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| "Rock Me" | ||||
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Reverse of Danish "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" picture sleeve | ||||
| Single byABBA | ||||
| from the albumABBA | ||||
| Released | April 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:06 | |||
| Label | Polar (Sweden) | |||
| Songwriters | Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson | |||
| Producers | Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson | |||
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"Rock Me" is a song recorded in 1974 by Swedish pop groupABBA, withBjörn Ulvaeus singing the lead vocals. It was first released on their third album,ABBA, and was used as the B-side to the group's 1975 single "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do". However, after "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" hit number one in both Australia and New Zealand, "Rock Me" was released as an A-side in April 1976, reaching number four and number two respectively. It was also issued as an A-side inYugoslavia and in 1979 it was included on the band'sGreatest Hits Vol. 2 album.
ABBA performed the track on both their world tours, as seen inABBA: The Movie (1977). The song was originally to be featured in the ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!", to be sung on a boat, as the three fathers and a deleted character (Stanley) rocked the boat from side to side.[2]
"Rock Me", whose working title had been "Didn't I?", was first recorded as "Baby" (with different lyrics to the final version) on 18 October 1974 at Glen Studio. This "tongue in cheek" version, with vocals by Agnetha, was first released on CD on the 1994 box setThank You for the Music as part of the "ABBA Undeleted" section.
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Some of the finest ABBA tunes are the rockers where Agnetha and Anni-Frid warn innocent bystanders...(See also "Rock Me" or "Bang-a-Boomerang"...