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Would you like to tell radio stations that certain groups have more than ONE hit?


ABBA did much more music than just "Dancing Queen," the only ABBA song I ever hear on the radio.



For instance, my favorite ABBA tune that seems to never get played on the airwaves ~

"When All Is Said and Done"

Posted - April 9, 2018

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  • 3375
    Hahaha.  I used to have much the same thought when I used to listen to mainstream radio.  I then discovered small, college time radio that had no set agenda.  

    Abba's Dancing Queen is definitely a song I would skip immediately because of how much it has been played in 4 decades.
      April 9, 2018 2:21 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    I like college radio, too.
    :)
      April 9, 2018 2:59 PM MDT
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  • 3375
    PS...I too really loved that song that never got radio time.
      April 9, 2018 2:24 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Cool.
    :)
      April 9, 2018 2:59 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Hi PeaPod - - I should add what I told Element 99. I really like pretty much any ABBA song, including "Dancing Queen," even though it gets overplayed in my opinion.
    :)
      April 10, 2018 8:10 AM MDT
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  • 3375
    It's probably the only song I don't care for tbh, just because it got so overplayed.  I really like a lot of their other stuff, including some of their more serious ballads.  

    I don't know if you followed any of them into a solo career, but Frida had this in the early 80s.  It was a huge video hit in the day.  I loved her voice and her look on this.  

      April 10, 2018 12:36 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    I love this song, yes! Still do!
    :)
      April 12, 2018 5:28 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    My fave:
      April 9, 2018 2:56 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    I really NEVER hear that one on the radio!
    :)
    I'm a fan of the group --  I do tend to like pretty much anything by them, even "Dancing Queen," overplayed as it is.
    :)
      April 9, 2018 2:58 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    I agree.
      April 9, 2018 3:02 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    I keep wondering about the guy who made up the term "one hit wonder". Like, did he make up any other cliches?
      April 9, 2018 3:08 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Good point!
    :)
      April 9, 2018 3:09 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    In Phoenix, and I suppose in other markets too, the teenybopper stations would switch to old fart music in the evening so grownup commuters would not notice what the teens were listening to. Unfortunately, the djs had no clear idea what the old farts were listening to, so they tended to play records that were already known to be safe. The end effect was as if the station only owned a half dozen records. But at least the old farts never complained.
      April 10, 2018 3:01 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    :)
    Well-written funny answer to me.
    :)
    Thanks, Jewels Vern.
      April 10, 2018 8:08 AM MDT
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  • 5451
    I think I actually heard that song on the radio once but it was when I was on my honeymoon in Europe.  Radio stations in other countries seem to play more stuff than American radio stations but when I had my last job the manager told us which radio station we had to hear in the office.  It was pretty lame because we didn't need to look at the clock, basically knew what time it was by which song they were playing.
      April 10, 2018 9:07 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    :)
    That's pretty funny about the telling time by the song being played.
    :)
      April 10, 2018 10:27 AM MDT
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  • "Yes indeed!"  In 1960, Jan & Dean's "White Tennis Sneakers" was released and in all my years of listening to Oldies But Goodies, on the radio,  I've only heard it once.  It didn't make the Top Ten Hits List, but did chart at #12.  Anyway, I'm not sure why it bothered me so much, over the years, but it did.  :)

    This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 12, 2018 6:57 PM MDT
      April 12, 2018 5:07 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    I find white tennis sneakers erotic - - on men.
    Not knowing this song, and by the title only, I was hoping that might sing about their own sneakers. Oh, well.
    Ha!
    :)
      April 12, 2018 5:31 PM MDT
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  • I liked your post/song, by the way. :)
      April 12, 2018 6:58 PM MDT
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  • oh god yes. i haven’t listened to the radio in years for that very reason. they just seem to play the same ~50 songs constantly, usually some much more than others. it’s a nightmare. i subscribe to spotify instead. 
      April 12, 2018 11:05 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Yes, I've thought about resorting to something like spotify.
    :)
      April 13, 2018 5:38 PM MDT
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