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"'Our Last Summer'" is a song by ABBA from the group's seventh studio album, 'Super Trouper'. It was written by Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus.
Recording for this track began on 4 June 1980 in Polar Music Studios.Magnus Palm, C: "ABBA The Complete Recording sessions", page 98. Century 22 Ltd, 1994 The song features Anni-Frid Lyngstad on lead vocals and her time in the studio during the recording is captured in a series of photographs taken by Anders Hanser.Magnus Palm, C et al.: "From ABBA to Mamma Mia!", page 84-89. Virgin Publishing Ltd, 1999
In the background of the bridge to this song, during Lasse Wellander's guitar solo, part of the 'Chess' song, "Anthem" can be heard. Andersson and Ulvaeus had been working on the melody for Anthem for a number of years but had never found a place for it in any ABBA project. When they finally came to use it in the musical Chess they hoped that no one would notice that part of it had already been used in Our Last Summer.Magnus Palm, C: "ABBA The Complete Recording sessions", page 99. Century 22 Ltd, 1994
Ulvaeus found lyrical inspiration for this song in a memory of a romance he had during a visit to Paris as a teenager.Ulvaeus, B et al.: 'Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You?', page 104. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006 The song is used in the ABBA songs-based musical 'Mamma Mia!'. That version was certified Silver by BPI in 2022.
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Category:ABBA songs
Category:1980 songs
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