If It Wasn't For The Nights is one of ABBA's best songs.

@crushedguy

4 жыл бұрын

It's always been my favorite song from them :)

@253timeandtimeagain2

3 жыл бұрын

The whole Voulez Vous album is amazing!

@goroakechi3157

3 жыл бұрын

253 timeandtimeagain ya it is! It’s my favorite ABBA album! And If it wasn’t for the nights has always been one of my favorites by ABBA

@mikeyaureliush9017

3 жыл бұрын

And not a lot of people know that. Happy Hawaii is another favourite of mine.

@frankly-he1kf

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikeyaureliush9017 yes...I love that. ...and hey hey Helen. ...

Frida looked absolutely stunning during the Voulez-Vous era (late 1978 and most of 1979). This song is amazing and beautiful, should have been a single.

@dreasbn

4 жыл бұрын

yep started to look amazingly and stunning already in early 1977. On all those tour live pics she looks star all over... she had a little gap in very late 77 until spring 78....

@aaronsrok3422

3 жыл бұрын

yeah seriously gorgeous.

@jjmargolis3305

2 жыл бұрын

Since the ARRIVAL era.

@lucyfer4420

2 жыл бұрын

YES!! The Voulez-Vous cover picture is VOGUE material. They all looked gorgeous but Frida looked out-of-this-world gorgeous!

@kyachdistent1301

11 ай бұрын

@@jonathanfurzeland4740 So many songs should have been by then, but "Voulez-Vous" era full of them, to say nothing of awesome B-sides 'Lovelight' and 'Dream World'.

Frida not only "looks like a Superhero" here, Frida IS a Superhero- 100% of the time!

I've always said Frieda looked like Lynda Carter-aka Wonder Woman- a lot!

This is just one of the many AMAZING songs that Abba has on the Voulez-Vous album.

Voulez-Vous! Lovers, As Good As New, The King Has Lost His Crown, If It Wasn’t For The Nights, Kisses Of Fire, Does Your Mother Know There not a bad song or filmer on there (or on any Abba album for that matter...)! Just pure perfection!

@nickmorrell3559

3 жыл бұрын

So right. .probably their best album ..but I do love a bit of disco ..check out grace Jones disco era ...fantastic

The combination of these voices is out of this world👌

Honestly, everything ABBA is awesome

@nickmorrell3559

3 жыл бұрын

One single I can't listen to is I have a dream ..uggh .awful but that's good going after all those wonderful songs .one awful one

@jjmargolis3305

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickmorrell3559 wtf, it's beautiful. Its one of this Songs you can include in a asmr playlist

@nickmorrell3559

2 жыл бұрын

@@jjmargolis3305 sorry j j ..I just can't listen to it. .but one song from eight albums. .that's amazing .....personal favourite single is name of the game ....but I have a dream ...especially when the kids start to sing ....no thanks ....

@Daisy-ym1ql

2 жыл бұрын

Precisely

Wow! Never heard that one before. This is a true ABBA classic song. The vocals are INCREDIBLE! Really highlights what truly great singers they were. I don't know why this one fell into obscurity.

@danfrost3043

4 жыл бұрын

It didn't fall into obsurity, it was on their multi-million selling album Voulez Vous!!!

@MrSmriley

2 жыл бұрын

Have been listening to it for forty years, and it stays fresh....never was in obscurity!!!

@sensitivedogs

2 жыл бұрын

Because many people were not buying the album. I know every song in all their albums

@mariotato8345

10 ай бұрын

If u never Heard It before them u arent a Big Abba fan man because this is one of their everybody,s fauvorite, very famous in their time , in the voulez vous album

@mariotato8345

10 ай бұрын

​@@sensitivedogswell was number one everywhere in the world for weeks in summer 79 ,one of the most selling albums in the 70,,s

One of my top ABBA songs, it's amazing

Frida looked soooooo stunning!!! This song is really complex and it's my absolute favorite ABBA song, so glad you reacted to it! You should totally check out Why Did It Have To Me (Live in '77) kzread.info/dash/bejne/h4J3ptZuYcbdfNY.html Really shows off Frida's talent and shows you what a phenomenal performer she is!

YES, one of my favourite ABBA songs! Great reaction! You should also check out 'Tiger'

@fazct

4 жыл бұрын

Another vote for "Tiger" from "ABBA: The Movie"

One of their best songs! The whole Voulez-Vous album is golden. Love you and your reaction, Dereck.

Frida ❤

The harmonies in this song is just out of this world, never heard anything like it. They sound like actual angels! found it today btw lol

You should definetely see 'Why did it have to be me' live from Australia 1977, Björn and Frida singing. In My opinion one of the greatest performances

Voulez-Vous is a great disco album. As Good As New and Kisses if Fire and two great album tracks.

another high energy performance by frida

One of Abba's finest songs IMO.

Another catchy ABBA song is That’s Me😊👍

@HidingFromFate

4 жыл бұрын

YES, I was just thinking that he had never gotten around to 'That's Me', one of their earlier ones.

@johnAsanz

4 жыл бұрын

@@HidingFromFate guys there's a camp as tits TV video for 'that's me' I think that was from Japan too, featuring lots of dancers, I'm sure it's somewhere on KZread.

@DRAINPIPE57

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXZ3zMyDdJnIocY.html

@DRAINPIPE57

3 жыл бұрын

You've got great superb taste Jay

Hard to believe this was left out as a single release as they went for chiquitta instead, the bass is awesome on this

@kimberlyjocatone

4 жыл бұрын

yes but it wasn't a dance song. i grew up @ the local roller rink and heard all there hits, i guess it wasn't disco enough to shuffle too either. i sing Chiquitta @ karaoke all the time

@deanscapolo7655

3 жыл бұрын

Chiquitita was released in early 1979 to promote the year of the child, an all proceeds went to UNICEF. The album was finished much later.

@louisedemarillac777

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, this song is superior.

@toby9999

2 жыл бұрын

@@kimberlyjocatone I used to roller skate in the 70's to great music. I still roller skate but sadly the rink music is crap.

@kimberlyjocatone

2 жыл бұрын

@@toby9999 ive watched videos of rinks in Camden NJ. they skate slow not fast. they make trains grown men skate arm & arm @ women who wear black skates

A hilarious performance! What you didn't see, because of the still shots, is Frida going completely wild at the end. It's been widely discussed whether she was drunk or not at the performance. I just think she was having a great time.

@Pulsar77

4 жыл бұрын

Have you seen this video of So Long: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5ei3JKPfJffZM4.html Frida was a wild cat :)

@Emmenem68

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pulsar77 Oh yes, she was. That 'leg on the piano' moment is priceless!

@chawleyyy

4 жыл бұрын

Frida just knew how to have fun. 💛

@nielsulriksrensen9818

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pulsar77 Oh yes, a bit of a tiger right there. A 'leg on piano' kind of tiger.

@anderlundberg9297

3 жыл бұрын

The Swedish Super Ladies Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad from The Swedish Supergroup ABBA

"Dancing" wasn't their thing, which is why I love them even more....like another group Boney M, they just didn't care & did their own thing, no choreography just impulse & It endeared them to so many people. This is one of their strongest vocal performances after Chiquitita. Voulez Vous was one of their best albums vocally ............... PS Hazell Dean is an english female singer who had a handful of mainstream hit's (in the UK) in the 80's, she was known as a High Energy Artist who's music evolved through the British gay scene and got onto the mainstream charts. She is best known for her No 6 hit "Searchin" She released an album called "Hazell Dean Sing's ABBA" . She still tours the UK performing at various venues and music festivals & has a very large following.

It’s actually always been one of my favourites (and I have many)! I play it quite a lot because it makes me feel so happy and positive!

Amazing Anni-Frid!!! ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥💕💕💕💕💕💕

I LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE

The dresses Agnetha & Frida are wearing are from the 1977 Tour - one of my favourite costumes !

This should have been the lead single from the Voulez- Vous album.

@Pulsar77

4 жыл бұрын

Come on. Chiquitita, Voulez-Vous, Does Your Mother Know, I Have a Dream, Angeleyes, and Lovers (Live a Little Longer) are all better songs.

@bachatamusica

4 жыл бұрын

@Derek Petrie no, it should've been «Kisses Of Fire» 🔥🎵🎶🎼

@geordieboy8945

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pulsar77 I agree 100%.

@resireg

4 жыл бұрын

No, that song is just OK, not great

@anthonysmith8800

4 жыл бұрын

It was selected to be the lead single and then the UNICEF concert came along and of course Chiquitita became the single and IIWFTN was dropped

Love ABBA and Frida was always my favourite. Growing up I wanted to look like her and used to pretend to be Frida when singing, pretending to be ABBA. Frida knew she was gorgeous, sexy and knew how to dance and make use of the stage which is what shes doing during this performance, shes feel confident, beautiful and just goes for it! Go Frida! ❤

Thx for the nice reaction Listen to "kisses of fire" ,also from the Voulez-Vous album A very powerful song

@alintje11

4 жыл бұрын

I love that song but I think there is too much of a volume difference between the first lines and the chorus. I hurt my ears several times because of kisses of fire. Now I lower the volume after the first line with superspeed haha.

@sushigirl1069

3 жыл бұрын

Love Agnetha's voice at the beginning of that song

This is really propably the most underrated Abba track. It wasnt event a hit?! 😳 I love this discotrack and consider it equal with their megahit Dancing Queen. 💃🏼🕺🏼 Its not even on their best Abba hits album - totally unbelieveble. Bjorn wrote this song as a reaction to his divorce with Agnetha. And with legendary Rutger Gunnarsson on base (R.I.P.) Thx for react to this Derek ❤️

Frida queen🤩❤

Can you believe that I discovered this song one week ago!!? And it's amazing!!! 🤩🤩🤩❤️🅰️🅱️🅱️🅰️❤️🇦🇺🇨🇱🇦🇺🇨🇱🇦🇺🇨🇱

@diy_lothar4422

2 жыл бұрын

Almost any band would kill to have a song like this in their repertoire, ABBA are so good that this is simply one more track...

Another one of their LP tracks that could have easily been a single . Such an uplifting song.

Abba was one of the greatest music groups in Europe . they were in the peak of their fame in the seventies . They started their career when they won a big music competition with their song ( Waterloo ) . they have many hits such as ( Dancing Queen , The winner takes it all , Fernando , The day before you came )

@emattdat10

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes referred to as the Swedish Fab Four. (as referring to the Beatles as the Fab Four)

Una delle mie preferite🤍In questa esibizione amo Frida 🤍grazie Dereck.

Wonderful ABBA. Great job yours.👏👏👏

Love the whole Voulez-Vous album.

I think you should react to some of rock & roll songs of ABBA, like "So Long", "Watch Out", "Hole in Your Soul", "Kisses of Fire", "Rock Me", "Rock & Roll Band". I'm sure you'll enjoy it very very much 😁😊🤩

I recommended this song at least 20 times to you! Facebook, KZread, everywhere! These are other life-changing ABBA songs include: My Love My Life, As Good As New, I've Been Waiting For You.

Perfection in every single way, only Abba can produce this

- disillusion...is a song written by Agnetha and was released in 1973. It's a beautiful song. - You already reacted to the song (eagle) which is one of my favourite ABBA songs. But that was the short version of it. There is a longer version with amazing music part at the end. I am sure you will enjoy it. Also they did another version of the same song with rock-music taste and it was only in one of thier live performance, i think in London. Thank you :)

@herrbonk3635

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, "Disillusion" and the funky "My mama said" are interesting old Abba songs.

People have been begging you to react to this one for months, Dereck!! You need to pay more attention to your comments section. LOL. Great song, great performance, great TV special ('Abba in Japan'). I'm glad you liked it, even Frida's drunken dancing. But hey, she's Wonder Woman, so she can get away with it. You should also check out 'Why Did It Have To Be Me' (Live in Australia 1977) and 'So Long' ('Made In Sweden For Export' 1975).

If it wasn't for the nights is 3 minutes of pure joy. ABBA at their very best. Thank you for reviewing this.

This would been world wide smash single release ...same vibes dancing queen catchy happy feel good song ......

It's Amazin !!! So Fun !!! Genau so ist es,ein tolles Lied der vier Schweden ( wieder mal genau den Nerv getroffen). Sie waren zu ihrer Zeit einfach unübertroffen. Auch jetzt,nach Jahrzehnten, hört man ihre Musik, bekommt gute Laune und schwelgt in Erinnerungen. I Love it 👍👍👍🙋✌️‼️

All the ABBA's music is timeless . Immortal for your beauty , inspiration , wonderful voices , marvelous harmonies , melodies and perfect execution ever . The ABBA pop group is divine and all her music masterpieces , absolute perfection and gem of colection . This world never knowing other pop group how ABBA of her level , beauty and excellence , this is true absolutely . Pure talent , beauty , inspiration and perfection , the high quality , cathegory , standar and level of pop music made for minds of masters and genius .

Production...superb ! . Orchestral. 💥

Benny is adorable. He looks like he's having so much fun here.

I love the king has lost his crown...play that a lot... ABBA is an album king...they made every single there very best...and listen to there albums more than ABBA gold.

This song is on par with Dancing Queen as one of their greatest, and it wasn't even released as a single. Crazy! The production, bass line and Phil Spector "wall of sound" harmonies are perfection! :)

ABBA is the best! My favorite artist! 😍😍😍

So so funky!!!! Unbelievable song!

I´m missing this on ABBA GOLD

Love Benny doing his excited Benny thing

ABBA at their peak 👌👌👌👌

Is there any other sound more heavenly than Frida and Agnetha harmonizing? They both are fantastic singers in their own right but when their voices combined, that magical third voice came out and they excelled. Astounding what they could do with their voices. When the 1978 Japan special was taped they actually performed the song to an earlier mix. You can watch the original broadcast of the song here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lnqqyaSNgbvAj7w.html. Before the track was released on the 1979 Voulez-Vous album, further overdubs were done on it. I love the fact that Frida in particular really went for it in this performance. She was on fire! Dereck, another Voulez-Vous track you will definitely enjoy is "As Good As New": kzread.info/dash/bejne/qWeJr8hrYMybeco.html. It's bursting with energy. Enjoy!

Oh man! I loved this one!! I was 20 when this album came out. I absolutely wore this record out, but I still have it!! Lol. WE HAD GREAT FUN MUSIC !!

The vocals on this is just amazing!!!

I'm so pleased you reacted to this song, it's one of my favourites x

It's ABOUT TIME! This was my #1 request! Thank you! Now all you need to react to is I've Been Waiting For You and As Good As New!

I'd love to see your reaction to "Me and I" by ABBA. It's an album track from "Super Trouper," that is heavy on synths and shows early use of electronic voice alterations.

ABBA... again, hit the floor, shake your groove thang... 🎶

ABBA, the group from «The Land Of The Midnight Sun», did their last tour, as a group, in 1980,,,,,,and it was in the «Land Of The Rising Sun»,,,,,in JAPAN.💖🌞

One of their best..🌟

I love this Abba tune/video!!!

This was set to be the lead single of the "Voulez Vous" album, that's why they actually started performing this in different countries. But then the Music for Unicef concert came along, which meant lots of exposure for whatever they performed, and they switched to Chiquitita as it was a better fit for the event. This one got lucky as the long album version of "Summer Night City" was left out completely and "Lovelight" was downgraded to "Chiquitita"'s b-side. Fun fact: the audio you heard is the album version, the video originally featured an early mix of the song with a different arrangement. Anyway, if you think they are showing off their legs here you should check out the "ABBA Made in Sweden for Export" special from 1975. It's only about 10 minutes but was a major part of their early promotion as it was broadcasted in different markets.

If It Wasn't For The Nights hits you with both fists and doesn't stop for the next 5 minutes - LOVE IT (It's my #1 non-single track from ABBA)

BRILLIANT..!

Late 70's 2 happy couples during the Disco years. I discover this songs not long ago. It makes me so happy. Huge jump from reviewing the dark album The Visitors. Hahaha keep reacting to as much ABBA material please.

Try "Angel Eyes" By them And "Crazy World" is one where Bjorn takes the lead, too

@Ulvaeus

4 жыл бұрын

Ana Rabe Don’t recommend Crazy World; it’s a sub-standard ABBA song.

@adrianatdottru

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ulvaeus I like it

It was fun watching your reaction because that's the way I feel every time I hear this song. It's impossible not to get swept up in the vocals, the strings, the piano, the melody and the great beat. The Voulez-Vous album is filled with some really great dance songs like this one. "As Good As New" is another banging track, unfortunately, no video though. "Angel Eyes" is another standout as well as "Kisses of Fire" which is a really banging track and "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)" which Frida really stands out on.

As usual, nice to hear and see your reactions to this wonderful band ! I’m amazed you haven’t reacted yet to « Thank you for the music » - another great and famous ABBA song ! I’d be glad to see what you think about it, another masterpiece from this wonderful band.

It's seems to me that Frida was drunk in this performance 😂 anyways great track from the band as usual, great bass here and the girls vocals always on point. Love them

Happy New Year is a great song from ABBA

Please, listen to/react to ABBA’s ”Hole in your soul” from ABBA The Album. Agneta’s high pitch in the middle of the song is quite amazing.

Love it live was powerhouse

Spot on. Frida does look like a superhero.

Such a joyous, uplifting song. Definitely try Angel Eyes. Another great song from the Voulez Vous album.

@Ogilla

3 жыл бұрын

Well it may sound ''uplifting'' but the lyrics are really sad actually.

ABBA always seemed to enjoy performing their tunes. Such a fun group that gave us great music to move to.

Good song,good reaction,one of the best ones I think you did Dereck,and you did many good ones....a great song,ABBA song...they are very very high level of course..

OH BOY!!! ABBA AGAIN!!!!!! :)

What i love is that B&B sorted each album track 1/3 Agnetha lead vovals, then 1/3rd Frida leasd vocals them 1/3rd 50/50 !!

ABBA 🎶👌👌👌👌🥰🥰🥰

Gosh!!! Never heard this song before !!! Such a bright masterpiece!!!!

OmG! I love, love, love this song and more in remix.

The 70's were full of crisis and difficult changes. ABBA arrived on the scene and gave us a shot of pure musical joy, pure enthusiasm in music. Two more lesser known gems in this vein are "Lovers Live a Little Longer" and "Boomerang"(official video, they're so young). Also, Agnatha's solo "The Angels Cry" will blow your mind.

Never Seen This Live Performance Of ABBA! Don't Even Remember This ABBA Song! Sounds So Good! Thanks For Sharing! Take Care!

@tim_davidson6344

2 жыл бұрын

It's one of my favorites though it was one of their (relatively) lesser known numbers.

I think the fact that it was so upbeat that it could or SHOULD have been a single but we don't make those decisions.

Fantastic song! Love ABBA with their beautiful voices but in this song there are so many more facets that are mezmorizingly hypnotizing: bass, lead, piano, innovating little singing ploys .... including the long drawn out ”if it....... wasn’t..... For the nights!” Brilliant.

OMG I've been waiting for you to react to this song for so long. I didn't watch it yet, because I can't at the moment, but first I'll do when I will be at home, I'm going to see your reaction 😍😍😍

@mrfantastic8451

3 жыл бұрын

@Marvin Morawski YES 🤩 Finally someone noticed my EasterEggs 😁😅

If memory serves me right, this song was arranged by Anders Eljas, a true musician. He made everything so lively. He was later involved in Benny & Bjorn's "Kristina fran Duvemala", for orchestration. This video is from ABBA Japan.

Hey Dereck- loved your reaction 👍 - over 40 years old - still sounds amazing - as has been said here - should’ve been a single - kindness from the land of Oz 😊🇦🇺

LINDA HAS ABSOLUTELY A LINDA CARTER LOOK, AND HER SOLO AT ´4 ¨30 IS QUIET AMAZING *

Chiquitita makes me cry EVERY time I hear it... OMG 😍

My recommendation - this live performance of Does Your Mother Know + Hole in Your Soul. Esp. the last track. My fav version of Does Your Mother Know is actually a TV version from 'ABBA in Spain', 1979.

You should react to the video for Kisses Of Fire/Lovers Live A Little Longer (Switzerland '79). Two of their best tracks!

The girls vocals are so so special on this track ....the Voulez-vous album had many strong strong tracks. ..up up and away vibe ..ENJOY....🌈💚⭐🥳🦋.

you should listen to As Good As New, Lovers (Live A Little Longer), The King Has Lost His Crown and Kisses of Fire - all from the Voulez Vous album - with Agnetha's vocals in particular being so exquisite

Hey Dereck, this is one of the top 3 ABBA disco dance hits I almost request every time at the Gimme Gimme Disco ABBA inspired dance venue traveling all over the U.S. The other 2 are- Angel Eyes and The Winner Takes It All. You need to hear As Good As New from their Voulez Vous album too.