18 Hits

ABBA 18 Hits
Compilation album by ABBA
Released	8 September 2005
Recorded	1973–1982
Genre	Pop
Length	68:21
Label	Universal Music
Producer	Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson
ABBA chronology
The Definitive Collection (2001) 18 Hits (2005) The Complete Studio Recordings (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

18 Hits is a compilation of hits by ABBA, released by Universal Music on September 8, 2005.

The 18 Hits set - with its slightly misleading title - was released as a mid-price alternative to the best-selling full-price collection ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits and features eleven of the group's biggest hits coupled with a few popular album tracks like "Hasta Mañana", "Thank You for the Music" and "Happy New Year" and concludes with four non-English versions; "Honey Honey" (Swedish version), "Waterloo" (French version), "Ring Ring" (German version) and the Spanish version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", entitled "Dame! Dame! Dame!". Among the more notable omissions on the 18 Hits collection are the band's biggest hit "Dancing Queen" as well as "Chiquitita", "Take a Chance on Me" and "I Have a Dream".

The Swedish edition of 18 Hits, also released in 2005, featured four Swedish language recordings instead of the four non-English versions; "Waterloo", "Honey Honey", "Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)" and "Åh Vilka Tider". A budget-priced DVD entitled 16 Hits was released simultaneously.

While numerous other similar hits compilations with the group have been released both before and since, 18 Hits has proved to be one of Universal Music's bestselling ABBA products, peaking in the Top 10 in Poland and the Top 20 in the UK, Spain and Hungary and re-entering the charts in many territories after the premiere of movie Mamma Mia! in the Summer of 2008.

In 2009 IFPI awarded it platinum status for sales of one million in Europe ^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Winner Takes It All" – 4:54
   
2. "Super Trouper" – 4:10
   
3. "Waterloo" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 2:42
   
4. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" – 4:46
   
5. "The Name of the Game (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 4:51
   
6. "Ring Ring" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) – 3:00
   
7. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 3:18
   
8. "SOS" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 3:23
   
9. "Fernando" – 4:14
   
10. "Hasta Mañana" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 3:09
    
11. "Mamma Mia" (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 3:35
    
12. "Lay All Your Love on Me" – 4:32
    
13. "Thank You for the Music" – 3:51
    
14. "Happy New Year" – 4:23
    
15. "Honey Honey" (Swedish version) (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 2:54
    
16. "Waterloo" (French version) (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, translation: Boublil) – 2:42
    
17. "Ring Ring" (German version) (Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, translation: Lach) – 3:00
    
18. "Dame! Dame! Dame!" (Spanish version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!") (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, translation: McCluskey, McCluskey) – 4:46

Chart positions

Certifications

• Brazil: gold (2008)^[10]
• Brazil: platinum (2009)^[10]
• Australia: 2x platinum (2012)
• Russia: 3x platinum (2010)^[11]

References

v t e ABBA Agnetha Fältskog Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson Anni-Frid Lyngstad Studio albums Ring Ring Waterloo ABBA Arrival The Album Voulez-Vous Super Trouper The Visitors Compilations Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Gracias Por La Música The Singles: The First Ten Years Thank You for the Music Gold: Greatest Hits More Gold: More Hits Oro: Grandes Éxitos Thank You for the Music The Definitive Collection 18 Hits The Complete Studio Recordings Number Ones The Albums Live albums ABBA Live Singles "People Need Love" "He Is Your Brother" "Ring Ring" "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" "Waterloo" "Honey, Honey" "Hasta Mañana" "So Long" "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" "SOS" "Mamma Mia" "Fernando" "Dancing Queen" "Money, Money, Money" "Knowing Me, Knowing You" "The Name of the Game" "Take a Chance on Me" "Eagle" "Summer Night City" "Chiquitita" "Does Your Mother Know" "Voulez-Vous" "Angeleyes" "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" "I Have a Dream" "The Winner Takes It All" "On and On and On" "Super Trouper" "Lay All Your Love on Me" "One of Us" "When All Is Said and Done" "Head Over Heels" "The Visitors" "The Day Before You Came" "Under Attack" "Thank You for the Music" Other songs "She's My Kind of Girl" "En Karusell" "Another Town, Another Train" "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" "Rock'n Roll Band" "King Kong Song" "Bang-A-Boomerang" "Rock Me" "I've Been Waiting for You" "My Love, My Life" "That's Me" "Arrival" "As Good as New" "Happy New Year" "Our Last Summer" "Slipping Through My Fingers" "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room" "Put On Your White Sombrero" Video games SingStar ABBA ABBA: You Can Dance Related articles Discography Songs Unreleased songs Dick Cavett Meets ABBA Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! (film) (soundtrack) ABBA: The Movie Congratulations Music of Sweden Stig Anderson "Thank ABBA for the Music" A-Teens ABBA: The Tour Book:ABBA

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