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Waterloo

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Recording sessions for Waterloo began on 24 September 1973 with the track "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)". This song was unusual in that it is the only ABBA track not to feature member Benny Andersson on keyboards, but instead featured American pianist John Rabbit Bundrick who was in Sweden at the time. Bundrick, however, was not credited on the album. Three weeks later the next two songs ("Suzy-Hang-Around" and "My Mama Said") went into the studio. A recording sheet from the day credits the artist as "ABBA", the first time the name was ever used in writing, the group until now being called "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid", although their manager Stig Andersson had informally been calling them ABBA with the media for some time. The former of these songs marks the only time Benny Andersson sang lead on a track. 17 October saw the recording of two more tracks; "What About Livingstone" and "Honey Honey" - the latter being the second single released from the album in most countries. "King Kong Song" was recorded on 14 November, a song which members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus today single out as one of their weakest tracks. This was also the date in which it was announced that ABBA were to appear at the Swedish selection for the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. From that point, recording sessions speeded up and the rest of the tracks were recorded. Two songs were up for consideration for their Eurovision entry; "Waterloo" and "Hasta Mañana". The group preferred the

tracks

1

Waterloo

ABBA

2:45
2

Sitting in the Palmtree

ABBA

3:39
3

King Kong Song

ABBA

3:13
4

Hasta Manana

ABBA

3:08
5

My Mama Said

ABBA

3:08
6

Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)

ABBA

3:07
7

Honey, Honey

ABBA

2:56
8

Watch Out

ABBA

3:48
9

What About Livingstone

ABBA

2:55
10

Gonna Sing You My Love Song

ABBA

3:38
11

Suzy-Hang-Around

ABBA

3:12
12

Ring, Ring - US Remix

ABBA

3:07
13

Waterloo - Swedish Version

ABBA

2:46
14

Honey Honey - Swedish Version

ABBA

2:58

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