"Super Trouper" | ||||
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Single by ABBA | ||||
from the album Super Trouper | ||||
B-side | "The Piper" | |||
Released | 3 November 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1980 | |||
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Length | 4:10 | |||
Label | Polar Music, Epic Records (UK)[1] | |||
Songwriter(s) | Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus[1] | |||
Producer(s) | Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus[1] | |||
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"Super Trouper" on YouTube |
"Super Trouper" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA, and the title track from their 1980 studio album of the same name, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It was released in November 1980 as the album's third single. The song – with lead vocals by Anni-Frid Lyngstad – had the working title "Blinka Lilla Stjärna" (i.e. Twinkle Little Star, in Swedish),[2] and was the last track to be written and recorded for the album (ultimately replacing the track "Put on Your White Sombrero").
The song's name refers to the Super Trouper, a make of followspot used in large venues.[3]
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