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"Mamma Mia"
Single by ABBA from the album ABBA
Released	September 1975
Format	7" single
Genre	Europop, Pop
Length	3:35
Label	Polar Music
Writer	Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus
Producer	Michael Tretow
ABBA singles chronology
"Bang-a-Boomerang" (1975) "Mamma Mia" (1975) "Fernando" (1976)
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For the musical of the same name, please see Mamma Mia!

"Mamma Mia" is a song from ABBA's third album, ABBA, written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson.^[1], with the lead vocals shared by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The B-side of the single was the instrumental "Intermezzo No.1", also included on the ABBA album.

• In 1980, a Spanish version of "Mamma Mia" was included on the album Gracias Por La Música.
• In 1999, a musical with the same name, Mamma Mia! opened in London's West End, featuring many of ABBA's songs, and production has spread to many other countries, with over 1500 performances on Broadway alone.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Chart positions 3 Cover versions 4 References

ABBA's ubiquitous single initially topped the charts in 1975 in Australia for 11 weeks, where the band was possibly more popular than anywhere else at this point. At the time, it was rumoured that every third citizen of the country owned an ABBA record. It was almost entirely due to this overwhelming success that the single was subsequently, but reluctantly, released in the UK and other territories.

While never released as a single in their native Sweden, "Mamma Mia" was one of the act's first songs to make a breakthrough in the UK. It took the single nearly two months after it was released to top the UK charts. Interestingly, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (the No.1 single that preceded "Mamma Mia" on the charts) also contained the words 'Mamma Mia' in the lyrics.

"Mamma Mia" also reached No.1 in Ireland, Switzerland and West Germany, and made the Top Five in New Zealand, Norway, Belgium, Austria and South Africa. The single was released in the United States in January 1976, where it took twenty weeks to rise up the Billboard Hot 100, eventually peaking at #32.

The single's popularity was boosted by a promotional music video, in which one of the singers' faces were shown in profile opposite the others' faces.

Chart (1975–1976)	Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	1
Irish Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	1
West German Singles Chart	1
Belgian Singles Chart	2
New Zealand Singles Chart	2
Norwegian Singles Chart	2
Austrian Singles Chart	3
South African Singles Chart	5
Dutch Singles Chart	13
Finnish Singles Chart	14
Canadian Singles Chart	20
Zimbabwean Singles Chart	20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	32

Preceded by "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

UK number one single January 31, 1976

Succeeded by "Forever And Ever" by Slik

• The song was covered by A*Teens on their debut album The ABBA Generation in 1999.

• The exact same music from the A*Teens version was re-used for another cover of "Mamma Mia" by singer Kate Hall on the German compilation ABBA Mania a few years later.

• British singer/actress Martine McCutcheon covered the song for the 1999 tribute Abbamania. She also performed the song on the TV special. On the subsequent ABBAMania 2 album from 2004, the song is covered by British actress Tricia Penrose.

• British singer Hazell Dean recorded a dance-oriented cover for her own ABBA tribute album.

• Dance covers of "Mamma Mia" have been recorded by Abbacadabra (produced by Almighty Records), Angeleyes on their 1999 tribute album ABBAdance, Sabu on the Japanese ABBA Ibiza Caliente Mix compilation, and Euphorica on their 2003 album ABBA Dance.

• On the tribute compilation ABBAlicious, the song is performed by several U.S. drag queens.

• Ska band Five Iron Frenzy recorded their own rendition of the song.

• U.S. indie artist Pamela McNeill includes a cover of the song on her album Tribute To ABBA.

• Taiwanese singer A-mei has recorded a version of the song.

• The New Zealand tribute compilation ABBAsalutely includes a cover by alternative pop band The 3Ds.

• Swedish studio musicians The Black Sweden included the song on their ABBA tribute album entitled Gold. Their version featured an opening riff borrowed from the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".

1. ^ BMI.com Repertoire entry on "Mamma Mia". Retrieved January 2, 2006.

v • d • 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 • ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits • More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits • ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos • Thank You for the Music • The Definitive Collection • The Complete Studio Recordings • Number Ones
Hit singles	"People Need Love" • "He Is Your Brother" • "Ring Ring" • "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" • "Waterloo" • "Honey, Honey" • "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 Day Before You Came" • "Under Attack" • "Thank You for the Music"
Related articles	Discography • Unreleased songs • Eurovision Song Contest 1974 • Mamma Mia! • Congratulations • Music of Sweden • Stig Andersson