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What ABBA did was
place themselves directly in the mainstream of the
history of popular music, because they loved
popular music, they loved its development, and as Bjorn said to me once, "We knew we had
to sing in English if we were gonna make
it outside of Sweden." And then the big
record is "Mamma Mia", and that starts this
incredible string of number ones and top fives
place themselves directly in the mainstream of the
history of popular music, because they loved
popular music, they loved its development, and as Bjorn said to me once, "We knew we had
to sing in English if we were gonna make
it outside of Sweden." And then the big
record is "Mamma Mia", and that starts this
incredible string of number ones and top fives
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What ABBA did was
place themselves directly
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in the mainstream of the
history of popular music,
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because they loved
popular music,
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they loved its development,
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and as Bjorn said to me once,
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"We knew we had
to sing in English
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if we were gonna make
it outside of Sweden."
00:00:17.167 --> 00:00:20.067
And then the big
record is "Mamma Mia",
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and that starts this
incredible string
00:00:23.833 --> 00:00:26.002
of number ones and top fives.
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Movie Summary
ABBA - 50 Years since Eurovision"" unfolds the 50-year saga of the legendary Swedish pop quartet. From their iconic Eurovision triumph with ""Waterloo"" to the pre-ABBA chapters of individual lives, the series explores the genesis...
