The Definitive Collection
The Definitive Collection is a 2001 compilation album of all the singles re… Read Full Bio ↴The Definitive Collection is a 2001 compilation album of all the singles released by Swedish pop group ABBA. It consisted of two discs: the first featuring the singles from 1972–79 ("People Need Love" to "Does Your Mother Know"), and the second including the singles from 1979–82 ("Voulez-Vous" to "Under Attack"), with the tracks being listed in chronological order. The main exception is the track "Thank You for the Music", which, despite being written and recorded in 1977, was in fact released as a single (primarily in the UK) in 1983 after the band had split up. It appears on disc two, along with two bonus tracks, "Ring Ring" (1974 UK single remix), and "Voulez-Vous" (1979 US promo extended remix). The Australian version of The Definitive Collection adds a further two bonus tracks: "Rock Me" and "Hasta Mañana". The 1974 remix of "Ring Ring" is the first appearance on CD of this version mastered from the original master tape, after the UK single master tapes had been returned to Polar Music by the former UK licensees, Epic Records. The track's previous appearance on CD, in a 1999 singles boxed set, was mastered from a vinyl single.

The Definitive Collection is the only ABBA compilation to include all the UK single releases from 1973 to 1983. The four "unofficial" UK ABBA singles are included, these being the 1974 remix of "Ring Ring", "Angeleyes", "Lay All Your Love on Me" and "Thank You for the Music". An "unofficial single" is one that was not released by ABBA's record label, Polar Music, in any Scandinavian country.

A DVD also called The Definitive Collection was released in 2002, and features all of ABBA's videos, as well as five bonus videos and a picture gallery. In the US the 2-CD set was bundled with the DVD.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 179 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list.

The album was re-released in 2012 as The Essential Collection with different artwork. This version removed both bonus tracks but added four tracks for which there were promotional videos: "Bang-A-Boomerang", "That's Me", "One Man, One Woman" and "Happy New Year". These tracks were included chronologically, and additionally "Thank You for the Music" was moved from the end of the album to its chronological place after "Eagle". The collection was released as a two-CD set, a DVD, and a three-disc set including the DVD and both CDs.
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The Definitive Collection
ABBA Lyrics


Angeleyes Ah ha ha Ah ha ha, ha ha ha Ah ha ha Ah…
Chiquitita Chiquitita, tell me what's wrong You're enchained by your ow…
Dancing Queen Ooh You can dance You can jive Having the time of your life …
Does Your Mother Know You're so hot, teasing me So you're blue but I can't take…
Eagle They came flying from far away, now I'm under their…
Fernando Can you hear the drums, Fernando? I remember long ago anothe…
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) Half past twelve And I'm watching the late show in my…
He Is Your Brother Benny I was a fighter, always looking for trouble And…
Head Over Heels I have a very good friend The kind of girl who…
Honey, Honey Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey Honey ho…
I Have a Dream I have a dream, a song to sing To help me…
Knowing Me, Knowing You No more carefree laughter Silence ever after Walking through…
Lay All Your Love on Me I wasn't jealous before we met Now every woman I see…
Mamma Mia I've been cheated by you since I don't know when So…
Money, Money, Money I work all night I work all day to pay…
On and On and On I was at a party And this feller said to…
One of Us They passed me by, all of those great romances You were,…
People Need Love People need hope, people need lovin' People need trust from …
Ring Ring I was sitting by the phone I was waiting all alone Baby…
Ring Ring (1974 remix, single version) I know just how to whisper and I know just how…
So Long You think you're gonna make me sulk, you and your…
SOS (You're so lost) (You're so far) You're so far but so close …
Summer Night City Summer night city Summer night city Waiting for the sunrise…
Super Trouper Super trouper beams are gonna blind me But I won't feel…
Take a Chance on Me If you change your mind, I'm the first in line Honey,…
Thank You for the Music I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a…
The Day Before You Came Must have left my house at eight, because I always…
The Name of the Game I've seen you twice, in a short time Only a week…
The Winner Takes It All I don't wanna talk About things we've gone through Though it…
Under Attack Don't know how to take it, don't know where to…
Voulez-Vous People everywhere A sense of expectation hanging in the air …
Waterloo My, my At Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender Oh yeah And I hav…
When All Is Said and Done Here's to us one more toast and then we'll pay…


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