When I close my eyes sang by Gemini

Seldom to find song written and produced by B&B

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• ABBA
• Benny
• Andersson
• Björn
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• Chess
• Gemini
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[lingustica]

Amazing chorus! God bless B&B for all the miraculous songs they've given to the world. Listen to the guitar at the end of the song... Pure magic!

[staaleandor]

Beautiful melody. No doubt about it. But I think there is something bleak about it. The voices are too strong in a hard way. Lacks some sensitivity. And the production lacks the "sparkle" that always were shining bright in the ABBA records. Ståle, Oslo

[2038165479]

'When I Close My Eyes' is a track that i would have loved ABBA to record and it would have been brilliant to hear Agnetha & Frida sing together. I can just imagine it now listen to this song with your eyes closed and imagine that Agnetha & Frida are singing it.

[woutch]

In the London production it was sung as a finale, just after You And I (sung by Walter and Florence). The melody has now been removed from the 2008 London version and they just "speak" the lyrics instead.

In the Broadway production (which is the most prominent use of the melody) it was called Lullaby and is sung by Florence and her (fake) father.

In teh Swedish production it is sung by Florence to Anatoly.

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[Abbafan07]

And which character sings it? While reading the lyrics I would say Florence or Svetlana.

Which cast did the 1988 recording or from which country is it? Is this the Broadway recording?

Thank you again for all the information.

[woutch]

It's not on the current Chess album, but it's on the Broadway production recording, but they used the tune in a differet part of the production than they did in the London or Swedish show.

The tune is heard on the Swedish DVD.

[Abbafan07]

Thank you for the information and sorry I´m replying late.

I´ll take a look around to get a copy of a CHESS-album which includes this song as I can´t find any version on youtube except the one we can see here.

[woutch]

It was in the stage show, and has been in subsequent albums since. Bear in mind that the 1984 double LP was just a concept album, the whole score came when the stage show opened.

It's on the album which contains Someone Elese's Story in 1988, and it's also on the CHESS album released this month (amonst others)

[Abbafan07]

I´ve never heard of this song until I got a copy of the CD "Det Bästa Med Karin Och Anders Glenmark".

So it was really used in Chess before? Because it doesn´t appear on the Double-LP. I know that B&B wrote more songs that weren´t used in the musical (Like "Someone Else´s Story"), but I really never heard that this one belongs to it.Therefore I thought this one to be new done in 2005.

[woutch]

Well, this song was written in 1984 and used in CHESS in 1986, so it was a long time before SHAPES and Story Of A Heart!

[Abbafan07]

Would you name this a popsong? Cause if so, it wouldn´t be right to call "Story Of A Heart" the first B&B pop-composition since the album "Shapes" with Josefin Nilsson, as this song was created in 2005.

It is a real highlight on the Album "Det Bästa Med Karin Och Anders Glenmark".

Really beautiful and leaving the listener wanting to hear more.

[hepuli1962]

You can instantly hear,that this is one of Bennys.Warm feeling and a mellow set.