Even more important is that ABBA handed over the rights of this song to UNICEF and has raised millions to help children in poorer countries.

I am from Liverpool, England. I don't care about the replies - ABBA were the equal of The Beatles; they share the top spot of all time.

It's hard to pick a favorite ABBA song. Any one of their songs that I hear becomes my favorite.

ABBA came to us directly from Heaven!

One of my favourates Abba songs ..used to sing this song over & over with my sister ...such happy days ..😄 fabulous Abba💕💞🥳

Yes, I totally agree; ABBA cures our depression!

Another Spanish flavour song this time with Agnetha’s angelic vocals and even higher vocal harmonies.

My favorite ABBA song!

I love watching Agnetha express her emotions through her music, such as this one. It's almost heartbreaking. Yeah, Luke, I feel it. Agnetha and Frida are beautifully brilliant and truly a gift to the world. Try "The Winner Takes it All." That one is a true Agnetha masterpiece--bittersweet and beautiful; Really tugs on the heartstrings. Love that you're still loving Abba Luke. Keep it coming Love.

Two of the best singers in the world ❤️

Glad to see a new generation as enthusiastic as my generation was when they first hit the music scene Some music never dies.

@kyachdistent1301

5 ай бұрын

But it did in 1990. We've the evidence every minute of every effing day.

Imagine that it's a band that was writting, producimg and recording their songs on their own.No external songwritters and b.vocalists.Benny and Bjorn were composing music by mainly using a piano and guitar.Such harder work then but big talents.Youngsters of today are really familiar to the outro of this song since they made it a tik tok trend more than a year ago.

brilliant song! simply beautiful! ♥

Beautiful song from a great goup of the seventies.

Of course you can call her Anni-frid, but to us fans, she is Frida. 😊

The vocals.. the piano. My God.

They also made a spanish version of this song, definitely one of the absolute best among their countless hits. It's part of my childhood memories and love how you almost immediately picked up on the "from sad to happy" vibe of the song, it's there lyrically and melodically, one of the most brilliant pop tunes EVER.

The harmonies in this song are stunning - thanks for reacting to this song

Loving your Abba discovery and seeing your enthusiasm and passion for them. You have so much amazing stuff to come! Still my favourite group after all these years x

ABBA made a beautiful Spanish version of "Chiquitita" that was also a great success in Latin America.

Good to see you youngsters appreciating CLASS. Thank you.

@kyachdistent1301

5 ай бұрын

We thought it impossible didn't we, seeing as how they haven't been exposed to it since 1990 I would think.

The magic of ABBA Luke in the lead up to the climatic chorus, sad versus happy they convey it well.

Abba is Magic ... Period!!

Please react to "Our Last Summer" or "I Let The Music Speak". Two of Frida's best performances. 😍😍

Fernando is another one of their greatest songs...it actually was written for Frida...she sings it by herself on her Ensam Album...it is absolutely brilliantly sang by Frida as i stated...also both Annifrid and Agnetha sing it together as they do with this song...its so beautiful...one of my most favourite ABBA songs....thankyou for a great reaction to this song...you really have an ear for the perfection of music...CONGRADULATIONS!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Benny & Bjorn were brilliant song writers. You should look at their first musical, CHESS, that they did after ABBA broke up in the early 80s.

This is the song of life, for each of us, at one time or another. Many of their songs are masterpieces that will live on forever. With the voices and the harmonies and the writing and the musicianship, It is no wonder that they sold nearly the most albums in history! They bring pure joy and that is hard to get these days.

We want ABBA. We want ABBA.

Loved Abba. They always make me want to dance. Surely a cure for any funk mood. Every one of their songs is great, but Dancing Queen is the bomb.

What is incredibly unique about this song, is how the tune is virtually the same im the chorus and verse. It's not obvious but listen and you'll hear it ❤️

And they are all such eye candies (including the guys 🙂).

A couple of years ago ABBA said they’d now donate 100% royalties of Chiquitita to unicef. They also did the same with their Christmas single from last year ‘Little Things’.

@christianoazzuro6711

Жыл бұрын

Oh I love LT Gareth,i might belong to the minority who does but i just can't help it ,i love it!

Always nice to see an ABBA lover brother. Decades of age separate us but I enjoy this listening with you as if I discover them for the first time. Thank you for the joy! Thanks and God Bless!

I will be in London next May 2023. Come see the ABBA VOYAGE SHOW with me and my dear friend from Paris !! .... I will get you a ticket !!

Best Band Ever

Not the point of the video I know but I LOVE the pink outfits they are wearing! Some more good ABBA songs: One Man, One Woman, When All is Said and Done, Take a Chance on Me...pretty much everything. I like seeing people react to the videos!

ABBA performed this on 9th January, 1979, at the UN General Assembly in NYC. The next day (10th January) it was aired on television here in America. 😍🤩 That same year (1979), ABBA toured North America (US & Canada).

You really must visit ABBA Voyage show in London. It is unbelievable awesome.

@christianoazzuro6711

Жыл бұрын

Love your symbolic profile palm icon Franky.It makes my eyes wet and my heart beat faster(if you know what i mean and the reason why).

I recommend a song by Diana Navarro " sola" live in Salamanca. She is a very versatile singer with a very particular voice. She always transmits

Thankyou for your nice treat on Abba.That's from the famous Abba in Switzerland BBC special recorded in front of a live audience also featuring guests Roxy Music and Kate Bush on which Benny and Bjorn presented her.My other personal favourite from this show is the much beloved performance of many Abba fans KISSES OF FIRE(dualed with LOVERS)It was stunning.

This is definitely my #1 ABBA song. It’s just SOOO perfect from start to finish! Another one of my favourites (and a little less well-known) is “Move On”. It has some of my favourite backing vocals (Agnetha’s “la-la-la-la’s” in the chorus) of any Abba song...

Another fav!! The rise and flow in this song from both the instruments and voices is superb. Harmonies on point as always ❤ Try ‘The Winner Takes It All’ next : )

My father loved this song very much, and it's very appropriate to lift the spirit, the copyrights were donated to Unicef. There is also a version in Spanish very well appreciated in Latin America.

ABBA ❤️ forever 👋🇨🇱👍

if you want chills, try My Love, My Life or The Winner Takes it All

Love your reaction at 4.49 gulping? at the majesty. My 4th favourite song of all time. How they sing those lyrics is phenomenal.

Simply beautiful ❤

"Chiquitita" proved to be one of ABBA's biggest hits. It was featured in a 1979 UNICEF charity event, the Music for UNICEF Concert, broadcast worldwide from the United Nations General Assembly. As a direct result of this event, ABBA donated half of all royalties from the song to UNICEF. "Chiquitita" hit No. 1 in Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, South Africa and Rhodesia, and was a Top 5 hit in ABBA's native Sweden, the United Kingdom (peaking at No. 2 in both countries where Blondie's "Heart of Glass" was occupying the top spot),[3] Australia, West Germany and Norway, making it the most successful single from the Voulez-Vous album in terms of global charts and one of the most famous charity songs ever. To this day, 50% of the proceeds from the song go to UNICEF in recognition of the "International Year of the Child" in 1979. In 2014, all ABBA members agreed on donating 100% of the royalties from the song to UNICEF. As of 2021, the song's royalties have raised $4.8 million for the charity.

@alexioverdo5225

Жыл бұрын

Such Important infos.Since you reffered to it being No1 in Mexico just to add it was in the top spot there for 32 weeks!And the Spanish version not only achieved phenomenal sales in Latin American Spanish speaking countries and territories but even today it's kind of a traditional anthem there.Twas also sung in the Covid lockdown echoeing from balconies.

LOVE THIS SONG. You should try another dancey one from ABBA, do Summer Night City, there's some great shots of Stockholm and the gals are dancing in a club, it was also covered by Therion!

My doctor told me that whenever I’m not feeling well, I’m to take 3 shots of ABBA. I’m usually well in no time.

Next one!!!! --> Lay All Your Love On Me (Official Lyric Video)

Thank you for the excellent review. There are many KZread videos available listing the creators' top 50 ABBA songs. The lists are all very different. To find the current most popular songs I suggest you privately look at the KZread video of the top 50 Spotify ABBA songs as it statistically lists the songs most listened to by the current generation.

This is definitely one of their best live performances. The power of their vocals soar into the stratosphere!! Great choice, Luke!

@Lisa-M

Жыл бұрын

This is not live sung.

@christianoazzuro6711

Жыл бұрын

@@Lisa-M Nevermind Lisa,let's pretend it is lol.After all it always brings a smile to my face watching them lyp-syncin.especially those girls.The most beautiful ones any band could have.

@christianoazzuro6711

Жыл бұрын

@@Lisa-M btw everything that was recorded in front of a live audience was declared as 'live' at the time,no matter if it was lipsynced or pre-recorded,since it featured the artist in a physical presence and not on a video.

@Lisa-M

Жыл бұрын

@@christianoazzuro6711 Haha, I didn't know that but in that sense it was of course live 😁

@ingvarjensen1088

Жыл бұрын

@@Lisa-M And it's very obvious, isn't it! But we all know they were great live anyway (I remember the really live performance of "The Winner Takes It All"), so who cares 😉

I 😢 EVERYTIME I HEAR THIS SONG YO... ❤

beautiful! always moving! love it! look forward to more abba reactions! eurasure had an ep of abba songs.try take a chance on me.

Brilliant reaction to a brilliant song. 🇨🇦🔥🔥🔥🥇🌟👍💖

Try these too. " Hole in your soul" , " Me and I ", " Hey Hey Helen" , " The Piper" ... Some great diverse songs!.. Love ABBA!!...

Gotta go with what a few mentioned here. Even if you don't do a react to it, treat yourself and watch the spanish version. It has this lyrical and emotional flow and rhythm that just comes pouring out. You can see it so clearly in their facial expressions and movements.

Its lIke being transported to Andalucia. Viva Espana y ABBA!!

Speaking of musicals: Björn & Benny has actually written a pretty epic musical with libretto written by the legendary Tim Rice, called Chess. Worth a theater ticket or an album listen for sure.

This is not live. In those days it was common to lip sync. If you really want to hear them live, try Chiquitita and Does your mother know/ Hole in your soul from their Wembley concert in 1979 and/or some of the songs they performed in the Dick Cavett show in 1981, like Summer night city and Me and I. Fantastic performances.

You're so smart in analyzing, I could listen to you all day long. Thank you 🤗

Its absolutely sickening how utterly magnificent the girls harmonies are

Björn is funny here,with the "legs on his pants" inside the boots..

I LOVE LOVE LOVE ABBA as MUCH as I LOVE the BEATLES!!! Can you imagine how they were the butt of JOKES back then. If you admitted you were an ABBA fan people would look at you like you were CRAZY!! They didn't KNOW what they were MISSING! Luke have you watched both "MAMA MIA" movies yet "MAMA MIA" and combination prequel/sequel to Mama Mia called "MAMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN" Both movies are based on ABBA songs. I watch them over and over again, have them both on DVD. YOU SHOULD WATCH THEM BOTH, you will LOVE them

@christianoazzuro6711

Жыл бұрын

Lot's of them pretented not to like Abba,but they did!It was the guilty pleasure.If not then who on earth was buying such phenomenal amounts of records that turned heads of their rivals and the critics?!Come on !As a rock specialist admitted in an Abba documentary, Abba's records were such a guilty pleasure as porn-mags hidden well by them in within other stuff not to be seen!.

I would love to see you do Cassandra!

@Smgs-ue7tj

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about this one for him! :)

Your review is absolutely amazing! What great observations! Bravo!

One day, when you're a little older and can handle it, you should react to "The Visitors", one of the last things they recorded, and their greatest single. I don't know if you're quite ready for it yet though. Do more.

The Goddess and her Spinster Sister.

Ava is such an amazing band. They can do the no wrong. And you are an amazing reactor. I love watching your videos. I think you’re fucking gorgeous and keep on doing what you’re doing.

This video came from a tent at Leysin/Vaudois/Switzerland for a BBC in co-production with Swiss TV. This was not live clearly recognizable by the song fade-out and the commanded clapping. Many Voulez-Vous-songs were recorded there at the time and can be found on the internet: ABBA in two different dresses, but same scenery. Gunnar - great infos - said almost everything: inspired by El Condor Pasa and was unimageable 30 weeks no.1 in Mexico; the greatest hit of ABBA in Central- and South America, naturally the Spanish version - I hear always while driving to Southern Europa. After all the years I have a question to the Spanish speaken fan: Is it possible that the text appeals to both traditionally raised girls and pro-equality girls (because of "try one more .. " in the positive ending refrain)? Many here in Central Europe smiled at Chiquitita as a Schlager (the term is also used in Sweden) / means simple hit and underestimated the charisma of the lyrics to Spanish speaking girls and women; please excuse my school English.

Hello and thank's for your react ... ♥️ if you want you can listen "i have a dream " thank's for all🥰

I can’t work out if this is pre recorded or being played live. It’s perfect.

@cserranoweb

Жыл бұрын

prerecorded. Agnetha makes a mistake with the lipsynch at the beginning.

I always thought they were singing Chicken Tikka😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Are they lip singing!? If not this is crazy! This is the studio version, pretty sure of it. If it's live, this is the best live band i've ever seen.

I feel like I need to come over there and decorate your flat.

I'm so glad to see you again with reaction to ABBA several things to say about "Chiquitita" (1979) Chiquitita" means 'little girl' (with affection) in spanish And the melody have a spanish tune, specialy by the acustic guitar But the center is the wonderful piano, like akmost all ABBA songs "Chiquitita" is a beautiful song, it has hopeful lyrics, a melody that starts very soft with the blonde Agnetha's solo, then grows and explodes in a powerful chorus; Agnetha & Frida's vocal harmonies are of excellence It allows us to check how excellent singers Agnetha & Frida are and what harmonies of excellence they achieve. It stands out especially when they stretch the monosyllables with great quality and beauty "Chiquitita" was premiered especially for the UNICEF Concert (January 9, 1979) and its royalties are eternal for UNICEF "Chiquitita" was ABBA's greatest success in Latin America, that prompted ABBA to record it in Spanish, and its success was so extraordinary that in the following year ABBA recorded a full album with their best songs entirely in Spanish ("Chiquitita" in Spanish is the biggest ABBA hit in My country Argentina) Chiquitita" is in the Top 3 of all ABBA worldwide biggest hits, with 'Dancing Queen" and "Fernando", and it's a fantastic Masterpiece These is a TV performance at Swizterland in February 1979, when ABBA goes for a TV Special in beneffit for UNICEF is the second performance of Chiquitita (first was to UNICEF in United Nations) and is the first performance of ABBA after Agnetha & Björn announced your split as a couple I hope to see you soon in another ABBA song my next suggestion is "Waterloo" (1974) but I prefer that the ABBA performance at Eurovision Song Contest in UK 1974 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKRlwbGEkdquido.html ABBA begin your worlwide fame when They conquers the classic Eurovision Song Contest at UK with their iconic song "Waterloo", after these their first worldwide hit GOD bless you and stay safe My best regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷 South América

@HughJaxident67

Жыл бұрын

What a shock, Eduardo posting the usual long winded essay.... For anyone interested in more information, far better to visit their official websites.

How sbout the play and movie Mama Mia!

Not live babe....they did a concert in Switzerland lip syncing the whole thing....but hey, it was the 70s.....for live you have to go 79 concert....here on KZread....

80s famous british band spandau ballet tracks please luke

Please react to Ring Ring !!!

No garbage autotune bs back then... You actually had to be talented to be famous. It really was better back in the day.

It's all very nice, but this is not a true live performance...the song is lip synced. They are very good live and if you want Chiquitita in real live form, please check out their live album/ DVD tour of 'ABBA Live at Wembley Arena 1979' ABBA really knew how to deliver a live show, it's incredible and so worth the watch! Please look it up and see for your self. They are so amazing

too poppy too produced too broadway prefer actual rock music they should not be in the rock and roll hall of fame i know oeople that quit membership because they were inducted besides they bore me to death so plastic .....

@hermanschroder3822

Жыл бұрын

I think Abba had the last laugh on you bud. Over 400.000.000 sales worldwide. Abba Gold has been in the UK top 100 album charts non stop for over 20 years the most for any group including Queen and the Beatles. Their latest album released in 2021of new material called Voyage just nominated for 4 Grammies. Two movies based on their music - Mama Mia etc. I could go on and on but I think I've made my point. Enjoy your hard rock music but you must admit there must be a lot of folk out there who enjoy 'plastic' music. Cheers.

@larsnilsson6821

Жыл бұрын

ABBA is perfection But it seems that they are way ahead and you are not a very smart one too understand this level of music.But you have the right too think as you do

@DocBanner

Жыл бұрын

Does your mother know?

@larsnilsson6821

Жыл бұрын

I understand that your IQ is not very high. How can perfect be wrong.GTH

@ianstrange5674

11 ай бұрын

Oh God, how wrong can you be? You're clearly lacking in musical appreciation.