https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 03 May 2026 06:51:21 +0000 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:21:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9521 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57298&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57298 Author: MMathews
Subject: 9521
Posted: 01 February 2021 at 9:21pm

I'm confused about "Lay All Your Love On Me" ... That
was getting very heavy airplay on the dance station so I
bought the 45 at Record World. At the store, it was on
the wall as the A-side. I assume because the store
clerks were hearing it just as much as I was.
Yet I see of course in the Hot 100 "On And On And On"
was the one that entered the chart.

Strange, I never once heard the A-side on the radio ever
(great song, though) ... yet I hard the B-side to death.
In fact, WKTU started playing the Disconet extended
version quite a lot.

MM



]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:21:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57298&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57298 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57292&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57292 Author: Scanner
Subject: 9521
Posted: 01 February 2021 at 1:56pm

There's another missed opportunity for ABBA. Why
Atlantic chose "On And On And On" as a single over "Lay
All Your Love On Me" has always perplexed me!]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:56:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57292&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57292 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57283&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57283 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9521
Posted: 31 January 2021 at 4:31pm



Edited by eriejwg]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2021 16:31:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57283&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57283 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57278&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57278 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 9521
Posted: 31 January 2021 at 12:51pm

"Angeleyes" peaked at #3 in the UK and "Chiquitita" peaked at #2 there. So, with "I Have a Dream" peaking at #2, it looks like all 3 songs were good choices for singles. "Chiquitita" is my favorite ABBA song, and "Angeleyes" is way up there. But John, what do you mean "I Have a Dream" was only on the chart for a week? According to the British Hit Singles book, it was on the chart for 10 weeks.

Edited by EdisonLite]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:51:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57278&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57278 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57276&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57276 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9521
Posted: 31 January 2021 at 12:42pm

"I Have A Dream" peaked at #2 in the UK but only on the
chart for a week? ]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:42:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57276&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57276 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57270&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57270 Author: Scanner
Subject: 9521
Posted: 31 January 2021 at 11:44am

Thanks, FrankG, for the Billboard review research. I
also intended to do that one day when time permitted
since I also remembered reading "Angeleyes" was released
as the flip of "Voulez-Vous" after the latter stalled on
the charts. Like Yah Shure, I also wondered why "I Have
A Dream" was never released as a single, but it would
have probably been too similar to "Chiquitita" which,
thanks to its Unicef connection, was going to become a
single at some point. ]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2021 11:44:28 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57270&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57270 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57268&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57268 Author: FrankG
Subject: 9521
Posted: 30 January 2021 at 9:08pm

Yah Shure, thanks for the correction here. Interestingly,
my theory holds true for nearly all of ABBA's singles,
with a few exceptions. In those cases, the B-sides were
recorded earlier than the A-sides (from what I know or can
easily determine). It is interesting how this holds true
for most of their singles, though. I appreciate the
correct information!]]> Sat, 30 Jan 2021 21:08:13 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57268&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57268 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57267&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57267 Author: Yah Shure
Subject: 9521
Posted: 30 January 2021 at 8:46pm

Frank, lower assigned tape master numbers (37012 vs. 37014) don't always reflect intended "A" sides. In this particular case, where's the number between those two: 37013? My guess is that it corresponds to "I Have A Dream", which follows "Voulez-Vous" (37012) and precedes "Angeleyes" (37014) in the original playing order on the Voulez-Vous Atlantic vinyl LP.

"I Have A Dream" turned out to be the most heavily-aired cut from the entire album on the station I was at. Given the unspectacular chart runs of the other two, that one might have been the wisest choice for a single among those three titles. A pity it had to wait a couple years to be covered as a country single by Christy Lane.

]]> Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:46:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57267&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57267 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57258&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57258 Author: FrankG
Subject: 9521
Posted: 29 January 2021 at 9:46pm

I wanted to follow up on this sooner but work has been
busy. Yah Shure, it's interesting that your station
received promo copies of "Voulez-Vous" and "Angel Eyes"
two days apart. I remember seeing separate single reviews
in Billboard back in 1979 so I spent some time tonight to
find them. "Voulez-Vous" was released first. It was
reviewed as a "pick" in Billboard in the issue dated
August 18. "Angel Eyes" was reviewed as a pick on
September 15. In the review, the reviewer states,
"Atlantic flips over the foursome's 'Voulez-Vous' single
to push this sprightly side, a recent hit throughout
Europe." This appears to suggest that "Voulez-Vous" was
the initial A-side and then the single was flipped when
"Voulez-Vous" stalled on the charts at #80. The Atlantic
single number for "Voulez-Vous" was 37012 and the single
number for "Angel Eyes" was 37014, which also suggests
that "Voulez-Vous" was the intended A-side.]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:46:49 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57258&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57258 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57166&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57166 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9521
Posted: 20 January 2021 at 1:30pm

I just checked xmplaylist.com and was surprised they rarely
play "Voulez'Vous." They only play it on Studio 54 radio
and the only 2 spins in the last 2 months were 11/28 and
11/29.]]> Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:30:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9521&PID=57166&title=o-t-abba-voulezvous#57166