ABBA : Gimme Gimme Gimme ( Album Version)

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", originally titled "Been and Gone and Done It", is one of Swedish pop group ABBA's biggest disco hits. It was recorded and released in 1979 with "The King Has Lost His Crown" as the B-side.

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man after Midnight)" was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with the lead vocal sung by Agnetha Fältskog. Agnetha, as the narrator, weaves the image of a lonely young woman who longs for a romantic relationship and views her loneliness as a forbidding darkness of night, even drawing parallels to how the happy endings of movie stars are so different from her own existence. Some people believe though that she is slipping into insanity and will do anything to get romance, even if it means a one night stand. The song was recorded at Polar Music Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 1979, and was ready for release in October of that year, in conjunction with the group's tour of North America and Europe.

Originally, ABBA had recorded another song, "Rubber Ball Man", which was planned as a single. It featured the typical "ABBA-arrangement" with both Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad on lead vocals and the use of classical strings. This song was also performed by the group during rehearsals for their current tour as "Under My Sun". However, they felt that "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", with its disco sound, would be a better choice, and thus, "Rubber Ball Man" remained nothing more than a demo.

The single version of this song, which was released in its full length of 4:46 everywhere else in the world, was released in the United States and Canada in an edited format, being just 3:36 in length. This was done by removing the first half of the opening instrumental, the first four of the eight bars of the instrumental bridge between the second and final chorus, and fading the song out early. It is believed the edit was done by Atlantic, ABBA's North American record label, and not Polar, hence the reason why it was available only in the USA and Canada. This single version has never appeared on any commercial CD issued by Polar/Universal to date, and marked the only time Atlantic ever commercially released an edited version of an ABBA single while they had the North American rights to release ABBA recordings.

"¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame!" is the Spanish language version of the song. The song was released as a single to promote Gracias Por La Música in Latin America and other Spanish-speaking countries.

The single was never released by Polar Music in the group's native Sweden, instead being featured on the 'Greatest Hits Volume 2' album, which did get a Swedish release. Whilst Polar released the single in neighbouring Norway, Denmark and Finland, copies of these versions were not made available in the Swedish record stores, who thus arranged to import copies of the United Kingdom version on Epic Records. Sales of these imports were sufficient for the single to reach number 16 on the sales chart in Sweden.
- Wikipedia

Produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus

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[Torkgasmicgirl8]

Fabulous pictures!! Really well-made video. Well done! Can anyone tell me why as a straight female I find myself thinking "I wouldn't kick her out of bed" when I watch a montage of Agnetha?, I'm seriously worried!!! LOL!!!!!

[2Shaymcn]

@Torkgasmicgirl8 Many thanks glad you like it .Dont be worried ;) Agnetha and Frida seem to have a strange effect on all genders, and cause a strange fever ;)

So just enjoy it ! hehe

[brownhulk2000]

Nice clips.

[2Shaymcn]

@brownhulk2000

:)

[janderson2000]

Your cuts are way too fast.  More annoying than MTV.

[2Shaymcn]

@janderson2000 Thank you for watching

[Perfect2257]

GIRL COMMENT:::: AGATHA WAS A HOTTTT BLOND

SONG COMMENT::: HAS NICE BASS LINES

[Perle3456]

How I love this song!!! I've been listening to this song since a couple of weeks again regularly and still can't get enough of it!!

[AsukaTenjouSS]

beauty may die with time but talent doesn't.

[pardyhardly]

You need dramamine to be able to watch this video. I had to scroll down here after a minute into it to avoid getting vertigo.

[Gusdocs1]

3 words best band ever

[MrCombat1965]

@marguitar1 Rubbish.

[gmansi]

@Yanpol64 ja ja ja tenían muy buenos temas

[universalexports777]

Watching this video -Abba were no doubt one of the greatest bands in pop history-puts the X Factor "stars" into total obscurity!!

[marguitar1]

@Torkgasmicgirl8 Because NO ONE is 100 % straight or gay. Certain people can bring that out in anyone, LOL! No problems there, we just happen to be made that way. AND she just happens to be VERY sexy! :)