Ring Ring (ABBA song)

"Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)"
Original label of the Swedish release
Single by Bjorn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida (ABBA)
from the album Ring Ring
B-side	"Åh vilka tider"
Released	14 February 1973
Recorded	10 January 1973
Studio	Metronome, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre	Pop rock, glam rock, funk rock, Europop, schlager
Length	3:00
Label	Polar (Sweden) Epic (UK) Atlantic (US)
Songwriter(s)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Stig Anderson Neil Sedaka/Phil Cody (English lyrics) Peter Lach (German lyrics) Doris Band (Spanish lyrics)
Producer(s)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
Bjorn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida (ABBA) singles chronology
"He Is Your Brother" (1972) "Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)" (1973) "Another Town, Another Train" (1973)
Official music video
ABBA - Ring, Ring (Official Music Video) on YouTube
Alternative release
1974 UK remix single label of the English version

"Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)", in English: "Ring Ring (If only you called)", titled simply as "Ring Ring" in the English single version, is a song by Swedish group ABBA, released as the title track of their 1973 debut album.

The single gave the group their big break in several European countries (although the rest of Europe, North America and Australia would be introduced to ABBA the following year). The song was written in Swedish by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, along with their manager Stig Anderson, with the original title of "Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)" ("Ring Ring (If Only You Called)"). As in other languages, the English translation (helped by Neil Sedaka and his collaborator Phil Cody) showed notable changes in the original lyrics but with a similar meaning, including a new chorus: "Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?". The Swedish version reached No. 1 in the Swedish charts.

"Ring Ring" tells of a lover waiting alone by the telephone for the object of her desire to call.^[1]