Australian singles chart:
Fernando entered the Kent Music Report on 15 March 1976 and peaked at #1. The song was #1 on the Top 100 of 1976.
Album:
The song is on the Australian release of Arrival which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 22 November 1976 and held the #1 position for 8 weeks.
Songwriters:
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson
Producers:
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Record label of Australian release:
RCA Victor
Songfacts:
ABBA member Anni-Frid ‘Frida’ Lyngstad originally recorded the song in Swedish on her solo album Frida Ensam (meaning Frida Alone) in 1975. ABBA then recorded an English version the following year and was released as a single in many countries. As an album track it was only included on the Australian and New Zealand versions of the Arrival album in 1976.
Fernando was the biggest selling single in Australian chart history until it was overtaken by Elton John’s Candle In The Wind ’97.
As well as in Australia, the song reached #1 in Austria, Belgium, France, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland and West Germany.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/abba/fernando
Chart performance in all countries: Fernando
Lyrics:
Can you hear the drums Fernando?
I remember long ago another starry night like this
In the firelight Fernando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar
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