ABBA-Chess - One Night In Bangkok

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Chess (B&B) - One Night In Bangkok
[THE AMERICAN]
Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
Show with everything but Yul Brynner
Time flies -- doesn't seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it
All change -- don't you know that when you
Play at this level there's no ordinary venue
It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or --
or this place!
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky then the god's a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
[THE AMERICAN]
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother
[COMPANY]
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board, not looking at the city
[THE AMERICAN]
Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town --
[COMPANY]
Tea, girls, warm, sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite
[THE AMERICAN]
Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me
[THE AMERICAN]
Siam's gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
This grips me more than would a
Muddy old river or reclining Buddha
And thank God I'm only watching the game -- controlling it --
I don't see you guys rating
The kind of mate I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you
So you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage
parlours --
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
A little flesh, a little history
I can feel an angel sliding up to me
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me

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  • @yorkalbanys9599
    @yorkalbanys95993 ай бұрын

    I'm a huge ABBA fan and all my neighbors and friends used to make fun of me for being a pop fan. But when in the 90s they danced at discos to Bangkok from Chess, I told them that it was written by the composers and soloists of ABBA, they took me for a crazy person, but later, when I showed them a video of Benny, Frida, Bjorn and Karin singing , they were stunned that ABBA could write and sing such a thing. It was the most popular hit of the 90s. Now all my friends began to understand what a musical legacy ABBA made in the development of the world's musical art. This is a classic!

  • @hermitcrabbot
    @hermitcrabbot3 жыл бұрын

    Benny Andersson showing us once again that he is the greatest melody writer in pop music history.

  • @PJ-hn4cg

    @PJ-hn4cg

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, at least one of them. But he's got some stiff competition with Jeff Lynne, Burt Bacharach, Gamble & Huff, Mike Stoller, Bob Gaudio, certainly Barry Gibb, Quincy Jones, MJ, so many Motown writing teams, Carol King, and probably the entire Brill Building going way back to Cole Porter. How many have I left out ? ...

  • @spkanava

    @spkanava

    2 жыл бұрын

    ABBA

  • @JES96

    @JES96

    Жыл бұрын

    And Bjorn is once again the great lyricist of Benny’s songs.

  • @warrenrandall6936

    @warrenrandall6936

    5 ай бұрын

    @@JES96 With help from Tim Rice.

  • @MB-sg8xq

    @MB-sg8xq

    5 ай бұрын

    @@warrenrandall6936 not always - only in Chess with his help

  • @Ernie1978
    @Ernie19785 ай бұрын

    "I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine." That never gets old!

  • @spnativ

    @spnativ

    5 ай бұрын

    and "the queens we use would *not* excite you"

  • @stacym735

    @stacym735

    5 ай бұрын

    My faorite line in the song :)

  • @coolcat6303
    @coolcat63034 жыл бұрын

    If this song is any indication of what Abba would’ve sounded like in the 80’s (had they stayed together & made more albums), i’d say that all us fans really missed out on some great potential music.

  • @JCCyC

    @JCCyC

    3 жыл бұрын

    I always imagine Agnetha and Frida's voices in the chorus.

  • @Ashtree81

    @Ashtree81

    3 жыл бұрын

    Check out Gemini, Björn and Benny made songs for them. Ghost Town is a good one! Its the guy from Gemini who does the singing in One night in Bangkok, Anders Glenmark

  • @michaelboyd3924

    @michaelboyd3924

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe they needed more original music. Without the cute girl with pink hair, no music.

  • @orion24601

    @orion24601

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@australien192 Murray Head didn't write the song. The guys from ABBA did.

  • @mrdarklight

    @mrdarklight

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do you see ABBA in this song at all? So sad.

  • @toybarons
    @toybarons5 ай бұрын

    I've always liked this song. There is just something about it. I never knew ABBA was involved in this and I do like ABBA. I guess now I know why I like it so much.

  • @pitpride1220

    @pitpride1220

    3 ай бұрын

    Two of them wrote on it but Anders Glenmark sang the choruses and harmonies.

  • @josegalvan1274

    @josegalvan1274

    29 күн бұрын

    Benny y Bjorn la compusieron

  • @Geek_Chorus
    @Geek_Chorus5 ай бұрын

    Wow! I've loved this song as well as ABBA since I was a kid, I knew Murray Head was the lead I had NO IDEA they did the backing vocals!!! WOW!!!

  • @JMurdochNZ

    @JMurdochNZ

    4 ай бұрын

    They didn't. This is the studio version which everyone is just miming to. They are not on the original recording in any way. This is pretty lame honestly.

  • @Geek_Chorus

    @Geek_Chorus

    4 ай бұрын

    @@JMurdochNZ oh what a bummer, I was so happy. This is one of my favorite show tunes and ABBA is one of my favorite groups. Oh well, thanks for the info

  • @pitpride1220

    @pitpride1220

    3 ай бұрын

    They didn't. Two of them helped write it but Anders Glenmark sang the choruses and harmonies.

  • @LordOfTheBored
    @LordOfTheBored2 жыл бұрын

    Must be cool to have 3 quarters of Abba as background singers.

  • @jonestrm252

    @jonestrm252

    5 ай бұрын

    Well, you could ask Norwegian artist Finn Kalvik about that. Internationally, he is known for the second "nill points" in the Eurovision Song Contest, even though his record at the time by far was an Abba-production. It is called "Kom ut, kom fram". Large parts of it was also done with English lyrics but not released. It is on YT somewhere. Finn has told he "escaped" from the ESC fiasco to Benny and Frida, where he had his own room .

  • @jonestrm252

    @jonestrm252

    5 ай бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5WXmclto73XZrQ.htmlsi=D-QMg7Msf9lKdWw- There you go, the English version!😀

  • @jonestrm252

    @jonestrm252

    5 ай бұрын

    There is also the follow up album "Natt og dag" from 1981, pretty much same production as the previous album the year before. Note on the English version: "Here in my heart" is the ESC entry

  • @jonestrm252

    @jonestrm252

    5 ай бұрын

    There is also the follow up album "Natt og dag" from 1981, pretty much same production as the previous album the year before. Note on the English version: "Here in my heart" is the ESC entry, with English lyrics by Ralph McTell

  • @Jencward
    @Jencward11 жыл бұрын

    In 1984 ABBA in Minneapolis - full choir, full rock band and almost a full orchestra - I was apart of a group of teens from all over the state that sang the music from the score Chess with ABBA! Memorable time for me in High School - got autographs! Amazing songs! Wish I could have seen the musical.

  • @yemx6388

    @yemx6388

    9 ай бұрын

    All 4 were there?

  • @abbafanatico
    @abbafanatico2 жыл бұрын

    Frida has such a presence that she steals the show while casually standing in a corner. What a girl!

  • @paqui1018

    @paqui1018

    Жыл бұрын

    ABSOLUTELY!! Her charm, her magnetism is dazzling ✨💗❤️

  • @byronjosuemunozanton5834

    @byronjosuemunozanton5834

    9 ай бұрын

    Preciosa Frida

  • @HyperdriveTwo

    @HyperdriveTwo

    7 ай бұрын

    That's the truth!

  • @scottluther2091

    @scottluther2091

    6 ай бұрын

    Nobody puts Frida in a corner! lol!

  • @stvp68

    @stvp68

    5 ай бұрын

    Love her!

  • @musicman201047
    @musicman2010473 жыл бұрын

    ABBA needs to be in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

  • @lounolastname4477

    @lounolastname4477

    2 жыл бұрын

    They already are

  • @JF-sh2sm

    @JF-sh2sm

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lounolastname4477 AS THEY SHOULD

  • @80spolishdiva24

    @80spolishdiva24

    2 жыл бұрын

    They are already since 2010.

  • @abinashmishra329

    @abinashmishra329

    Жыл бұрын

    They already are. Actually they are the first R&R inductees from a country where English is NOT an official or de facto language.

  • @col0362

    @col0362

    Жыл бұрын

    Hall of Fame is a load of nonsense anyway

  • @darkprose
    @darkprose8 жыл бұрын

    I'm have been obsessed with this song since I first heard it. No reason. Too many. I don't know.

  • @stevea3149

    @stevea3149

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ian Anderson on the flute, perhaps?

  • @marceloeggeling5219

    @marceloeggeling5219

    4 жыл бұрын

    me too, is something dark in the music, I dont know, its hard to understand

  • @genomeboy1

    @genomeboy1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah man. Me too.

  • @carlosmunoz4612

    @carlosmunoz4612

    3 жыл бұрын

    Look up on Wikipedia it give you some hints,about what the lyrics it says and compare the city's night life with a chess game. It hard to me to explain since English isn't my native language. By the way TBBT got me in to looking for more info about the song and lyrics but even reading the lyrics I didn't get much until I went to Wikipedia,anyway have a great day.

  • @lklkos8928

    @lklkos8928

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too, i have to go to Bangkok and go to muay thai fight and then go to redlight district

  • @krm3345
    @krm3345 Жыл бұрын

    You know there's gonna be fire if ABBA is in the choir

  • @antonbruce1241
    @antonbruce12415 ай бұрын

    Murray Head and ABBA in the same video? That is 80's coolness to an extreme!!!

  • @Rheubie
    @Rheubie5 ай бұрын

    So there's a lot going on here for the uninitiated. This song is from a musical called "Chess" by Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus of A𐐒BA, with Tim Rice. The music was released as a concept album in 1984, and this song became a hit. The "American" who speaks most of the lyrics looks so familiar because he is Murray Head, brother of Anthony Stewart Head, also known as Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

  • @ruthmeb

    @ruthmeb

    5 ай бұрын

    I don't think they look much alike, personally...

  • @lynngreene1993

    @lynngreene1993

    4 ай бұрын

    Had this song on 7" vinyl!!! Love Murray's delivery (and cool as f..k in that suit!!)

  • @ehLeanne311
    @ehLeanne3113 ай бұрын

    This song never gets stale, it's that sublime mix of operatic and funk elements that creates something unique, interesting and profound in its short moral treatise

  • @svsv9
    @svsv94 жыл бұрын

    You can taste ABBA how it would sound in the 80's through this song and some others like Roxette.

  • @rickyjkuron5275
    @rickyjkuron52752 ай бұрын

    Murray Head & ABBA Iconic

  • @danny2mil
    @danny2mil12 жыл бұрын

    The first time I heard this song, I knew there was certain magic to it. This video proves it. ABBA has always had that magic touch. Thanx for posting this timeless melody.

  • @ChristChickAutistic
    @ChristChickAutistic Жыл бұрын

    "I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine," lolololol, some of my favorite lyrics of all time.

  • @boosuedon
    @boosuedon2 жыл бұрын

    FRIDA!!! So happy to see her there!

  • @kangalic

    @kangalic

    Жыл бұрын

    So it’s only 3 members of ABBA in this clip?

  • @aecmediallc1068
    @aecmediallc10685 ай бұрын

    This was a great play! The rest of the soundtrack is beautiful. But "ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK" can't be topped! So glad you posted this! Not many people know about the play. THANKS!

  • @brandnewrock8375
    @brandnewrock83752 жыл бұрын

    Written by Benny and Björn of ABBA.. so it is a an ABBA song with other singers .. Anders Glenmark with the soft voice doing the ”One night in Bangkok” chorus 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 Swedish music rules 🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @tigershoot
    @tigershoot4 жыл бұрын

    Fabulously clever lyrics from Tim Rice and of course such a great tune. The whole of the musical is excellent.

  • @annettedillon3233

    @annettedillon3233

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ah, Tim Rice lyrics!

  • @KimSve

    @KimSve

    5 ай бұрын

    Well, Tim didn't write this song alone. Lyricist(s): Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus Composer(s): Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus

  • @RLucas3000

    @RLucas3000

    5 ай бұрын

    Many don’t know that Whitney Houston and her mom Cissy covered a song from this show as a duet. It’s the last song on Whitney’s debut album.

  • @tigershoot

    @tigershoot

    5 ай бұрын

    @@RLucas3000 Yes - and they did a dreadful job compared to the original

  • @nromk
    @nromk13 жыл бұрын

    I love the way frida looks as always so fresh

  • @johnnybravo_6685

    @johnnybravo_6685

    2 жыл бұрын

    Frida's secret for looking fabolous is her lebensborn creme...

  • @Jencward
    @Jencward11 жыл бұрын

    In 1984 ABBA in Minneapolis - full choir, full rock band and almost a full orchestra - I was apart of a group of teens from all over the state that sang the music from the score Chess with ABBA! Memorable time for me in High School - got autographs! Amazing songs! Wish I could have seen the musical. Could have been 1985...

  • @adamjones-ps
    @adamjones-ps5 жыл бұрын

    Amazes me that still to this day there are recording out there that I've never seen or heard. I've known the song "One Night" ever since the musical Chess came out but NEVER knew there was a recording of ABB_ singing along to it. Can't wait to hear there 2 new songs this December.

  • @JF-sh2sm

    @JF-sh2sm

    3 жыл бұрын

    All the songs from the musical Chess were composed by Björn and Benny from ABBA. Tim Rice wrote the lyrics with some lyrics by Björn. However, ABB_ didn’t sing any backing vocals. They were lip syncing here just for promotion.

  • @ricmarc7156

    @ricmarc7156

    Жыл бұрын

    ABBA is NOT singing along. murray is lip syncing to the album cut and so are they. the background voices are the original singers.

  • @lynngreene1993
    @lynngreene19934 ай бұрын

    Adore Murray Head's delivery of this amazing song!!

  • @NorthSea_1981
    @NorthSea_19812 жыл бұрын

    For some odd reason, I always think of this as a takeout from an aborted early-mid 80s ABBA album. I can so imagine Björn doing the chant/rap part, Frida and Agnetha singing the chorus. This would have been a massive ABBA hit.

  • @l.100

    @l.100

    Жыл бұрын

    The guys wrote the music for them

  • @renegadesoul8701

    @renegadesoul8701

    Жыл бұрын

    They were planning to release an album around 1982, but it was canceled and only Under Attack, The Day Before You Came and Cassandra were released. It is known that Just Like That was one of the songs recorded for that particular album.

  • @kyachdistent1301

    @kyachdistent1301

    6 ай бұрын

    @@renegadesoul8701'You Owe Me One' also came out too, but was just never given pride of place on any remaster for the first decade of them. Even 'I Am The City' sneaked out in 1993. 'Just Like That' can only be taken in the forms it turns up on KZread.

  • @kyachdistent1301

    @kyachdistent1301

    6 ай бұрын

    Tell yourself it IS a massive ABBA hit. I complete this "Opus 10" album with this & those other CHESS killers, making a 10 track album, yay, and all those songs fit really well into where ABBA were musically and lyrically at the time. Also both those Gemini ABBA albums are really ABBA albums sung by another duo who do them proud, if you delete the appalling 'Wild About That Girl' on the 2nd one and substitute CHESS's 'The Arbiter' for it. And then there's adding 'When I Close My Eyes' to the 1st Gemini one as they didn't!

  • @sibionic

    @sibionic

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm not sure I agree. The days had long gone that Bjorn would be front of house like that (except tin the odd, very obscure album track like 'Two For the Price of One'). But I can't see the girls doing the verses either.

  • @feiery
    @feiery5 ай бұрын

    This song was a hit and enjoyed a lot of radio play. I didn’t even know it was from a musical until many years later.

  • @RastaSaiyaman
    @RastaSaiyaman10 жыл бұрын

    The only thing that doesn't make this officially Abba is the fact that Agnetha wasn't involved.

  • @storyboarddave5860

    @storyboarddave5860

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good for her Agnetha is not a backup singer.

  • @CraigLW

    @CraigLW

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@storyboarddave5860 Niether is Frida?

  • @storyboarddave5860

    @storyboarddave5860

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CraigLW 1:04 looks like Frida.

  • @CraigLW

    @CraigLW

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@storyboarddave5860 That's not what I meant, but you knew that already. She's also miming for effect. It's a promotion. There's nothing wrong with ANY of them singing back up. I'd have liked to have seen all of them involved with Chess

  • @storyboarddave5860

    @storyboarddave5860

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CraigLW Agnetha is not in Video or singing or pretending to sing! so its not ABBA its BBA!

  • @kyachdistent1301
    @kyachdistent1301 Жыл бұрын

    The fact Frida is here in the video's end alongside B&B miming for a few shots (Karin standing in for Agnetha, though Agnetha did actually demo an early version of 'Heaven Help My Heart' (named 'Every Good Man' instead) 2 years before) just confirms for me this IS meant to be an ABBA song. And 4 songs I can complete the 1982 album "Opus 10" with. If only I'd known yonks ago!

  • @kiwi-to1xk

    @kiwi-to1xk

    6 ай бұрын

    Opus 10 was a working title that was started up by a journalist not ABBA, """ June 1981 a journalist from Swedish newspaper Expressen visited and interviewed ABBA in the studio, while they were recording what would become The Visitors album, released in November 1981. The subsequent published story was titled "Now ABBA Are Recording Their Tenth Album". In the article, he wrote "will Opus 10 now beat them all?", simply using the classical term "opus" to refer to what he calculated was ABBA's tenth album, counting the previous seven studio albums, plus two Greatest Hits volumes (released 1975 and 1979), but disregarding the Spanish language Gracias Por La Música (1980). Rumours spread through ABBA fan circles that Opus 10 was the working title for The Visitors album, and an instrumental demo recording, actually titled Nationalsång (and later to become Anthem in the Andersson/Rice/Ulvaeus musical Chess[1984]), recorded during The Visitors sessions and subsequently leaked on bootleg cassettes, was rumoured to be the title track. Years later the rumour morphed into Opus 10 being the title of ABBA's provisional follow up to The Visitors, for which six tracks were recorded in 1982 before ABBA abandoned the album, released the compilation The Singles - The First Ten Years, the singles The Day Before You Came and Under Attack, then took what they said was "a break" which became permanent. The rumour became so widespread that it was included in many ABBA books, even in Agnetha's authorised bio As I Am.

  • @kyachdistent1301

    @kyachdistent1301

    6 ай бұрын

    @@kiwi-to1xk Wow, how did you find this out?! Mind you, I'd not be at all surprised if ABBA were to do it, they've always been absurdly lazy and uncreative when it comes to naming the parent album (always after a song on it) or even worse, calling it "ABBA: ABBA" (yeah, we know your names, guys, it's there already!) or an album "The Album" (yeah, we know what it is guys, we're not stupid, it's got songs on it and it plays in a player!). With "Voyage", they actually broke the norm. Already, I notice a mistake, they had 8 albums recorded before the count-up (you're forgetting "Ring Ring", it doesn't matter most places didn't get it till a 1990s re-release following the ABBA wake-up job with "ABBA: Gold" compilation, it's STILL a proper album, and it STILL counts. In fact, the compilations shouldn't be counted at all, but if you include all the 70s non-album tracks ABBA made (and KZread had to help with this as half a dozen never released properly)and slot it in chronologically as the last 70s album, THIS becomes the 7th, which indeed leads us to "Opus 10",a rather better name for an album that at least isn't to be named after a song. In fact he should have donated it to them, it'd be better than what they'd come up with for it! To answer his question though: "will 'Opus 10' beat them all', the answer is surely YES! Those 6 songs were killers, and admittedly the only way I could complete the album was to add those 4 CHESS songs from it, which works really well, not least as all, especially 'Nobody's Side' has their relationships-at-war/truths about love has their stamp all over it, and could so imagine Frida singing it, while 'Heaven Help My Heart' was recorded by Agnetha oddly, of course under another title and it was just a demo, not the finished product which is much better written. Adding the final massive duet from CHESS and 'One Night In Bangkok' in the belief Bjorn singing it, which isn't actually any odder a fit on an ABBA album than the likes of 'Two For The Price Of One' and 'Man In The Middle' ever were. Those songs were there for the taking and damned if I'm gonna leave them on a theatre soundtrack when I can complete this album with them-and they clearly are the best fit. Incidentally the two Gemini albums that followed (1985/1987) I count as ABBA product too, just sung by different people, but in their style and most of those songs are B&B productions and simply represent the next step where ABBA would have gone. If ever a group bowed at the top when they really shouldn't have it was ABBA!!

  • @kiwi-to1xk

    @kiwi-to1xk

    6 ай бұрын

    @@kyachdistent1301 the information is clearly on the internet regarding opus 10 not being a title as well as Bjorn in a video interview during the voyage period with benny agreeing said there was no working title for the follow up to "The Visitors" they hadn't got to that point as all the songs hadn't been written when they canned the project nor was it to be called opus 10 and they laughed at such a idea.as for being lazy for album titles,you will find 100% of artists/groups naming their albums after a song from that album and using their name as a title.."The Album" title was used to coincide with "The Movie" title at the time of release.. a powerful way to suggest that the work are somehow one and the same,and connected. Just like the album "Voyage" is also connected to the "Voyage Show" with only 2 songs written for that show. They are connected.

  • @crazybastardo9452
    @crazybastardo94527 жыл бұрын

    Thanks ABBA. You were GREAT!

  • @brainlock72
    @brainlock725 ай бұрын

    Murray really looks like his now more famous brother Anthony, here. It’s all in the Head. Oh, and I never knew of ABBA’s involvement with this, before.

  • @stefanzantes8818
    @stefanzantes88185 ай бұрын

    The reason why Frida sings in the background ( well she is mimicking in this case because her voice is not on the recording), is that she attended the same TV Show as Benny and Björn because she did promotion for her "Shine" album. She petformed "Come To Me". She also had a talk with the TV presenter and B&B joined her. Many comments mention the 2 Gemini Albums which were written and produced by B&B. But the last Pop Album which both of them wrote and produced was "Shapes" by Josefin Nilsson. Its a great album!

  • @user-uu1bw7nr4v
    @user-uu1bw7nr4v8 ай бұрын

    Eu ouvia antes de ir pra escola em 1985 sdds aquele ano foi muito especial pra mim⚘️🌷🌹⚘️🌷🌹⚘️🌷🌹

  • @davidtomlinson6138
    @davidtomlinson61383 ай бұрын

    I had no idea ABBA was involved in this song , in all them years -- great track , always loved this

  • @roberteisner1
    @roberteisner19 жыл бұрын

    LOVE AND MISS ABBA SOOOOO MUCH....

  • @richardbaker5223
    @richardbaker52235 ай бұрын

    I remember reading that this song's lyrics were originally just placeholders for rhythm and pacing, this is fairly common in songwriting. Occasionally, like with these lyrics, they just really worked well and were kept

  • @PRR5406
    @PRR540610 жыл бұрын

    The female dancer is something amazing, fluid, and just extraordinary to watch.

  • @darknessviking

    @darknessviking

    2 жыл бұрын

    She or the guys are dancing out of sync

  • @vxy357

    @vxy357

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know. i couldn't take my eyes off her the whole time.

  • @adrianatkins3128

    @adrianatkins3128

    10 ай бұрын

    @@darknessviking they’re not out of sync. They’re dancing to the offbeat. Very good choreography

  • @edenilsonmasutti5097
    @edenilsonmasutti50973 жыл бұрын

    Maravilhoso clipe,com a participação de ABBA.

  • @gavinthorburn8818
    @gavinthorburn88184 жыл бұрын

    This uses abba musicians so to me is pretty much abba and how they may have sounded in 1980s

  • @agnieszkamakowska773
    @agnieszkamakowska77311 жыл бұрын

    Polska zawsze będzie kochać ABBĘ!!! Będziemy pamiętać! Poland loves ABBA forever!!! We will remember! I love Benny and Bjorn!

  • @josephdarrigan375
    @josephdarrigan3757 жыл бұрын

    And i remember every word...Awesome song !

  • @stephenking6396
    @stephenking63964 жыл бұрын

    LOVE this song

  • @johnh539
    @johnh5395 ай бұрын

    ABBA, never fail to delight.

  • @oosinceoo
    @oosinceoo11 жыл бұрын

    I loved the choreography

  • @145eddieb
    @145eddieb14 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic- Another memory bring'er back'er

  • @rolfrichter9133
    @rolfrichter9133 Жыл бұрын

    Ich habe den Song gerade erst aus einer Aufzeichnung von Na, sowas! gesehen und bin begeistert auch wenn ABBA als Chor rein geschnitten war ist das trotz allem Hammer genial. Allerdings auch Boney M mit Happy Song wo der neue und der alte Sänger zusammen Singen ist genial gemacht... Ich bin froh so was noch gesehen zu haben...Auch wenn es spät kommt .. Danke Thomas

  • @juanmari1973
    @juanmari19733 жыл бұрын

    I love this version 💜❤️🌍🌏

  • @camblu
    @camblu15 жыл бұрын

    Cool video , what a great bunch of backing singers !

  • @fred6059
    @fred60592 жыл бұрын

    I have loved this song for years. I has no clue it was ABBA

  • @deldia

    @deldia

    Жыл бұрын

    I know him so well - also a good song from this musical written by Benny and Bjorn

  • @COMama
    @COMama Жыл бұрын

    Love the jabs in this! "I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine"

  • @Falcon7001
    @Falcon700112 жыл бұрын

    1984 would have put this before the stage play Chess actually opened in London, so this is a performance of the "concept" album that came out first. The original "concept" album, the Chessmaster was Murray Head. I notice Benny, Bjorn and Frida are there, but not Agnetha.

  • @ruthmeb

    @ruthmeb

    5 ай бұрын

    That's Murray Head in this video...

  • @anonygent

    @anonygent

    2 ай бұрын

    This was after the falling out from the love triangle. Why anyone would pick Frida over Agnetha is anyone's guess.

  • @richardspinetta112
    @richardspinetta11211 ай бұрын

    Esta canción como la amo....❤

  • @beckywildgen7886
    @beckywildgen78862 жыл бұрын

    LOVE IT!!!!!

  • @lalosdim
    @lalosdim2 жыл бұрын

    Magnificent🎶

  • @johnathonf1
    @johnathonf15 ай бұрын

    Loved It!!

  • @ElVeleroDePapel
    @ElVeleroDePapel3 жыл бұрын

    Extraordinaria canción

  • @monkeytail1968
    @monkeytail19685 ай бұрын

    The whole album is fantastic.

  • @michaelschmitt6399
    @michaelschmitt63995 жыл бұрын

    Just found out this was written by ABBA; WOW

  • @skummisrocker

    @skummisrocker

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, it is NOT written by ABBA! 😝

  • @Snowman13230

    @Snowman13230

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@skummisrocker written by Andersson & Ulvaeus from ABBA and Tim Rice

  • @markokoume9343
    @markokoume93435 ай бұрын

    WOW! *And* Alice Cooper + Falco kung-fuing each other as Kate Bush dances. Amazing!

  • @mafioz2001
    @mafioz20014 жыл бұрын

    We are here for Abba and amazing murray head and his song

  • @ElVeleroDePapel
    @ElVeleroDePapel5 жыл бұрын

    Excelente musical de ajedrez.

  • @stefanhoock1917
    @stefanhoock19172 жыл бұрын

    This lip-synched performance was filmed and broadcast on Wednesday 28 November 1984 for the German music TV show "Na, sowas! Extra" in Augsberg, and Karin Glenmark provides (lip-synched) backing vocals here along with Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid.

  • @osrivera2001
    @osrivera200112 жыл бұрын

    I love ABBA!!!

  • @tracynation2820
    @tracynation28205 ай бұрын

    Super. 💙 T.E.N.

  • @cheeseandonions9558
    @cheeseandonions95583 жыл бұрын

    I love this version almost as much as the official one

  • @crashvds777
    @crashvds777 Жыл бұрын

    I’ll forget this exists for a few months and then listen to it on repeat

  • @Lockemeister
    @Lockemeister14 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great quality. Great song, Great video. I'm crazy about the woman dancer.

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist25 ай бұрын

    Wow! I love this song but I've never seen this video, or version before. Thank you.

  • @IntyMichael

    @IntyMichael

    5 ай бұрын

    It’s from a German TV show. I’m pretty certain that it is „Wetten dass…“. The biggest show where stars like Michael Jackson and Phil Collins performed in the show block.

  • @Biyou22
    @Biyou224 жыл бұрын

    yo this is the best thing ive seen in a long time....

  • @ABBADiego
    @ABBADiego5 ай бұрын

    Im surprised Frida didn’t punch Benny on the nose live on tv. Frida: always class.

  • @normaperez5767
    @normaperez57673 ай бұрын

    The ultimate test of cerebral fitness. Another great line!

  • @Fidel-Mudel
    @Fidel-Mudel2 жыл бұрын

    Geniosly

  • @vikingtomahawk
    @vikingtomahawk11 жыл бұрын

    Actually the music was composed by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus with the backing vocals done by Gemini. This was after the group ABBA split up so Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad are not involved at all in this song.

  • @nopcshere6097

    @nopcshere6097

    4 жыл бұрын

    Frida is seen in this video, but Agnetha is not.

  • @JF-sh2sm

    @JF-sh2sm

    3 жыл бұрын

    NoPCsHere She was just lip syncing with her former bandmates to promote the song from their musical.

  • @michaelmward

    @michaelmward

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I had to do a little timeline because this isn't ABBA, and there's no such thing as ABB or BBA. It's all or nothing.

  • @nopcshere6097

    @nopcshere6097

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JF-sh2sm Oh is that right? I had no idea that's what it was about.

  • @Franniiv3

    @Franniiv3

    5 ай бұрын

    Guess that's why it sounds like Ghost Town by Gemini xk

  • @paqui1018
    @paqui1018 Жыл бұрын

    I would love to see, if it's possible, the entire show. There some many songs of this musical that I like and if also there is Frida (as Benny and Björn) is AMAZING. 🙏🏻✨Do you have more??

  • @Benjiesbeenbetter.

    @Benjiesbeenbetter.

    5 ай бұрын

    I don't know why it doesn't get staged more often. I saw an amateur production probably 30 years ago which was fantastic. Other than that, it's never been done locally.

  • @natnaumova4091
    @natnaumova40914 ай бұрын

    Божественно.

  • @SuperSupersenior
    @SuperSupersenior13 жыл бұрын

    You can tell who knew the words for the chorus.

  • @belianis
    @belianis12 жыл бұрын

    Murray Head sure looks like his brother, Anthony Michael Head of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.

  • @Mitzi73
    @Mitzi732 ай бұрын

    I am just here to comment about the lines of those dancers. Perfect placement.

  • @DaveTexas
    @DaveTexas5 ай бұрын

    Chess is my favorite musical of all time! I’m sad that I didn’t see the original London production, but I did make it to New York in 1988 to see the short-lived Broadway production. The London version was vastly superior, even though I thought Judy Kuhn made a superb Florence. You can’t beat Murray Head, Elaine Paige, and Tommy Körberg, though.

  • @user-yy1tg5pd1e
    @user-yy1tg5pd1e3 жыл бұрын

    Не знал что АББА в этой песне помогали.... Браво!

  • @Snowman13230

    @Snowman13230

    3 жыл бұрын

    Это промоушен, Бенни, Бьорн и Фрида лишь рот открывают.

  • @80spolishdiva24

    @80spolishdiva24

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Snowman13230 но Бенни и Бьорн - это авторы песни и всего мюзикла Шахматы.

  • @Snowman13230

    @Snowman13230

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@80spolishdiva24 ну это само собой

  • @bernardlerner1913
    @bernardlerner19135 жыл бұрын

    ABBA coming back in December 2018!!!! We need you ALL!!!!-ABBA+CHER+A*TEENS!!!!

  • @positivelyme2905
    @positivelyme29055 ай бұрын

    cool 😎

  • @1ghenny
    @1ghenny3 жыл бұрын

    One of my faves from the 80s ever!! Kudos to B&B! And btw - who also thought it was Michael Jackson before learning who the original singer was? )

  • @user-gy5yj5vv5u

    @user-gy5yj5vv5u

    3 жыл бұрын

    Какая встреча, Женя😂😂😂😂😂

  • @1ghenny

    @1ghenny

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-gy5yj5vv5u ооо, Ксю, рада видеть )))

  • @user-gy5yj5vv5u

    @user-gy5yj5vv5u

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@1ghenny взаимно😊

  • @TheColinChapman
    @TheColinChapman Жыл бұрын

    the other lady background singer is Karen Glenmark from Gemini, right?

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501
    @raygordonteacheschess5501Ай бұрын

    This song is the reason I began aiming at the world chess championship after messing around with the game as a child.

  • @MiguelGonzalez-ov3xy
    @MiguelGonzalez-ov3xy2 жыл бұрын

    How gorgeous was mid 80s Benny 😱!?

  • @user-vb5gz8qt1r
    @user-vb5gz8qt1r2 жыл бұрын

    БЕННИ АНДЕРССОН ПРОСТО ГЕНИЙ, БЬЕРН УЛЬВЕУС ТОЖЕ МОЛОДЕЦ !!!

  • @bernardfox9078
    @bernardfox90782 жыл бұрын

    Bangkok. The greatest world City. That includes London which is probably second. Reason BKK is sooooo good. Lovely Thai people.

  • @florasakura3045
    @florasakura30452 жыл бұрын

    I hope one find a better quality of these version. The version With Abba is very rare

  • @captmack007
    @captmack0072 жыл бұрын

    I can feel an angel sliding up to me.

  • @TheSloansFour
    @TheSloansFourАй бұрын

    Why is everyone saying this song is special because of ABBA? Lol Anders Glenmark is the recorded background vocalist. ABBA just did this show.

  • @1moredayof
    @1moredayof5 ай бұрын

    Remembering this song, but never knew that any members of ABBA were involved.

  • @patrikez1
    @patrikez18 жыл бұрын

    Thats actually most of ABBA,bar Agneta.

  • @francescocelso173

    @francescocelso173

    4 жыл бұрын

    there's also Annie Lennox in the chorus of this song even she's not in this video

  • @kaigibson320

    @kaigibson320

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@francescocelso173 Are you sure? I can't find anything on the internet about this

  • @ambidextra_ambidextra

    @ambidextra_ambidextra

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@francescocelso173 I think you'll find you are mistaken there. Sung vocals on the track are Anders & Karin Glenmark(Gemini) Karin is seen in this video with ABBA. members. Only other backing vocalist listed on album credits is Liza Ohrman.

  • @MariaFernandes-sj4un

    @MariaFernandes-sj4un

    3 жыл бұрын

    Porque será que Agnetha não estava nesse musical ?

  • @DarkAngel459
    @DarkAngel4592 жыл бұрын

    It's funny how Bjorn is really into it, Karin Glenmark is slightly into it, and Frida and Benny are not into it much.

  • @dominiccrimmings6925

    @dominiccrimmings6925

    5 ай бұрын

    Ah, is that the name of the other female singer? Cos it definitely isn't Agnetha is it !!! I actually thought for a moment when I first saw her that it was Alison Moyet

  • @DarkAngel459

    @DarkAngel459

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@dominiccrimmings6925 Agnetha and Frida (and Benny and Bjorn!) don't sing on the Chess Original London Recording, but Karin Glenmark does lots of the backing vocals. Obviously they are all miming here. Karin's brother Anders Glenmark also sings backing on the album, and in fact is the singer of the chorus in 'One Night In Bangkok.'

  • @xerovoidshow
    @xerovoidshow6 ай бұрын

    Ah, I remember this Musical.

  • @TheBarbraStreisand1
    @TheBarbraStreisand14 жыл бұрын

    Frida! X

  • @imanol3892
    @imanol389212 жыл бұрын

    I have this video in ABBA Thank Tou For The Music from ZDF

  • @Lockemeister
    @Lockemeister10 жыл бұрын

    As good or better the 20th time viewing as it was on the first viewing.