Let's ABBA Party!
Nicki Chapman celebrates the music of ABBA in a special show featuring many of their hits, and specially recorded interviews with founding members and associates.
Nicki Chapman presents a two-hour special featuring a non-stop mix of classic hits, covers, and selections from the cast recordings and film soundtracks.
ABBA have sold in excess of 400m albums and singles since they first came to prominence in 1974.
At their commercial zenith in the late ‘70s, they were reputedly second only to Volvo in their contribution to Sweden’s exports. Such was the demand for their music that their management had to arrange for royalties from the Soviet Union to be paid in oil commodity rights rather than the embargoed rouble.
Fast forward to the 2020s, and the promise of the first new ABBA music in over thirty years, a world tour featuring state-of-the-art holograms of Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn and Frida, and even a themed restaurant in London.
This is another chance to enjoy Let's Abba Party! - the ultimate excuse to say Thank You For The Music to one of the most successful groups in pop history.
Plus, we run down a specially commissioned chart ranking UK sales of their eight studio albums from Waterloo to The Visitors.
Presented by Nicki Chapman
Written and produced for Radio 2 by Malcolm Prince.
(First broadcast in 2019.)
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Music Played
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ABBA
People Need Love
- The Definitve Collection CD1.
- Polydor Limited.
- 1.
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ABBA
People Need Love
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ABBA
Under Attack
- The Singles (The First Ten Years).
- Epic.
- 1.
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ABBA
Fernando
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 012.
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ABBA
Summer Night City
- Abba - More Abba Gold.
- Polydor.
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ABBA
I Have A Dream
- ABBA Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 007.
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ABBA
The Name Of The Game
- Abba Gold.
- Polydor.
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Cher
Mamma Mia
- Dancing Queen.
- Warner Bros. Records.
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Cher
Mamma Mia
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ABBA
Lay All Your Love On Me
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 005.
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ABBA
Ring Ring (Swedish Version)
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ABBA
Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
- Waterloo.
- Spectrum.
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ABBA
S.O.S.
- Abba Gold.
- Polydor.
- 010.
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ABBA
When All Is Said And Done
- The Visitors.
- Atlantic.
- 3.
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ABBA
Take a Chance on Me
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 003.
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ABBA
Just A Notion
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ABBA
Just A Notion (Out-take)
- Just A Notion (demo).
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ABBA
Move On
- Ultimate Collection.
- Universal.
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ABBA
Money, Money, Money
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 009.
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Meryl Streep
The Winner Takes It All
- Mamma Mia: The Movie Soundtrack.
- Polydor.
- 14.
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Meryl Streep
The Winner Takes It All
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Cher, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd, Andy GarcÃa, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Alexa Davies, Josh Dylan, Jeremy Irvine & Hugh Skinner
Super Trouper
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again O.S.T. (Various Artists).
- Polydor.
- 017.
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Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn & Alexa Davies
Mamma Mia
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Cher, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth & Stelland Skarsgard
Super Trouper
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ABBA
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 014.
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ABBA
Voulez-Vous
- Abba Gold.
- Polydor.
- 013.
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ABBA
Thank You For The Music
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ABBA
Our Last Summer
- Super Trouper.
- Polydor.
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ABBA
Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 002.
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ABBA
Arrival
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ABBA
Dancing Queen
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 001.
Broadcasts
- Mon 22 Apr 2019 12:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 2
- Sun 17 May 2020 17:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 2
- Sun 3 Oct 2021 02:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 2