Summer Night City
ABBA | Artist Essentials
First released: September 6, 1978 (day verified)
Original 1978 single edit
MusicAtlas editorial note: The original single jumps straight into a dense, driving texture; follow the low rhythm against the rising chorus.
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First released: September 6, 1978 (day verified)
The official history gives 6 September 1978 for the original single without the longer introduction. The full-length version with that introduction first appeared in 1994 and is not selected here.
Recording: Original 1978 single edit
Credit: ABBA
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Summer Night City
Summer Night City - official single history
Original single released 6 September 1978 without the longer introduction; full-length version first issued in 1994. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About ABBA
ABBA brought together Swedish performers Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Andersson and Ulvaeus developed the group's songwriting and production partnership, while Fältskog and Lyngstad's voices became central to its recordings. The 1974 Eurovision victory with Waterloo introduced the quartet to a wider international audience. Its 1970s catalog ranges from closely arranged pop songs to dance music and ballads. The members' separate solo and duo recordings belong to different artist histories.
Artist background sources
ABBA - official history
Group members, songwriting partnership, Eurovision breakthrough and original group career; separate member careers. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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