Money, Money, Money

The song "Money, Money, Money" (working title - "Gypsy Girl") was written by Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulveus . Released in November 1976, she echoed the success of Dancing Queen thanks to, among other things, a good combination of the dramatic design of the song and the vocal data of the lead singer Annie-Fried Lingstad .

Like most ABBA songs, a clip was later shot for the song “Money, Money, Money”. The director of the video, Lasse Hallström , later recognized “Money, Money, Money” as the best video of the ABBA group, in the creation of which he has ever participated ^[1] .

“Money, Money, Money” became one of three hits, along with Dancing Queen and Knowing Me, Knowing You , from the Arrival album. In Australia, the song remained No. 1 for six weeks. She took first places on the charts of countries such as Belgium , France , the Netherlands , West Germany , Mexico and New Zealand , and made it to the top three songs in Norway , Ireland , Switzerland , Austria and the UK .

In different countries, the single was published in different versions and, sometimes, with covers different from the Swedish original. For example, in Italy, the disc was published with the Knowing Me, Knowing You bi-side ^[2] , while French and Australian editions were issued with other versions of the album's envelope.

• On the 1999 Abbamania tribute album , this song was performed by the Madness ska band.
• The Swedish-German Eurodance group E-rotic included a dance version of this song in their 1997 album Thank You For The Music, composed of ABBA songs.
• German rock band Charisma has included a revised version of “Money, Money, Money” in their debut album “Karma”. The melody remained the same, the lyrics were completely rewritten.
• Finnish heavy metal band Afterworld recorded a cover version of the song for their 2000 album, “Connecting Animals.”
• The Swedish metal band Mental Crypt performed it for A Black Mark Tribute Vol. 2 "
• On the tribute album “ A Tribute to ABBA ”, this song sounded in the version of the German power metal band At Vance , which included it in their debut work “ No Escape ”
• The Swedish studio rock band The Black Sweden has included this song in their tribute album “Gold”. In this version, the melodic line of the original and the riff taken from Van Halen 's song “Ain't Talking About Love” are combined.
• American R & B / hip hop / pop artist Stephanie St. James recorded “Money, Money, Money” with slightly modified lyrics for her 2004 album “What Did I Do?”.
• Swedish opera singer Anna Sophie von Otter performed this song on her ABBA tribute album “I Let The Music Speak”.
• German AC / DC tribute band Riff Raff recorded an AC / DC-style song for their 2006 album, 'Rock' N 'Roll Mutation Vol. 1: Riff Raff Performs ABBA. "
• Australian rock band Audioscam has included a cover version of this song in their 2008 disc "Abbattack".
• The Soviet and Russian VIA " Jolly Fellows " performed a Russian-language cover of this song - "I Remember, I Remember" (Russian text by A. Monastyrsky).

• Members of the ABBA group perform excerpts from a song in the film " ABBA " (1977).
• The song is included as in the musical Mamma Mia! , and in his film adaptation .

• Single on the band's official website
• Lyrics for Money, Money, Money (Retrieved August 4, 2009)