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"As Good as New" is a song recorded in 1979 by Swedish group ABBA, and was used as the opening track on their Voulez-Vous album. The lead vocals are by Agnetha Fältskog. The song was released as a single in Mexico as a double A-side with "I Have a Dream", where it became ABBA's ninth (and final) number-one hit.[1] "As Good as New" was also released in Argentina[2] and in Bolivia.[3]

For the 1933 film by Graham Cutts, see As Good as New (film).

"As Good as New"
Single by ABBA
from the album Voulez-Vous
A-side"I Have a Dream"
Released1979
Length3:24
LabelPolar Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Benny Andersson
  • Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
(1979)		 "As Good as New"
(1979)		 "I Have a Dream"
(1979)

History


As usual, the song was written and composed by Andersson and Ulvaeus. It originally had the working title "It's Better Now".[4]


References


  1. Tobler, John (2012). ABBA – Uncensored on the Record. Coda Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-9085-3823-9. This Agnetha led track reached number one in Mexico of all places and it wasn't even sung in Spanish!
  2. Keller, Adrian. "ABBA As Good As New". ABBA for the Record. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. Keller, Adrian. "ABBA As Good As New". ABBA for the Record. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  4. Palm, Carl Magnus. "The Complete Recording Sessions: Missing song titles". Carlmagnuspalm.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2021.



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- [en] As Good as New

[es] As Good as New

«As Good As New» (en español: «Tan bueno como nuevo») es una canción y un sencillo que publicó el grupo sueco ABBA.

[ru] As Good as New

«As Good as New» — песня, записанная в 1979 году шведской группой ABBA и использованная как первый трек с их альбома Voulez-Vous. Ведущий вокал исполнила Агнета Фельтског. Песня была выпущена как сингл в Мексике (вместе с «I Have a Dream» в качестве второй стороны), где она стала девятым и последним № 1 группы ABBA. «As Good as New» также вышла в Аргентине и Боливии.


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