Single:
Mamma Mia entered the Australian singles chart* on 22 September 1975 and was a #1 hit. It was also the #1 song on the Top 100 of 1975.
Album:
The song is on ABBA which entered the Australian albums chart* on 8 September 1975 and sat on top at #1 for 11 weeks.
Songwriters:
Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson
Producers:
Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson
Record label of Australian release:
RCA Victor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do topped the Australian charts for three weeks; however, the promo clip for Mamma Mia proved the more popular after repeat screenings on Australian television, notably on the show Countdown. ABBA’s Australian record company, RCA, asked that Mamma Mia be released as a single but Polar Music refused, preferring them to release SOS first. However, Stig Anderson agreed to this; Mamma Mia was released in Australia in August 1975, where it spent 10 weeks at number one.
After this success in Australia, Epic Records in the United Kingdom took notice of ABBA for the first time since their Eurovision Song Contest winner Waterloo. From then on, Epic began to heavily promote ABBA’s singles with the immediate result of SOS reaching the Top 10 in the British market, their first hit since Waterloo. Mamma Mia soon followed, reaching number one in the UK singles chart in January 1976, the second of ABBA’s 18 consecutive Top 10 singles there.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamma_Mia_(ABBA_song)
Lyrics:
I’ve been cheated by you since I don’t know when
So I made up my mind, it must come to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn?
I don’t know how but I suddenly lose control
There’s a fire within my soul
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, w-o-o-o-oh
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