Mamma Mia (song)

"Mamma Mia"is a song by ABBA's third album ABBA, written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson.

The song is one of ABBA's best known hits. It is also the Central number in the musical and film.



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[hide] *1 side B  ==B side[ Edit] == The official b-side of the single was an instrumental version of "Intermezzo No.1", which is also on the album ABBA-State. In the United Kingdom, however, was "Tropical Loveland", another song from the album, the b-side used. The reason for this is not clear. ==Receipt[ Edit] == Mamma Mia in 1975 in Australia reached the first place in the charts, and retained that position for ten weeks. Due to this success was the single released in other countries. In July 2008, 33 years after it first entered the Australian chart success, the song again, this time on the 48th place.
 * 2 Receipt
 * 3 chart positions
 * 4 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 5 Cover versions

The song was ABBA's first big hit in Australia, and largely responsible for their success there. Mamma Mia also reached number 1 position in the United Kingdom, Ireland,Switzerland and West Germany. In New Zealand, Belgium, Norway, Austria and South Africa took out the number the top 5. ==Chart Positions[ Edit] == ==Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Cover Versions<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * The French singer Carène Chéryl took a French version of the song in 1976.
 * The A * Teens released a cover version of the song in 1999.
 * The version of the A * Teens was covered by the Danish singer Kate Hall.
 * The British singer/actress Martine McCutcheon did a cover of the song for the Abbamania album.
 * British singer Hazell Dean made a dance version of the song for her own ABBA album.
 * Dance covers of "Mamma Mia" have been recorded by Abbacadabra, Angeleyes, Sabu, Euphorica and DJ Ensamble.
 * The song is played in the Millennium Forceline.
 * Musical Groups Established In 1983 Five Iron Frenzy recorded their own version of the song.
 * The singer A-mei has made a cover of the song.
 * Metal versions are created by Black Ingvars (with samples of ' Smoke on the Water ' by Deep Purple) and Tommy ReinXeed, for his album Swedish Hitz Goes Metal .