Thank You for the Music (album)

For box set of the same name, see Thank You for the Music (box set).

Thank You for the Music (subtitled A Collection of Love Songs) is a compilation album by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in November 1983 in the United Kingdom by the record company Epic. The compilation features 14 tracks, including the singles "I Have a Dream", "Chiquitita" and "The Day Before You Came". It also contains the Spanish version of "Fernando", which was the first time this version was released in the UK.^[2]

Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs
Compilation album by ABBA
Released	11 November 1983
Recorded	August 1976–August 1982
Genre	Pop
Length	62:56
Label	Epic
Producer	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA chronology
The Singles: The First Ten Years (1982) Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs (1983) ABBA Live (1986)
Singles from Thank You for the Music: A Collection of Love Songs
"Thank You for the Music" Released: 4 November 1983 (UK)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The album peaked at No. 17 on the UK Albums Chart, breaking ABBA's run of eight consecutive UK number-one albums from Greatest Hits in 1976 to The Singles: The First Ten Years in 1982.^[3] It was certified gold for sales of over 100,000 units.^[4] The song "Thank You for the Music" was released as a single in the UK in November 1983 with the Super Trouper album track "Our Last Summer" (also on this compilation) as the B-side. The single peaked at No. 33.^[3]

Track listing

Side A^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Love, My Life"	Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus	3.52
2.	"I Wonder (Departure)"	Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus	4.38
3.	"Happy New Year"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	4.23
4.	"Slipping Through My Fingers"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	3.51
5.	"Fernando (Spanish version)"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	4.15
6.	"One Man, One Woman"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	4.35
7.	"Eagle"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	5.51

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Have a Dream"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	4.44
2.	"Our Last Summer"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	4.23
3.	"The Day Before You Came"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	5.51
4.	"Chiquitita"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	5.26
5.	"Should I Laugh or Cry"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	4.26
6.	"The Way Old Friends Do (Live)"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	2.53
7.	"Thank You for the Music"	Andersson, Ulvaeus	3.48

References

1. "Thank You for the Music > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
2. EIL. Spanish version of "Fernando"
3. "Abba - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
4. BPI: ABBA - Thank You for the Music Bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

External links

• Official website