Andante, Andante

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“Andante, Andante”
Single by ABBA from the album Super Trouper
Released	1980
Format	Single
Genre	Pop
Length	4:40
Label	Polar Music
Writer(s)	Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Buddy and Mary McCluskey (lyrics, Spanish version)
Producer	Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"On and On and On" (1980) "Andante, Andante" (1980) "Super Trouper" (1980)
Super Trouper track listing
Side one "Super Trouper" "The Winner Takes It All" "On and On and On" "Andante, Andante" "Me and I" Side two "Happy New Year" "Our Last Summer" "The Piper" "Lay All Your Love On Me" "The Way Old Friends Do"

"Andante, Andante", originally "Hold Me Close", is the name of a song recorded in both Spanish and English by Swedish pop group ABBA, with lead vocals by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, for inclusion on their 1980 album Super Trouper. ^[1]

The Spanish version of "Andante, Andante" was released as a single in Argentina, Ecuador and Peru in 1981 and also included on the South American RCA versions of album Super Trouper. The track was first released on CD in 1994 as part of the Polydor US compilation Más ABBA Oro, and in 1999 included on the expanded re-issue of ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos.

[edit] Cover versions

• British singer Hazell Dean covered the song for her own ABBA tribute album.
• Swedish band Thorleifs recorded an instrumental version of the song.
• Local American singer Lenore Troia (from Key West, Florida) recorded a cover of the song for her 2007 album Sand Dancing.

[edit] References

1. ^ ABBA Annual 1980

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