any better.

  • ohhh ABBA ohhh ABBA i miss you so much, never i see or hear a pop group like you thanks for all tat sound you give us.

  • I don't think my life would have been the same without this band...

  • LOL, what are you guys talking about B-sides. ABBA never had a B-side, only 2 A-sides ;-) Great song, great voices, ABBA makes nowadays bands seem childish.

  • does it sound weird if I say I find this one of the best ABBA songs ?

  • @maicod WEIRD? Far from it, easily one of their best. Cannot understand why it didn't get more acclaim than it did.

  • @flosampee thanks

  • Mistrzostwo świata nie do przebicia

  • Abba were in my humble opinion the best band ever no one comes close

  • The lyrics. . . it is unbelievable that a human wrote this, it is so amazing!

  • An ABBA Classic Top Twenty Chart Hit from 1983. MPC Chart Positions; 12 - 3- 3 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 6 - 20 Thanks for posting!

  • 'Should I Laugh Or Cry' is one of my favourite ABBA songs. It has excellent vocals by Frida & Agnetha and the backing track is wonderful and its a wonderful B-Side to 'One Of Us'.

  • AMAZING!<3 ABBA THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!

  • good song, at one point it turns to the great abba progression which they use a lot like in their mexican feeling ones and in take a chance on me, MAKES ME GROOVE

  • Thankyou for this beautiful song - I was a child when "The Visitors" came out - it took me another decade to realise what a very special album it is...

  • Don't you know, did they plan this song as the first track on the ninth LP?

  • This song, it brings some memories, everything from treason to losses. This song almost describes it all, and that is why this song is so sad and beautiful! :( I still wonder why this song isnt showing up in the radar. :S

  • Her daughter's name was  Lise Lotte

  • 4:06 What a sweet photo of Frida and daughter Lisa Lotte. So sad Lisa was killed

  • This was not on the original album The Visitors until it's re release on CD I believe or the Australian re release, Can't remember exactly. It was originally on the B side of One of Us and also included in their first comprehensive collection called The Singles: The First Ten Years, released in the Fall of 82 (Nov.)

    The Day Before You Came was the first release off The Singles and had some success in Europe

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  • i think they broke up because ABBA took a too heavy toll on their orivate lives

  • Beautiful pictures of Frida!

  • gott sei dank.gibt es noch andere fantastische abba songs,ausser denen die man schon kennt.

  • Yes Fridas swedish song were good too.Även en blomma is somewhat a classic.That is too so many years ago.So hould I laugh or cry?

  • very nice song...:D

  • Прекрасная песня!!! Фрида давай пой пой пой!!!!! Люди хотят Вас слышать!!! Ауууу Фрида!!!!!

  • This song is one of there best...i am going through a breakup right now,listening to this everyday.Abba's work got better in those last few years,ive loved them since i was 6 years old...myself and my good pal david are forever bonded with there music:)

  • one more tour, one more tour one more tour!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • one of my fav ABBA songs, they're SO good!

  • Wonderful abba song. one of their best late stuff.

  • I really love Frida's voice here as well....Nice to hear from you again Anita, it's been a long time!

    As always, Peace...Jim~

  • a wonderful b-side! nice studio work.longest echoes ever!

  • "the visitors" was such an underrated album.

  • Carl Magnus Palm's book about the band is a great story...minus the genus of this great song.

  • Yes, superb song. Frida at her best, angry, eery and with a touch of rough cynicism that Phil Collins pick up on for her solo album. Her is range is amazing. And to think that she also sung the melancholy "Like and Angel Passing though my Room" around the same time.

  • Should have been the hit single rather than ONE OF US (boring). This song is brilliant.

  • My favourite ABBA songs Always preferred it to One of Us, even though it was the B side to that single. Frida's voice sounds at it's best here. I have never tired of listing to this, even after buying it on vinyl originally, 28 years ago!...

  • Yes, also one of my favourite Abba songs, i love this!

  • This song always sounds as fresh as the day I first heard it. I remember how exciting it was to hear something new from them at the time. God her voice is PERFECT!!!!!!!

  • That's not possible unless it's some weird multi track bootleg. This song wasn't included on the original "Visitors " album until it was remastered and re-issued in 1997 and 2001. The song wasn't released as a single until Dec, 1981 and was the B-Side of " One of Us ".

    The album " Super Trouper " was released on Nov 3rd, 1980.

  • Yes your right ji61m i wa mixed up a little but i do have the visitors album right in front of me & theres no track of (should i laugh or cry on it)

  • @bladesmark2 that correct . on wikipedia article it says : "Despite the somewhat depressing context and reservations by manager Stig Anderson, "One of Us" was released as the 1st single from The Visitors, coupled with the NON-ALBUM track "Should I Laugh or Cry"".

  • @ji61m Such an underated song,one of my favourite ABBA songs & was(in my opinion) strong enough to be a hit record.Thanks ji61m for uploading.

  • A rose BUD means as much as any rose that has bloomed.

  • absolutely brilliant I've never heard this before ABBA suprises me over and over again

  • this has to be one of the best unheard abba songs - every time I hear it I'm reminded how all the songs that weren't charted are simply THE BEST! apart from SOS, hehehehe....then again I feel the same about ELAINE and CRAZY WORLD check em out!

  • one of their very best.

  • Also listen to the fabulous ELAINE!!!

  • Wow... it's been a few months since I've listened to Abba. After looking back through songs I remembered why I love them. I love them because of the music... especially this ones. I will always remember I am a proud fan of Abba, even though I moved on to other artists.

    I especially love the songs near Super Trouper album and The Visitors. I like the mysteriousness :)

  • Why oh why did ABBA leave us? Why did they break up?

  • Remember....they never " officially " broke up.....they just decided to take a break! They tried to record a 9th album, but decided that they had no energy to do it and put everything on hold. Thanks for looking in.

    Peace...Jim~

  • @AdamStabelli777 I've always thought that myself

  • Strange how

    Dangerously indifferent

    I have grown ...

    There are British lyric writers who couldn't manage quietly coolly savage words like that ...

    Great stuff ...

  • probably my favorite ABBA song, and I just discovered how much I liked it last night, after 7 years of knowing it...

  • Frida's 1981 recording are simply stunning. This is a great song, but its the restraint and pent up emotion which can really touch your heart.

    What an amazing singer.

  • the synth work in this song is...priceless! they really were masters at creative vocals. utilizing the voice almost as additional instrument parts. I'm only 23 and have been in awe of them since i was 13!! when other kids were listening to britney spears, i was blasting all the rare ABBA b-sides

  • Everybody has heard all the classics and they are great, but if you want to hear real gems, the B-sides and seldom heard rare songs are the way to go. I've been a fan since the early 70's and have over 280 videos of their early, mid, and late works!

    Thanks for looking in.

    Peace...Jim~

  • i couldn't agree more. the b-sides are where it's at. thanks for posting the vid

  • It was a very good sensation i felt when i heard SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY for the first time, as i use to say... it was love at first sight! It's an incredible song! Thanks FRIDA, Tusen tack ABBA! FRANCISCO GOMES FEITOZA -BRAZIL

  • Remember the first time I heard this.Seemed like leftovers.Yes it was,but there is goodies in this.Meet me at Benny's!

  • Not one of their greatest, I agree but a good song nonetheless.

  • I forgot about this song. So long since I heard it. Just as fanstastic as the first day I played the LP!

  • Frida could and she did.Shame that this was a b-side of a single only.

  • Not at all! This is one of my all time very favorite songs, and its lead is Frida, like so many of my favorites. I think you just want everyone to agree with your taste.

  • the don't listen to Frida solos when u don't like it

    and i am the second to tell u NO i DON't this so

    ~~~

  • @Girlagain disagree

  • fridona eh demais!!!!!!!!

  • If you think the lyrics are weird it is because you have never met a man like the one she is singing about :) The lyrics are so intelligently written and really captures how a relationship can go wrong so well!!

  • I think this song inlcudes some of their finest moments lyric wise:

    "All I see is a big balloon.. half way up to the moon.. he´s wrapped up in a warm and safe cocoon.. of an inernal lie.. so should I laugh or cry"

  • The melody is so beautiful! This song is awesome. With this powerful voice...

    But the lyrics are really weird.

    I don't understand why the ABBA boys are not proud of that what they created in those days.

    Great music will never die!

  • It´s very nice song. Frida has a wonderfull vocal.What do you think Is it about Benny?

  • What a song. This stuff could make it today if it was played on the radio. Good stuff. Thanks.

  • @djar63 That's what i keep telling my friends! I'm 13 and love ABBA, unlike them

  • I love ABBA!

    Thank you!!

    George Vreeland Hill

  • I think this song is amazing! the lyrics are so mysterious and... just amazing...

    This is now my favorite song :)

  • Oh yes ABBA rocks beautiful song :DD

  • It's a good one. I should refresh it and make a new video for it. Thanks for stopping by Karola.

    Peace from Iowa (USA)...Jim~

  • I know you have nothing to do with it, but most of your videos aren't available outside of the US. I'm in France and It really pisses me off. Utube is going into so much BS with the copyright crap it's stupid, this is a swedish group for god's sake!. WTF is wrong with these people? There!! I just HAVE to say it.

  • Wonderful:D

  • Good afternoon Anita. It's alway nice to hear from you. Are you ice skating yet? We don't know whether to be warm or cold around here. One day we have warm weather, the next day it's below freezing.

  • Hey:D Good to hear your familiar "voice" No ice skating yet, but hopefully soon:D It has been mild here, but today it`s colder, beautiful weather! No snow, but that does not matter:D I was on a party yesterday and now I am going to my parents house together with my sisters for a turkey dinner; yummi!!! I am in a good Abba mood, having some time off from studies and work! How about you? In a good Abba mood? :D

  • A shame that they did not include this track on The Visitors album. Switch if with Two For The Price Of One (bad!) and the album would have been perfect. The lyrics are dark and personal as the other songs. Beautiful!

  • This would have definitly fit the 1981"Visitors" album better than two tracks.."Two For The Price Of One" and Head Over Heels". This song plus "The Day Before You Came" would have made this a very complete, mature, last ABBA studio album. Thanks for your comment.

    Peace...Jim~

  • agree

  • Hi Jim, thank you for all so many great vids! I'm a Frida fan, too. About this song, I can't quite understand its meaning...would someone please explain a little bit for me? Thanks a lot!:)

  • hi :)

    the meaning of this song. . . hmmm (ohh, by the way, Im danish so forgive my english) she is singing about a guy who is full of hot air. he nags her, and never sees his own faults, and she just don`t care anymore. he is so redicoulous, and she does not know whether to laugh or cry about it :)

  • Super Song=)

  • Super Singer ;)

  • This song is exceptionally gorgeous, and shows the graceful restraint in Frida's phrasing of every lyric.

    I agree with Madrocker1954: I don't understand why Benny and Bjorn didn't like this song...but then again, just look at how after 26 years, "Just Like That" has never been released...the demo of "Just A Notion," which would have proven to be a terrific song.

    Another way to look at it, though...at least "Should I Laugh Or Should I Cry?" has seen the light of day in legitimate release.

  • Maybe they like me appreciate the sound but have trouble with the lyrics. I find them.. strange. Not bad, but yet it's a piece of the experience.

  • Beautiful song!

  • In Canada, this was the B-Side of "When All Is Said And Done". I had the 45rpm when I was a kid.

  • In the U.S. it was also the B side to WAISAD. Should I Laugh Or Cry was on the album I LOVE ABBA with Cassandra in 1984.  I LOVE ABBA LP was aimed for the U.S. market,

  • And it was the B-side to "One Of Us" in the UK. :)

  • It is the B-Side of the 'One Of Us' single ... personally I think this song should have been put on the original Visitors album in 1981 as it is one of Frida's finest vocal performances

  • Why does the title say that this song is from the visitors album?I have the visitors album & it certainly isn't on there but i believe it is from the super trouper album.

  • The Visitors album, ABBA's last studio album, was released in 1981. It was re-released in 1997 and 2001 with 4 bonus tracks. My CD is from 2001 and this song was one of the bonus songs. The others were: "The Day Before You Came, Under Attack, Cassandra, and Should I Laugh Or Cry. If your Visitors is a 1981 release, this song was not on it originally. Super Trouper was released in 1980, and although re-released 2 times, Should I Laugh Or Cry was never on it.

  • It's hard to get past the stunning beauty of these two women. Their voices born of angels. They were ABBA. Sadly never again.

  • The voices of these two beautiful women blended together so well, that we may never see it in another group again, faint copies at best. They were and always will be ABBA! Unfortunately, the only way will probably get to see them again is if the RRHoF gets it RIGHT! Thanks for looking in.

    Peace, Jim~

  • This song is awesome :)

  • Frida could sing any kind of music with relative ease. Something that's not seen in many female singers today. They are way to tied up into their type of music to even feel easy about trying. One would even say they might be afraid to try! Thanks for watching.

    Peace, Jim~

  • I totally agree this song is superb....

  • Too bad this one seems to get lost in the shuffle sometimes. It's a true gem and has one of the best ABBA choruses from the late years. They definitely had not lost their touch...

  • There last studio album...what a pity too! They had come all this way and apparently saved their best(IMHO)for last. We all get tired in our own way, and it was just their time. They went out on their terms, instead of hanging on. To bad more groups today don't follow their lead. Thanks for looking in.

    Peace, Jim~

  • Benny and Bjorn didn't like this song, which is mystifying. I guess they would've needed another song for Agnetha to even out the lead vocal duties. But, this is another song that might've made for a great A-side rather than getting lost as a B-side.

  • A most underrated song, rarely mentoined. Love the melancoly in it!

  • her voice on this...WOW

  • thanks for putting this song up. I love it a lot.

  • i <3 anni-frid!

  • a great song!

  • One of my favourite photos of Frida at 1:42 so beautiful. She is 62 now, and still looks beautiful. Love you frida.

  • I'm sorry for the blurry pics, but you can tell i've come a long way since this vid! Please, stop by, I posted 2 songs last nite. One is a Frida, Aggy song that i split between both gals, Same song, 2 beautiful women! Thanks, Jim

  • Yeah thanks! The vids are great!

  • Thank you very much!

    Jim~

  • I prefer Agnetha myself, but, without either lady their just another group Imho! Thanks!

  • YAY!!!!

    My favourite song!!!!!

  • The VISITORS album was very Frida friendly, she had lead on a lot of tracks. Some of my fav Frida songs came from this album.

  • Yes. Frida did do a lot on this album.

  • Have you seen my latest video by Frida? It's "Stilla Natt" (Silent Night) sang opera style. Great song, great lady! Thank you for the nice comment.

  • No, but thank you, I'll go and have a look. Thanks!!! Great videos too. Love them. Do you have anymore undeleted songs. I'm trying to find them all. Thanks!!!

  • If you prefer Frida, check out Angel585 or abbadabbadoo7's sites. Their both extreme Frida nuts, great pages. Thanks for the comments!

  • I'd be remiss not to mention my affection for this song and its' beat.:) Yay Jim!

  • I'll tell ya Shawn, yes it's Frida, not Agnetha, but I think this is my best one yet! I just think the song is way cool! I don't know how many times i've listened to it.

  • Same here Jim. I love a rythmic beat done well. Along with the lyrics which I'm always a sucker for this song is just aces. Oh and of course the Classy Lassy Frida.:)

  • Jim if you haven't already done it check out the subject matter in the lyrics. It makes this song hit even harder. Tears at the Heart...

  • I miss abbadabbadoo7, Thanks Shawn!

  • Hey Jim

    I think you are beating Angels record for the no. of uploads in 1 day.

    Nice tribute to Frida

    You are digging up some good pics

  • Thanks Shay! I gotta tell ya, this is a great song. I would be insane to do this with anyone but Frida. Boy, people would be knockin at my door for sure!

  • Looks like I got myself some competition ;)

  • Probably not Angel, like i said, i love this song and why show Agnetha pics, this song is all Frida!

  • you sure Agnetha didn't do backing vocals?

  • I'm sure she did, but I was referring to Frida doing lead vocals, that's why there's only Frida pics.

  • gotcha ;)

  • A Frida tribute by Jim? Is this the Bizarro world? A lot of new pics for me and I Thank You for everything. Your happiness and enjoyment is infectious Jim.:)

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