The only song on Chess to fade out - just Björn and Benny making sure we know that this is just an ABBA single with a different lead singer :)

@BBRealityTV07

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing & clever that you observed it's the only fade out song on Chess. I've listened to the record for years and never noticed that. Hilarious.

@brettpritchard265

Жыл бұрын

This definitely has the Abba feel more than any other song in the show.

@levendisanlar8846

Жыл бұрын

With big exception of fantastic lyrics by Tim Rice, no? ;)

@SampleTracks2224

9 ай бұрын

I didn't know that - been listening to this score for decades. Very well spotted!

@holmavik6756

7 ай бұрын

One of the best piece of music ever, all genres. Play it loud!

and the winner of the ultimate 80s hair goes to... Ms Elaine Paige

@mikekaraoke

Жыл бұрын

By the time she stopped doing this musical, her next hit musical in the 80's-Anything Goes that hair had gone lol

@zakariashartley

Жыл бұрын

@@mikekaraoke humm her hair is STILL mental tbf

@mikekaraoke

Жыл бұрын

@@zakariashartley In this yes it is lol

@boofuls

5 ай бұрын

Many selfless cans of hairspray laid down their lives to create such a magnificent structure

I fell in love with this production 40 years ago, and I always come back to it, in part or its entirety.

@dianehickey3031

Ай бұрын

My son is doing chess at the moment its brillant

Why am i only discovering this now??????? Recently seen Chess the musical locally and now i am hooked!

"Mamma Mia" is credited as being the first ABBA musical. I disagree; "Chess" is, even if only B & B participated. It has the unmistakable ABBA sound.

@discogareth

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Wells ABBAcadabra came out in 1983, and maybe one could argue The Girl With The Golden Hair from 1977 was the first. ;)

@HenryFernandoMartinezCopete

6 жыл бұрын

It has a very distinctive ABBA sound! Think of “I’m a marionette” and that theatricality it has! Even “Under attack”...

@daveross3642

5 жыл бұрын

If you can, track down a copy of the original Chess demos (the 23 song version and not the 8 song version) - it will really throw you for a loop, some amazing stuff on there!

@drwoo6090

4 жыл бұрын

Mamma Mia was crap!

@christianealshut1123

3 жыл бұрын

I think Chess was originally written for ABBA as well - two lead female roles and two lead male roles, but then it somehwat branched out from there.

Elaine Paige; The Queen, singing one of the greatest songs from one of the greatest shows ever. Simply stunning, even 20+ years later.

Being an 80s kid I'm happy I stumbled upon this.

Outside Abba this is the greatest music Björn and Benny ever wrote! The Singers also phantastic!

So powerful. That half-measure jump in the chorus really works.

Elaine was so perfect for this brilliant Musical. Her voice is so clear,precise and strong.This is one of the best songs of the Show.Lovely!! 7.2020.

@carolinemaybe

2 жыл бұрын

Oh for a producer to make this a film or live show again.

Man, I spent literally years looking for the official Chess videos back in the pre-internet days. And now here they are at my fingertips!

One of the best songs ever written.

It's remarkable how the melody and instrumentation of this song are so upbeat, but the lyrics are so bitter.

@hunterborg7020

9 ай бұрын

And that's so ABBA...

I wish they made this musical into a film. Live-action or animated. Either way is fine with me.

@TheDisney1901

6 жыл бұрын

I would love to see Chess as a traditionally animated film. -S.

@Isrjisoneavalable

4 жыл бұрын

Just not the weird cats cgi

@lynharrod5087

4 жыл бұрын

So do I.It's such an example of pure brilliance. Chess is the most complex game in the world. The very best players in the world can determine the next move over days of hundreds of scenarios a computer couldn't calculate.

@cupcakequeen0617

4 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see it as an anime.

@leonardmoxam6880

4 жыл бұрын

Tttttttststyttttttytdfgyyfyytyyyygyyyttttt to iu

One of my favorite musical theater songs of all time. And Elaine's 80s hair is something fierce in this video...

@amycrunch3812

3 жыл бұрын

Elaine is beyond cool.

@saschasash

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@francescomontino5018

3 жыл бұрын

👍🔝💯

@dorthehansen7787

2 жыл бұрын

Her hairdo makes her about 5 cm taller! Love the song and video. I was about 12 when this came out...

@joannecunliffe8067

Жыл бұрын

This is BY FAR my favourite song from Chess - Elaine's voice is astonishing! If you've ever been betrayed by people you loved (and held dear) as I have, the lyrics hit very hard. I always cry listening to this song.

Goosebumps, every time! This song keeps on shining and never fades, even after 35 years! Possibly the best of all the CHESS songs.

@mikekaraoke

Жыл бұрын

Well it was a hit musical, and a hit cast album!

@claytonpascoe480

10 ай бұрын

⁠Yes it was. But the original Chess was a once of.

@mikekaraoke

10 ай бұрын

@@claytonpascoe480 What you mean, was a once of?

@gaskellr44

3 ай бұрын

One off lol.@@mikekaraoke

@mikekaraoke

3 ай бұрын

@@gaskellr44 Still doesn't make sense, as have been plenty of musicals that have been hit musicals not just in one country but all over the world so very confused lol

Elaine is spectacular.... as is her hair here.... I mean.... just *WOW*

elaines hand waving during the chorus keep me going

Needs a billion views.

So underrated as a Musical and so beautiful. Listen to it right through - every musical phrase, every lyric. gorgeous.

I currently have the 2008 'Chess in Concert' paused while I watch these. I have to say, some of the singers, especially Menzel, aren't giving these songs justice. Elaine Paige has such a beautiful voice and Menzel just does not have the right pitch. I wish there was a play recorded with the original cast.

@ChrisStockslager

4 жыл бұрын

Plus, Paige can still sing (remarkably well!) after age 50. ;)

@toriboy25

4 жыл бұрын

I was disappointed in that concert.

@sskoog

4 жыл бұрын

There are good castmembers in that production -- but Menzel isn't one of them IMHO.

@BubblewrapMe

3 жыл бұрын

Menzel ruined the 2008 concert album for me. I’d rather listen to the less polished Danish cast version.

@this_Joe_Smith

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I saw it and was disappointed. I'm grateful they maybe brought a larger audience to knowing the show?, but: with all respect to their efforts i say their concert version will never beat the original concept album 💕

Every 3 or 4 years I remember this perfection of a video exists and I rewatch it. The lights, the hair, the dancing...classic.

@emilyg4895

Жыл бұрын

And here I am again, 5 years later

18.4.2020. The lyrics are as profound as the show.She has such a brilliant voice, particularly here.

when this was new I was 13. It was my jam then and it's my jam now. Not so guilty pleasures.

Words to live by in these song lyrics. I love all of the original Chess, but this is always the song I come back to.

@jamarguy8005

5 жыл бұрын

Dano 416 same! It's my favorite song from the show

@PeepersT

5 ай бұрын

Hearing this song made a huge impression on me as a teen.

All the best musicals have that one song that just blows you away. Wicked has Defying Gravity, Chess has this.

@daveross3642

5 жыл бұрын

Chess also has "I Know Him So Well", "Heaven Help My Heart" and "Someone Else's Story". Talk about ballad powerhouse songs!

@wickedfan811

3 жыл бұрын

Gypsy has Rose's turn, Company has Being alive, Hello, Dolly has Before the parade passes by and Funny girl has Don't rain on my parade.

@pilskadden

3 жыл бұрын

For me Pity The Child is the best Chess song.

@mariferpena4537

3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion "Anthem" is the best

@TigerPrawn_

2 жыл бұрын

Chess has loads of big numbers

Elaine Paige is amazing

A masterpiece from both: the autors and the singer! Also today a best performance! Like it so much!

This track is absolutely timeless and superb. Lyrics, melody and production at there very best!

Ah! I've sung the backing vocals for this once as part of a concert series. Listening to and being a part of those harmonies was such a great experience!

What bothers me is the fact that there's videos for this, "the arbiter" and "one night in Bangkok" but no other footage from the production, it makes me think there's more unreleased footage from this version of the musical

i love this song. it gives me comfort when I was young and Abba split off. When the album chees comes out I heard it day by day and after this long time I can sing every word form the whole album today. The musical itself was not a big success but the music was wonderful and a really ABBA-Album for all the fans. Thanks Benny and Björn for the wonderful music you gave in all that years to the people

I love Elaine Paige she's so awesome.

This song features the quality of an ABBA song. It's a great follow-up to the The Visitors.

@NorthSea_1981

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly...this is what I would have expected on a 1984/1985 ABBA album

I played Florence years ago in a local production and this was my very favorite song to sing out of the entire show (I know him so well a very close 2nd). Elaine was perfection and this video gives chills all these years later!

Love the hair. Love the voice. Elaine Paige simply wonderful.

I happen to love Menzel's distinct voice on the 2008 show, but watching this was inspiring in an entirely different way; she can't dance, the 80s cheese is too dense to cut with anything but a chainsaw, AND...it's a fantastic song.

@daveross3642

5 жыл бұрын

Menzel’s version is a little nasally and clear for me, though I completely respect her talent and skill! No-one does Florence like Jodie Benson, Helen Sjöholm or Elaine Paige. For super obscure Chess fans, even Jill Plaice’s 2010 Florence was pretty powerful.

@sfranc01

3 жыл бұрын

I love Karen Olivo’s version. So much passion and strength

@ambidextra_ambidextra

Жыл бұрын

She SO can't dance🤣😍

im obsessed with this

@saschasash

3 жыл бұрын

And you are good looking 😉

Great song, great musical. Period.

That hair!!!

@boofuls

5 ай бұрын

Many brave cans of hairspray laid down their lives to create such a magnificent structure

This song makes me happy

@jjtint

7 ай бұрын

Me too 😁

Musical or not this is a great rock/pop song. There are other great music on this album. Too bad it did not do as well in the US as it did in UK and Sweden.

@AdamDawson3

7 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to have heard ABBA sing 'Nobody's Side'.

@alexwells5974

7 жыл бұрын

Me too. Would have sounded even better that way.

@bjornlepisto1716

6 жыл бұрын

A bit late perhaps, but check out Helen Sjöholms Swedish version of this song, it's extremely powerful!

@michlkwitz

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't you just imagine this with Agnetha's vocals? How grand would that have been?

@daveross3642

5 жыл бұрын

Though I agree with you, Chess has quite the cult following in the U.S (similar to Europe), and it has been staged nearly continuously in various regional and local markets in the U.S since the early 1990s, continuing up through 2019. It had one major run on Broadway, a national tour just after and then multiple major concert versions as well as the nearly continuous local/regional shows. It’s still being performed in new regional markets in the U.S and I see there are five regional performances completed in the last 5 months. There’s of course talk of a Broadway revival, which would follow the most recent concert version (which Tim Rice has said is the closest to the real story they’d like to tell), but with the additions of some of the original demo songs (glom mig om du vil) and some of the newer songs (Han ar en man, Han ar ett barn, etc). The role of Svetlana is beefed up, and I am glad she has been given an additional song. Check out the Oslo concert from 2016 to see the newest Svetlana song done amazingly well!

Yass my diva Elaine the good old days.

Among some of the very cheesy moments of Chess, the songs sung by the female cast are some of the greatest musical numbers, this and I Know Him So Well specifically.

@hbotis

7 жыл бұрын

you are so right!

@AMcGrath82

7 жыл бұрын

"One Night in Bangkok" and "Pity the Child" are pretty lyrically brilliant, as well.

@kjulia-qi9tr

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander McGrath yesss, especially one night in Bangkok :)

@daveross3642

5 жыл бұрын

Also ‘Florence Quits’ and ‘No Contest’!

@fylaxx

4 жыл бұрын

Anthem?

女優としても歌い手としても良い芝居や歌を得たら素晴らしい一流の方。

I wish they wold become a new show and tour again. It is so hard for me to convince hoe incredible Chess truly was.

Amazing performance by Elaine Paige! Really good song! Thanks to Benny's & Björn's writing/production, I'm getting some *massive* ABBA vibes here. Is this what a 1984/1985 ABBA song would have sounded like?

@toriboy25

2 жыл бұрын

And Tim Rice

@gerhardvanderwesthuizen842

2 жыл бұрын

Elaine Paige

@dorthehansen7787

2 жыл бұрын

Yep!

That specifically 80s hair is life...

Incredible singing

My Favorite Song from Chess!!! Love this song!!

The superb elaine paige a little bomb of a singer

Classic!!!

My favorite song and my hair at one point.

All that neon. Such 80s perfection.

She is so great! And BB(Abba) is Super trouper great!!

We need this chess promo video on blu-ray/4k!!!! (if only for the alternate takes!!!!)

My god, that hair...why yes, this WAS the 80s, why do you ask?

@withlovefromrussia

5 жыл бұрын

Just thought the same. We all looked a bit weird in the 80s. Miss it so much. Cool music. 🤩🤩🤩

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131

3 жыл бұрын

Two large cans of hairspray, and you'll have nailed it !!! 😆

@theConquerersMama

3 жыл бұрын

You have to suffer for beauty.

Elaine's got the moves! You go gurl XD

It took 55 years for this 1964 wild manchild to realize that these ARE life lessons!!!!-Learn Children!!!!-WE ALL NEED A CHANGE OF CAST!!!!-no one-nobody is on your side or mine!!!!

I always thought Chess was brilliant. I still do.

So 80s.... but The song is great !!!

I don't think there was a bad song in the entire album. This would have been a follow-up to "Pity the Child," and then I would have also released "Anthem," "Heaven Help My Heart" and "Where I Want to Be."

@gerhardvanderwesthuizen842

2 жыл бұрын

Pity the child was the highlight for me.

@ambidextra_ambidextra

Жыл бұрын

This was actually the second single.. after ONIB and before IKHSW

Nothing wrong with Elaine.......but I would have loved to hear an Abba version !

@jimmytwostones

4 жыл бұрын

Was written for broadway/eastend it's perfect as it is

This is my favourite song

Nobody's Side should have been an ABBA song it has the unmistakable ABBA sound it just needed Agnetha & Frida's vocals and it would have been a massive hit and Bjorn's lyrics are wonderful just imagine ABBA singing this song it would be amazing.

@zeusdyman1433

6 жыл бұрын

Except they're not Bjorn's lyrics.... the lyrics are by Tim Rice.

@AdamDawson3

6 жыл бұрын

Bjorn wrote the lyrics for Nobody's Side & I Know Him So Well one of Bjorn's trademarks is that his lyrics rhyme.

@johnconway8070

6 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you. These songs should have been ABBA songs - there was so much still in the tank they could have gone on to have another 9 Number One's as a group .

@pjangels609

5 жыл бұрын

The song did hit #1 in the UK

@MmeKastaffiore

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamDawson3 Lyrics were not written by Björn...

Everything you ever needed to know about human relationships is contained in Tim Rice and Sondheim lyrics.

The video itself is cheesy as all get out, but the song is just perfection.

Elaine Paige is the only woman who can sing 'Nobody's Side' her version is by far the best her vocal performance is just stunning and the only other woman that could probably sing it as good if not better than Elaine is the one and only Agnetha Faltskog.

@Taevas___

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree that she's the only one who can sing this. Hellen Sjöholm sang this phenomenally in the Swedish version of Chess m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4aV18qPibPgpJs.html

Love Chess and Elaine Page. The hair, yes, classic 80’s and now we know why she doesn’t dance.... was she the originator of Elaine’s dance on Seinfeld? 😂

A discussion on a progressive rock forum brought me here, nuff said. Catchy but sophisticated song.

I want to die in a wool-wrapped Elaine Paige scarf, chock full of Aquanet hairspray. She's a powerhouse!

Her head voice is incedible.

Has anyone heard Samantha barks sing this !! She’s amazing !!!

Sadly, I think this probably ought to be one of my theme songs.

The James Bond song that never was.

So much hot mid 80s upper class artsy urban mom energy. I'd be tripping over myself to get a date with Paige in '85. So much 80s in her aesthetics, even her hair evokes the nuclear war fears we had what with that doo being in the shape of a mushroom cloud.

fun fact adele rootstein uk manufacturers of mannequins made an elaine paige for there petite range line and she was amazing

If they make a motion picture of CHESS, the album will be produced by Max Martin.

@Raptormon132

7 жыл бұрын

Him and Daniel Ingram.

@Yubealot

6 жыл бұрын

Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson Of ABBA fame will not allow that!!!

@nighthawk20011

6 жыл бұрын

Alicia Chea if they haven’t made a movie by this point, I don’t see it happening.

I was doing Nobody's Side with Elaine Paige, Julia Murney, Dolly Parton, Paige O'Hara, Judy Kuhn, Jodi Benson, Susan Egan, Idina Menzel, and Lea Salonga.

The amount of hairspray....wow...

@SepticPeg

7 жыл бұрын

BahstX it was 1984/85

@trishloughman5998

6 жыл бұрын

The good old days. :)

@amandacarolinamoreira8114

5 жыл бұрын

Para l Zut

This is my life in LA currently.

Chess is a great musical about an American Agent and Russian Agent falling in love amidst their respective countries Cold War using the world as global chessboard. Both realising the absurdity of the Cold War. When U.S. and Russia should be friends and strong allies working for global peace. Great message from the Musical one of the best of the 1980s.

2020.

@resorttoyourhappyplace

3 жыл бұрын

2021😻

I want the blue sweater dress lol, but silliness aside, I can''t seem to get this one out of my head. Elaine's fault followed by the hammering style of those lyrics.

@daveross3642

5 жыл бұрын

Listen to Jodi Benson’s version and tell me she doesn’t kill it! (kzread.info/dash/bejne/foeFwZSnk9LOeaw.html&app=desktop)

I cannot decide if Elaine Paige sounds more like Anni-Frid or Agnetha, or a combination of both.

@JF-sh2sm

3 жыл бұрын

Neither, she’s unique! And so are Agnetha and Frida

The verses sounded a lot like "Under Attack"

This song should have been sung by Agnetha and Frida if you know what I mean!

My God. The hair.

Boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop

Even the first one is on english and it's about Russia. Chess will always be swedish musical because Björn and Benny are swedish people.

I love this song. I think Elaine Page sings it very well. The dancing, on the other hand...😂 (No offense though; I'm just messing around. And besides it's not like I'm a good dancer so who am I to talk? 😂) ~:~

Just like 'Heaven Help My Heart', 'I Know Him So Well' and 'Anthem', this song would have been a great candidate to figure on the 9th studio Abba album after The Visitors. Unfortunately, no such thing ever saw the light of day...

@JF-sh2sm

3 жыл бұрын

ABBA already had 8 albums and around 100 songs. They were an awesome group but everything comes to an end and after 10 years as a quatuor, I think it was time for something new. Chess is a masterpiece all on its own!

@user-mb1ts7zj8z

3 жыл бұрын

@@JF-sh2sm Absolutely, but Abba was special. You can't compare the legacy of Abba with Chess, Gemini, Josefin Nilson, Kristina, BAO. Abba is there for future generations. The others, unfortunately, are not.

Is Anders Glenmark singing in the background?

@diegolcl

7 жыл бұрын

Rex Lana / yumerch ASMR yes, and Karin as well

@shonmeyerson1352

5 жыл бұрын

Funny how they force Elaine into an American 'afternoon' at 3:13

Good f***ing advice!

Imagine if it was sang by Frida and Agnetha

Wow, Elaine Paige looks so different from her movies (like Juno or Inception).

@waterandafter

3 жыл бұрын

Elliot Page?

@a._wesker

3 жыл бұрын

They are different person. Elaine Paige and Ellen Page (former) are different person.

@dirk9787

3 жыл бұрын

@@a._wesker It's a joke playing on the circumstance that the names "Elaine Paige" and "Ellen Page" can be regarded as homophone. That is, they sound the same although they are written differently.

@a._wesker

3 жыл бұрын

@@dirk9787 Oh, my bad. I must say that back then I'm confused distinguishing who's who, because they sound the same.

Easy to know that it's Benny and Bjorn melodies

Perfect dancing. Sining was ok.

Hmmm! This is a unique edit just for the video. (Collector OCD kickin' in...)

@fylaxx

4 жыл бұрын

woutch The single version has the chorus added in the beginning. This is actually just the album version separated from The American and Florence part so it’s no a unique edit either.

this is the most abbaish chess song

@NorthSea_1981

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely...and that's amazing!