Agnetha Faltskog - Mr. Persuasion

Agnetha performs the third song from The Heat Is On Special in April 1983. This show was part of a European promotional tour for her first post Abba solo album, titled Wrap Your Arms Around Me. The album reached the higher regions of the chart across Europe, including No.1 in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Belgium and Denmark.
Agnetha clearly enjoys performing this nice relaxed song. She gives a very confident performance, and has a strong backing lineup.
Watch out for her late entrance at the beginning. When the band starts up without her, she has to quickly rush on stage, but joins in unflustered.
Also watch how she smiles enticingly to the camera from 1:35 - 2:00, giving her trademark wink and flashing her eyes. As ever, Agnetha gives a gracious acknowledgement to her backing group at the end.

Lyrics: Susan Lynch / Larry Whitman

Now I made up my mind, but it's never too late
You can turn the tide in any conversation,
You sway me when you say it that way,
Oh, I imagine whatever you say

They call you Mr. Persuasion,
'Cos you can talk me up and down,
And all you do is tell me that,
That's cos' you're Mr. Persuasion,
That's cos' you're Mr. Persuasion

Now when you're on a roll, you're a real romancer
You got all the questions and all the answers,
You sway me when you say it that way,
Oh, I imagine whatever you say

They call you Mr. Persuasion,
'Cos you can talk me up and down,
And all you do is tell me that,
That's cos' you're Mr. Persuasion,
That's cos' you're Mr. Persuasion

Now you could talk me into almost anything you want to
'Cos you're Mr. Persuasion,
You'd convince me day was night,
You're never wrong, you're always so right

Well I got a mind, but I put it on vacation
That's 'cos you're Mr. Persuasion,
Oh, how you sway me when you say it that way
Oh, I imagine whatever you say

They call you Mr. Persuasion,
'Cos you can talk me up and down,
And all you do is tell me that,
(That's 'cos you're Mr. Persuasion)
All you do is tell me that,
(That's 'cos you're Mr. Persuasion)
All you do is tell me that....




Wrap Your Arms Around Me

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Abba
• Agnetha
• Faltskog

[lamb92]

omg she IS sex on legs! how can someone be so gorgeous!!

[abbafanglosuk]

And she can sing fantastically too Becca! That's Agnetha, the finest and most beautiful female singer there has been! She's a very nice person also, everyone loves her!

[dholm13]

John, I like the story you give us about each of your videos. I like this c-d and play it a lot, but I like to watch it better! When I listen to AGGY, I close my eyes sometimes, and she is just as much of a "knock out" listning to her as she is in real life. At 33 years old here, she was probably as gorgeous as they come! And to have the voice she has is a very big plus!!

[abbafanglosuk]

Those are my sentiments too Dallas. Agnetha's performances are as brilliant as her singing, she always adds nice visual extras that you miss on the cd. And of course we can admire her beauty and friendly personality here. I couldn't do a vid without all the backup info Dallas, the viewers deserve my best efforts! Her singing is magical, best I've ever heard!

[SHAYMCN]

Aggie looks great in those tight black jeans John Good quality picture on this

Thanks

[abbafanglosuk]

She's certainly enjoying this singalong song Shay, and so are her backing group. She's moved into her more mature post Abba image now that she's choosing her own outfits here. I'm keeping on top of these as they occur now.

[GuitarGal135]

i LOVE this song....and her voice.....she sounds much better singing with Frida in ABBA

[Castaneadentata]

I know it is light-weight, but what a great song - just for fun. And addictive! I've listened to it 16 times since yesterday, and learned to play it on guitar. Agnetha the singer survived the breakup of ABBA VERY nicely. "You can talk me UP and Down, and all you do is tell me that."

[stidartadar]

i really like this song

[AdamDawson3]

Agnetha was 33 in 1983.

[TheKalipse]

LOVE THIS AGGIE SONG SOOOOOOOOO MUCH :)

[yetanotherdavid]

I love the bouncy, early-motown vibe of this song. The Swedes seem to be particularly fond of this sound, as evidenced by Roxette's "Soul Deep," Ace of Base's "Cecilia" and "Always Have, Always Will," and the great 90s dance hit "Dedicated to You."

[bewitchedloveya]

SOOOOOOOO GORGEROOOOOUS!

[Castaneadentata]

LOVE that look at 1:55.  Whooo!

[TheElephant79]

It sounds close to Madonna (like a Virgin) or Cindy Lauper, I meant its great though !

[dbrinkm1]

She is something !  Ms Persuasion !