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One of the most anticipated comebacks in pop culture has finally come to pass: the return of Abba. Forty years after the bitter songs written in the wake of two band divorces for their last album, 1981’s The Visitors, the Swedish pop quartet has reunited for Voyage, an album of brand new songs that were released today, on 5 November 2021. That is why we highlight this original ABBA video today. Enjoy! The group – Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Björn Ulvaeus – have also announced a new concert experience in London, also called Voyage, beginning in May 2022. Digital versions of themselves (not holograms, their team asserted) will appear nightly alongside a 10-piece live band at a new 3,000-capacity venue in the city’s Olympic park, called the Abba Arena. Tickets go on general sale on Tuesday 7 September. To celebrate this new we highlight this original TopPop recording SOS from their heydays in the 1970’s. Also check our ABBAplaylist on the home page! ’SOS’ is a song from the Swedish pop group ABBA, the second single from their album ABBA. The song, first called ’Turn me on’, was later recorded by Agnetha Fältskog as a solo artist. She sang the song in Swedish on her solo album ’Elva kvinnor i ett hus’ (1975). SOS is written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and manager Stig Anderson. The title was chosen by Stig. The texts he had offered were rewritten by Ulvaeus. The song reached #2 in the Dutch Top 40 in June 1975. It also reached the Top2000 in 1999 and stayed in the Top2000 for all consecutive years. This is the last recording made by Toppop of ABBA. It was first broadcast on 13 June 1975. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 1975-06-13 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
