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Abba- The UK Singles

Abba spent a total of 252 weeks in the UK Singles Chart. With 9 number one singles (31 weeks) and 17 successive top ten10 hits until recently only The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard were more successful. In the year 2000 Madona has had more hits and the Spice Girls have equalled them.

  Date of Chart Entry Song(s) Title B-Side Highest chart position

Number of weeks in chart

1 20 Apr 1974 Waterloo Watch Out

1 ( 4th May for 2 weeks)

9

2 13 Jul 1974 Ring Ring Merry Go Round

32

5

3 12 Jul 1975 I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do Rock Me

38

6

4 20 Sep 1975 S.O.S Man in the Middle

6

10

5 13 Dec 1975 Mamma Mia Tropical Loveland

1 (31st Jan for 2 weeks)

14

6 27 Mar 1976 Fernando Hey Hey Helen

1 (8th May for 4 weeks)

15

7 21 Aug 1976 Dancing Queen That's Me

1 (4th Sep for 6 weeks)

15

8 20 Nov 1976 Money, Money, Money Crazy World

3

12

9 26 Feb 1977 Knowing Me Knowing You Happy Hawaii

1 (2nd Apr for 5 weeks)

13

10 22 Oct 1977 The Name of The Game I Wonder (Live)

1 (5th Nov for 4 weeks)

12

11 4 Feb 1978 Take A Chance On me I'm a Marionette

1 (18th Feb for 3 weeks)

10

12 16 Sep 1978 Summer Night City Medley

5

9

13 3 Feb 1979 Chiquitita Lovelight

2

9

14 5 May 1979 Does Your Mother Know Kisses of Fire

4

9

15 14 Jul 1979 Angel Eyes/ Voulez Vous  

3

11

16 20 Oct 1979 Gimme Gimme Gimme ( A man after midnight) The King has lost his Crown

3

12

17 15 Dec 1979 I Have a Dream Take a Chance on me (live)

2

10

18 2 Aug 1980 The Winner Takes It All Elaine

1 (9th Aug for 2 weeks)

10

19 15 Nov 1980 Super Trouper The Piper

1 (29th Nov for 3 weeks)

12

20 18 Jul 1981 Lay All Your Love On Me On and On and On

7

7

21 12 Dec 1981 One of Us Should I Laugh or Cry

3

10

22 20 Feb 1982 Head Over Heels The Visitors

25

7

23 23 Oct 1982 The Day Before Your Came Cassandra

32

6

24 11 Dec 1982 Under Attack You Owe me One

26

8

25 12 Nov 1983 Thank you for the music Our Last Summer

33

6

  5 Sep 1992 Dancing Queen (re-issue) Lay all your Love on me

16

5

  1992 Voulez Vous (re-issue) Summer Night City

-

-

  1992 Thank you for the Music (re-issue) Happy New Year

-

-

 

Other Singles

1972
PEOPLE NEED LOVE / MERRY GO ROUND
HE IS YOUR BROTHER / SANTA ROSA
1973
LOVE ISN'T EASY /  I AM JUST A GIRL
RING RING (Swedish version) / AH VILKA TIDER

1974
WATERLOO (Swedish Version)/ HONEY HONEY (Swedish Version)
HONEY HONEY/ KING KONG SONG
SO LONG / I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU
1977
EAGLE / THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

 

 

UK Singles Most number 1 hits:

  Artist Number of Number 1 hits Year Achieved
1 The Beatles

17

7th June 1969

1 Elvis Presley

17

15th November 1980
3 Cliff Richard

15

27th November 1999
4 Madonna

10

2000

5 Abba

9

15th November 1980
6 Spice Girls

9

2000

 

 

Last Updated 01/06/2008