Abba - She's My Kind Of Girl

First released in March 1970, this was Bjorn & Benny's first single. The song came from the soundtrack of a dubious film "The Seduction Of Inga", which was released in October 1971.
A Japanese publisher heard the song and felt that its oriental sounding melancholy melody could be a hit in his country. It stormed up the charts to number 1, selling 500,000 copies. The two couples travelled to Japan in November 1972, and were welcomed as superstars. This success encouraged Bjorn & Benny to write more songs in English, and to try recording more with Agnetha and Frida. They both realised the girls were better singers. Abba were on their way.
Agnetha was every man's kind of girl. She had pin-up good looks, as well as being a fantastic singer and performer. She was very photogenic, as shown in this picture, and could have been a model or film star.
From Ring, Ring album. Lyrics:
Look at her face, it's a wonderful face
And It Means Something Special To Me,
Look at the way that she smiles when she sees me,
How lucky can one fellow be,
She's just my kind of girl, she makes me feel fine
Who could ever believe that she would be mine,
She's just my kind of girl, without her I'm blue
And if she ever leaves me what could I do,
What could I do,
And when we go for a walk in the park,
Then she holds me and squeezes my hand,
We'll go on walking for hours and talking,
About all the things that we plan,
She's just my kind of girl, she makes me feel fine
Who could ever believe that she would be mine,
She's just my kind of girl, without her I'm blue
And if she ever leaves me what could I do,
What could I do

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[bruno270787]

I Love All ABBA's Songs This Too

[abbafanglosuk]

Yes even the very early songs they did like this one which was without the girls are great. They set very high release standards and never made anything poor. This was the song that proved to Benny and Bjorn that they could be successful songwriters on the international market, after it was a big hit in Japan!

[davidngog2209]

I´ve Been Losing this video.

[abbafanglosuk]

Yes there was a period of many months when UMG made an unwarranted claim on this video, and limited its distribution to major countries only - thus excluding yours. But now they've decided this video can be seen worldwide again, and they put adverts alongside it instead. The song came trom my Ring Ring cd that I bought. It was published by Polar music of Stockholm, so there was very little justication to the UMG claim!

[AllAboutLOVEatYuToob]

sounds like a 60s song!

i LOVE it!

LOL

[abbafanglosuk]

This song was actually recorded in November 1969 by Benny and Bjorn only and released as a single in March 1970 - so you're right!

[jobreton]

Sounds like The Turtles

[Rhiabbaco]

This song demostrates everyone that abba were very very versatile. Many people hear "abba" and only think disco "dancing queen" "mamma mia" "take a chance" or "waterloo". Abba is so much more than this.

[lukasha0]

This sounds like Beatles to me...

[SafeSocks]

very strong Beatles influence - never heard it before, it's great!

[karilwyn1959]

@jonaspollard I know that was said a year or more ago...but I just had to say how sweet this was.

[karilwyn1959]

@Qulopuaa I had never heard this before. All I heard was that she was wanting to be more of a full time mommy, less ABBA...so Bjorn thought that a nanny was the answer to this problem...because this way she could have the kids with her as they worked and he thought that would make her happy. My goodness! So did HE pick the nanny I wonder? Still I say what a fool he was to do such a thing and lose so very much. So sad.

[Qulopuaa]

@karilwyn1959 If you hear Burning my bridges(undeled abba) you understand the relation and then hear what Agneta says at 0.20 in this video v=gvk-sC5sULE and 3rd.Björn did fell in love with the babysitter and then it was over

[jjcar442]

Agnetha is My Kind Of Girl

[wawa96loveabba]

First song... 

[karilwyn1959]

I bet her hubby was so sad when he lost her love.What in the world would have made him make such a mistake, especially when they had 2 kids together. I always wonder why they all 4 broke up like they did. I miss this group more than any other band because they always made me happy when I heard their music. Amazing ABBA, "My Kind Of Band"

[angeloradox]

superrrr song!!!!!!!!

[TheDeadlyDelilah]

Haha! This is great!