As Agnetha, Benny, Bj­örn and Frida prepare to take us on an ABBA Voyage, reportedly including new material together for the first time in over 35 years, we look at the hits that paved the way, taking into account sales across physical and download formats, plus streams.

Out in front is Dancing Queen, the third consecutive chart-topper for the band in 1976 – spending six weeks there to be their longest running Number 1. It was re-released in 1992, to accompany their greatest hits ABBA Gold, becoming their 26th official Top 40 hit. It is ABBA's only million-seller and therefore their biggest single, with 1.65 million chart sales, including 93 million streams since 2014. See all ABBA's UK hit singles and albums in their chart archive

Up second is Super Trouper, their final Number 1 in 1980, taken from the album of the same name, which spent two weeks at the top and has 1.05 million chart sales, made up of 978,000 pure sales and 38 million streams. Taking the bronze is Knowing Me, Knowing You, the band's fifth Number 1, racking up five weeks at Number 1 in spring 1977 and picking up 1.02 million chart sales to date.

Fourth is Take A Chance On Me, which became their seventh Number 1 in 1978 – they had to wait over two and half years for another one – and has 950,000 chart sales (including 882,000 pure sales) to date. In fifth place comes the ultimate weepie The Winner Takes It All, a chart-topper in 1980, with 920,000 chart sales.

It's hard to pick out notable entries from an ABBA list because every single is a classic. Just outside the Top 5 is Fernando, another 1976 Number 1, with 903,000 chart sales. Interestingly, ABBA, who won Eurovision two years earlier, knocked that year's winner off the top – the very ABBA-esque UK entry Brotherhood of Man – and it wasn't the last time. ABBA booted Brotherhood of Man off Number 1 again in 1978, with Take a Chance on Me taking over from Figaro.

Close behind is Mamma Mia, on 860,000. Mamma Mia was the mighty track that knocked Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody off Number 1 – whose lyrics famously contained "mamma mia" too – and Queen and ABBA make up the two top selling albums of all time in the shape of their respective greatest hits.

The band's biggest single to miss the Number 1 spot is 1979's Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight), which peaked at 3 and ranks ninth overall, while their Eurovision winner and first chart-topper Waterloo rounds out the Top 10 on 732,000, their lowest selling Number 1.

 

1 DANCING QUEEN 1 1976 1.65m [1m+ sales, 93m streams]
2 SUPER TROUPER 1 1980 1.05m [978k sales, 38m streams]
3 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU 1 1977 1.02m
4 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME 1 1978 950k [882k sales]

5 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL 1 1980 920k 
6 FERNANDO 1 1976 903k 
7 MAMMA MIA 1 1975 860k
8 THE NAME OF THE GAME 1 1977
9 CHIQUITITA 2 1979
10 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) 3 1979
11 WATERLOO 1 1974 732k
12 I HAVE A DREAM 2 1979
13 ANGEL EYES / VOULEZ VOUS 3 1979
14 DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW 4 1979
15 ONE OF US 3 1981
16 MONEY MONEY MONEY 3 1976
17 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME 7 1981
18 SUMMER NIGHT CITY 5 1978
19 S.O.S. 6 1975
20 THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC 33 1983

 

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/abbas-official-top-20-biggest-songs__26113/

 

A legendary discography

22 minutes ago, Hector said:

1 DANCING QUEEN 1 1976 1.65m [1m+ sales, 93m streams]
2 SUPER TROUPER 1 1980 1.05m [978k sales, 38m streams]
3 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU 1 1977 1.02m
4 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME 1 1978 950k [882k sales]

5 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL 1 1980 920k 
6 FERNANDO 1 1976 903k 
7 MAMMA MIA 1 1975 860k
8 THE NAME OF THE GAME 1 1977
9 CHIQUITITA 2 1979
10 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) 3 1979
11 WATERLOO 1 1974 732k
12 I HAVE A DREAM 2 1979
13 ANGEL EYES / VOULEZ VOUS 3 1979
14 DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW 4 1979
15 ONE OF US 3 1981
16 MONEY MONEY MONEY 3 1976
17 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME 7 1981
18 SUMMER NIGHT CITY 5 1978
19 S.O.S. 6 1975
20 THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC 33 1983

 

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/abbas-official-top-20-biggest-songs__26113/

 

A legendary discography

WoW this list 

literally « thank you for the music » ??

So many timeless hits! 

I'm surprised SOS is so low, it's such a classic.

Not surprised seeing as ABBA Gold is the second best selling album of all time in the UK 

Dancing queen on top, as it should.

The entire list is literally classic after classic.  What a discography

But where is Honey honey honey and the surefire classic Happy new year

Edited September 3, 20215 yr by chiliam

2 hours ago, chiliam said:

But where is Honey honey honey and the surefire classic Happy new year

Are you South East Asian? HNY only smashed here i think It's an annual classic.

(moderate hit in the Scandinavian/Germany)

Classic after classic.

5 hours ago, Carrie-is-no-1 said:

Are you South East Asian? HNY only smashed here i think It's an annual classic.

(moderate hit in the Scandinavian/Germany)

Yeah im from VN. 

I thought Happy New Year is a WW classic though.  The chart position is not show that consider it just being played 2-3 days per year but every single year.

 

19 hours ago, Hector said:

13 ANGEL EYES / VOULEZ VOUS 3 1979

I know the sales are probably mostly for Voulez-Vous but Angeleyes

they're truly legendary, Dancing Queen coming for 3x platinum

my fave at 3, and of course La Dancing Queen number one, i'm so over dat song, i'm skippin it all da time LOL (doesn't diminish da fact its their signature song)

21 hours ago, Hector said:

As Agnetha, Benny, Bj­örn and Frida prepare to take us on an ABBA Voyage, reportedly including new material together for the first time in over 35 years, we look at the hits that paved the way, taking into account sales across physical and download formats, plus streams.

Out in front is Dancing Queen, the third consecutive chart-topper for the band in 1976 – spending six weeks there to be their longest running Number 1. It was re-released in 1992, to accompany their greatest hits ABBA Gold, becoming their 26th official Top 40 hit. It is ABBA's only million-seller and therefore their biggest single, with 1.65 million chart sales, including 93 million streams since 2014. See all ABBA's UK hit singles and albums in their chart archive

Up second is Super Trouper, their final Number 1 in 1980, taken from the album of the same name, which spent two weeks at the top and has 1.05 million chart sales, made up of 978,000 pure sales and 38 million streams. Taking the bronze is Knowing Me, Knowing You, the band's fifth Number 1, racking up five weeks at Number 1 in spring 1977 and picking up 1.02 million chart sales to date.

Fourth is Take A Chance On Me, which became their seventh Number 1 in 1978 – they had to wait over two and half years for another one – and has 950,000 chart sales (including 882,000 pure sales) to date. In fifth place comes the ultimate weepie The Winner Takes It All, a chart-topper in 1980, with 920,000 chart sales.

It's hard to pick out notable entries from an ABBA list because every single is a classic. Just outside the Top 5 is Fernando, another 1976 Number 1, with 903,000 chart sales. Interestingly, ABBA, who won Eurovision two years earlier, knocked that year's winner off the top – the very ABBA-esque UK entry Brotherhood of Man – and it wasn't the last time. ABBA booted Brotherhood of Man off Number 1 again in 1978, with Take a Chance on Me taking over from Figaro.

Close behind is Mamma Mia, on 860,000. Mamma Mia was the mighty track that knocked Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody off Number 1 – whose lyrics famously contained "mamma mia" too – and Queen and ABBA make up the two top selling albums of all time in the shape of their respective greatest hits.

The band's biggest single to miss the Number 1 spot is 1979's Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight), which peaked at 3 and ranks ninth overall, while their Eurovision winner and first chart-topper Waterloo rounds out the Top 10 on 732,000, their lowest selling Number 1.

 

1 DANCING QUEEN 1 1976 1.65m [1m+ sales, 93m streams]
2 SUPER TROUPER 1 1980 1.05m [978k sales, 38m streams]
3 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU 1 1977 1.02m
4 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME 1 1978 950k [882k sales]

5 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL 1 1980 920k 
6 FERNANDO 1 1976 903k 
7 MAMMA MIA 1 1975 860k
8 THE NAME OF THE GAME 1 1977
9 CHIQUITITA 2 1979
10 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) 3 1979
11 WATERLOO 1 1974 732k
12 I HAVE A DREAM 2 1979
13 ANGEL EYES / VOULEZ VOUS 3 1979
14 DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW 4 1979
15 ONE OF US 3 1981
16 MONEY MONEY MONEY 3 1976
17 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME 7 1981
18 SUMMER NIGHT CITY 5 1978
19 S.O.S. 6 1975
20 THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC 33 1983

 

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/abbas-official-top-20-biggest-songs__26113/

 

A legendary discography

chile da legendary Top 20, 

 

u got ur hits and cult classics

 

is there any song u guys wish was here other than HH or I D, I D, I D, I D, I D

Edited September 3, 20215 yr by dabunique

Classic after Classic after Classic 

 

Madonna WHO?

The fact that I know them all by heart.  Thank you ABBA Gold getting perpetually played during long hours of country rides by my father.

 Wow at those classics

I always thought Mamma Mia was in top2 along with Dancing Queen. It used to be my favorite song from them.

On 9/2/2021 at 11:00 AM, Hector said:

1 DANCING QUEEN 1 1976 1.65m [1m+ sales, 93m streams]
2 SUPER TROUPER 1 1980 1.05m [978k sales, 38m streams]
3 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU 1 1977 1.02m
4 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME 1 1978 950k [882k sales]

5 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL 1 1980 920k 
6 FERNANDO 1 1976 903k 
7 MAMMA MIA 1 1975 860k
8 THE NAME OF THE GAME 1 1977
9 CHIQUITITA 2 1979
10 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) 3 1979
11 WATERLOO 1 1974 732k
12 I HAVE A DREAM 2 1979
13 ANGEL EYES / VOULEZ VOUS 3 1979
14 DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW 4 1979
15 ONE OF US 3 1981
16 MONEY MONEY MONEY 3 1976
17 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME 7 1981
18 SUMMER NIGHT CITY 5 1978
19 S.O.S. 6 1975
20 THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC 33 1983

FLAWLESS LIST!!

So many classics. Loving the fact Angel Eyes is so high.