Voulez-Vous

This article is about the album. For the song of the same name, see Voulez-Vous (song).

Untitled

Voulez-Vous ("Do You Want" in French) is the sixth studio album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1979. It was the first ABBA album to be recorded at Polar Music Studios in Stockholm, and the only ABBA album to include a studio recording made outside Sweden. Some of the songs were secretly written and demoed at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and the title track was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami. Voulez-Vous sold more than 400,000 copies in UK in its first week of release . Voulez-Vous was first released on CD in 1984. The album has been digitally remastered and reissued four times; first in 1997, then in 2001 and in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set, and yet again in 2010 for the Voulez-Vous Deluxe Edition.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus.

Side A:

1. "As Good as New" – 3:24
2. "Voulez-Vous" – 5:09
3. "I Have a Dream" – 4:45
4. "Angeleyes" – 4:20
5. "The King Has Lost His Crown" – 3:32

Side B:

1. "Does Your Mother Know" – 3:13
2. "If It Wasn't for the Nights" – 5:09
3. "Chiquitita" – 5:26
4. "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)" – 3:30
5. "Kisses of Fire" – 3:16

(P) 1979 Polar Music International AB, Stockholm

• The backing track for "Voulez-Vous" was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami.

CD re-issues, bonus tracks

Voulez-Vous was remastered and reissued in 1997 with two bonus tracks:

11. "Summer Night City" – 3:34
12. "Lovelight" – 3:46

Voulez-Vous was remastered and reissued in 2001 with three other bonus tracks:

11. "Summer Night City" – 3:34
12. "Lovelight" – 3:48
13. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" – 4:52

Voulez-Vous was remastered and reissued again in 2005 as part of the The Complete Studio Recordings box set with several bonus tracks:

11. "Summer Night City" – 3:36
12. "Lovelight" – 3:49
13. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" – 4:51
14. "Estoy Soñando" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) – 4:40
    • Spanish version of "I Have a Dream". Released as a single in Spain and Latin America, 1979.
15. "Chiquitita" (Spanish Version) (Andersson, Ulvaeus, B. McCluskey, M. McCluskey) – 5:35
    • Released as a single in Spain and Latin America, 1979.
16. "¡Dame! ¡Dame! ¡Dame!" (Andersson, Ulvaeus, B. McCluskey, M. McCluskey) – 4:49
    • Spanish version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)".

Tracks 14–16 are from the album Gracias Por La Música (Septima SRLM 1, 23 June 1980).

Voulez-Vous was reissued once again in 2008 as part of the The Albums box set but without any bonus tracks.

Voulez-Vous has been remastered again and was issued as a Deluxe Edition in 2010. The bonus tracks were the following:

11. "Summer Night City" (Full Length Version)
12. "Lovelight"
13. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
14. "Dream World"
15. "Voulez-Vous" (Extended Remix, 1979 US promo)

Voulez-Vous Deluxe Edition was packed with a bonus DVD containg the following material::

• ABBA in Switzerland (television special, BBC)
• "Chiquitita" (Music for UNICEF)
• "I Have a Dream" (extended promo)
• "If It Wasn't for the Nights" (Mike Yarwood Christmas Show, BBC)
• "Chiquitita" (ABBA Snowtime, BBC)
• Björn & Benny Interview (Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, BBC)
• Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Television Commercial I
• Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Television Commercial II
• International sleeve gallery

Singles

1. "Chiquitita"/"Lovelight"¹ (January 1979)
2. "Does Your Mother Know"/"Kisses of Fire" (April 1979)
3. "Voulez-Vous" (single edit)/"Angel Eyes" (July 1979)
4. "Angeleyes"/"Voulez-Vous" (single edit) (July 1979)
5. "As Good as New"/"I Have a Dream" (French version) (1979)
6. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"¹/"The King Has Lost His Crown" (October 1979)
7. "I Have a Dream"/"Take a Chance on Me" (live)¹ (December 1979)

• ¹ Tracks not from the album Voulez-Vous

In the UK alone, seven of the ten tracks from the album were released on singles as either 'A' or 'B' sides, the second highest number of tracks issued as singles from any ABBA album.

Personnel

ABBA

• Benny Andersson – synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
• Agnetha Fältskog – vocals
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad – vocals
• Björn Ulvaeus – banjo, guitar, vocals

Additional personnel

• Rolf Alex – drums
• Ola Brunkert – drums
• Lars Carlsson – horn
• Anders Eljas – horn
• Joe Galdo – drums
• Malando Gassama – percussion
• Rutger Gunnarsson – bass
• Paul Harris – piano
• Janne Kling – wind
• Nils Landgren – trombone
• Ish Ledesma – guitar
• Roger Palm – drums
• Halldor Palsson – tenor saxophone
• Arnold Paseiro – bass
• Jan Risberg – oboe
• Janne Schaffer – guitar, sitar
• Johan Stengård – tenor saxophone
• Åke Sundqvist – percussion
• George Terry – guitar
• Mike Watson – bass
• Lasse Wellander – guitar
• Kajtek Wojciechowski – tenor saxophone

Production

• Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
• Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
• Arrangers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anders Eljas, Rutger Gunnarsson
• Design: Rune Söderqvist
• Photography: Ola Lager
• Remastered for the 1997 Remasters by Jon Astley and Tim Young with Michael B. Tretow
• Remastered for the 2001 Remasters by Jon Astley with Michael B. Tretow
• Remastered for the 2005 Complete Studio Recordings Box Set by Henrik Jonsson

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard 200 (USA)	19
	RPM albums (Canada)	6
	CRIA albums (Canada)	4
	UK	1
	Austria	2
	Norway	1
	New Zealand	2
	Australia	5
	International Albums Chart (Mexico)	1
	Argentina	1
	Belgium	1
	Finland	1
	France	6
	The Netherlands	2
	Spain	3
	Japan	1
	Switzerland	1
	Germany	1
	Zimbabwe	1
	Sweden	1
2010	UK (deluxe edition)	148

Singles (USA and Canada)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Does Your Mother Know"	Billboard Hot 100 (USA)	19
		Billboard Adult Contemporary (USA)	41
	"Voulez-Vous"	Billboard Hot 100	80
		Billboard Adult Contemporary	40
	"Angeleyes"	Billboard Hot 100	64
		Billboard Adult Contemporary	37
	"Chiquitita"	Billboard Hot 100	29
		Billboard Adult Contemporary	15
	"Does Your Mother Know"	RPM singles (Canada)	12
		RPM Adult Contemporary (Canada)	2
		CRIA singles (Canada)	8
	"Voulez-Vous/Angeleyes"	RPM singles	42
		CRIA singles	39
	"Chiquitita"	RPM singles	36
		RPM Adult Contemporary	14
		CRIA singles	17
1980	"I Have a Dream"	RPM Adult Contemporary	1

Singles (Music Week, United Kingdom)

Year	Single	Position	Weeks on chart
1979	"I Have a Dream"	2	10
	"Does Your Mother Know"	4	9
	"Angeleyes" b/w "Voulez-Vous"	3	11
	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"	3	12
	"Chiquitita"	2	9

Singles (Nederlandse Top 40, Netherlands)

Year	Single	Position	Weeks on chart
1979	"Chiquitita"	1	13
	"Does Your Mother Know"	4	9
	"Voulez-Vous"	4	9
	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"	2	9
	"I Have a Dream"	1	11

Singles (Norway)

Year	Single	Position	Weeks on chart
1978	"Summer Night City"	3	10
1979	"Chiquitita"	4	17
	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"	2	17

External links

• abba4therecord / Webpage showing ABBA Voulez-Vous Releases worldwide [1]