O/T: ABBA - Voulez-Vous

In summer of '79 I was Voulez-Vous'd to death on the dance
station (still love the song though!) and several months
later I was hearing "Angeleyes" on the A/C station. I was
pleased because I myself flipped the single over and I
liked that one even better.
MM


Edited by MMathews

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.

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!

"I Have A Dream" peaked at #2 in the UK but only on the
chart for a week?

Edited by eriejwg