ABBA fans Top 100 ABBA Songs

Yes, I enjoyed reading that ABBA 100 thread, too. I was a member on the abba4ever forum for about four months in 2009, but I didn't contribute to that thread. (If the thread was in existence then - maybe I was reading it later as a non-member.). It was either Knowing Me, Knowing You or The Winner Takes It All that came out on top, if I remember right, according to either scoring system foreverfan mentioned.

It wasn’t Ivana. It was a UK member but I can’t remember her name. She kept a spreadsheet of results, and would them comment on results on the latest one to say how they’d deviated from the average.

Oh that rings a bell! If only I'd kept a note of the names of people.

I remember Gill and Lenke and someone else with dark hair and a Greek type goddess name but everyone else eludes me.

It was definitely Gill. I remember because I did my Top 100 fairly late in the day and my number 1 coincided with hers.

Pretty sure my Top Ten was something very much like (and it wouldn't change too much if I did it again now):

1. The Visitors
2. Eagle
3. Lovelight
4. Knowing Me Knowing You
5. Head Over Heels
6. Hey Hey Helen
7. So Long
8. Slipping through My Fingers
9. Two for the Price of One
10. Voulez-Vous

Oh yes, there was another Gill. Gill from Wales (Anglesey) and the other Gill.

Gill rings a bell  ...in fact I'm 90%.. as it was her and I who did the alternative top 100s, I did the Euro version , but I remember her having very detailed info..

Josef, your right it was Toni from Germany!!! 

Alas where have they all gone...

Yes Graham, it all seems so long ago now. I barely remember a lot of people but I hope they are well and happy. As for where they've gone, I guess some will have joined that horrendous cliquey group on Facebook. Others may simply have moved on and may not even be on the Internet anymore, who knows?

I might take the opportunity to do an ABBA top 10 or even 100 but it is a mammoth task. I daresay just a top 10 is very difficult as there are just so many excellent songs. I know it would include The Visitors,  When I Kissed The Teacher and a lot of the big hits.  You see?  A top 10 is SO hard to do!

I'll definitely have a crack at it. I'd actually written notes and compiled one of sorts but then abba4ever shut down. That's the thing with me- I'm not really too interested in what someone's top songs are- I want to know WHY. I like to get to the nitty-gritty of what a song means to you. Although I also appreciate not everyone's as verbose as me. But a few words isn't too much to ask.

Hi, Can I be the first to start a poll of favourite songs from ABBA ? I have compiled a Top 50 Chart of my favourite ABBA songs. It would be better to make some additional note at the side of each song explaining why I like it and whether it evokes any special memory for me but I think this will take too long. Maybe I will at a later date, but for now counting down my Top 50,

50. Hole In Your Soul ( a rock stomper )
49. On And On And On ( headbanging stuff )
48. Elaine ( a slice of experimental new wave )
47. Head Over Heels ( frivolous fun )
46. I Am The City ( something different from ABBA )
45. When All Is Said And Done ( wistful and melancholic )
44. The Piper ( back to the days of yore)
43. The King Has Lost His Crown ( rousing disco stomper )
42. Lay All Your Love On Me ( electro pop gem )
41. Voulez-Vous ( sleazy but in a tasteful way )
40. Ring Ring ( a banging number )
39. Waterloo ( Eurovision triumph )
38. The Way Old Friends Do ( a fitting finale )
37. Dance ( While The Music Still Goes On ) ( reflectively rousing )
36. Hasta Manana ( yearningly sweet )
35. Gonna Sing You My Lovesong ( innocent and sentimental )
34. Mamma Mia ( irresistibly catchy )
33. Take A Chance On Me ( harmless joyous pop )
32. Angeleyes ( very Motownesque )
31. Bang-A-Boomerang ( a playful little ditty )
30. Thank You For The Music ( nostalgically honest )
29. Honey Honey ( another slice of innocent pop )
28. Chiquitita ( melodically melancholic )
27. Dancing Queen ( a classic floorfiller for sure )
26. I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do ( another innocent pop tune )
25. As Good As New ( an extremely uplifting number )
24. One Man One Woman ( very emotionally reflective )
23. My Love My Life ( exquisitely perfect )
22. Fernando ( very atmospherically beautiful )
21. That's Me ( upliftingly joyful )
20. The Day Before You Came ( a haunting slice of melodrama )
19. Cassandra/Just Like That ( in joint position ) ( the former : dynamic and captivating the latter : a potential pop masterpiece
18. Soldiers ( an epic track )
17. Tiger ( a bombastic rocker )
16. Our Last Summer ( wistfully reminiscent )
15. Happy New Year ( yearning and reflective )
14. If It Wasn't For The Nights ( a mighty disco stomping anthem )
13. When I Kissed The Teacher ( a slice of glorious uplifting pop )
12. I've Been Waiting For You ( endearingly beautiful )
11. Slipping Through My Fingers ( very emotionally poignant )
10. The Name Of The Game ( a wonderful fusion of multi vocals )
9. Andante Andante ( exquisitely gentle )
8. One Of Us ( very moving and extremely catchy )
7. Kisses Of Fire ( a disco rocking gem of a tune )
6. Eagle ( a majestically soaring anthem )
5. S.O.S. ( unforgettably dynamic and soaring )
4. Knowing Me Knowing You ( an undisputed melancholic epic )
3. Gimme Gimme Gimme ( A Man After Midnight ) ( an absolute disco blockbuster )
2. Move On ( endearingly warm and captivating )
1. The Winner Takes It All ( a heartfelt and devastatingly melancholic pop classic )

That is it folks !

Hi Ruhumbaykus. Thank you for submitting your favourite ABBA songs. I am very impressed with your selection.