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Chiquitita

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ABBA / RECOMMENDED SELECTION 12

First released: 1979 (year verified)

Original English-language studio recording

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Release evidence and recording details

First released: 1979 (year verified)

The English studio single was released in January 1979 before Voulez-Vous. The separate UNICEF performance and later Spanish-language version are not this selected recording.

Recording: Original English-language studio recording
Credit: ABBA
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Chiquitita

The Chiquitita story
Original English studio single released in January 1979 before Voulez-Vous; the UNICEF performance and later Spanish version are distinguished. | Reviewed 2026-10-17

Voulez-Vous - official original album and bonus track list
Original April 1979 album and track membership; Summer Night City, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! and the extended US promotional Voulez-Vous remix are separate bonus items. | Reviewed 2026-10-17

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ARTIST BACKGROUND

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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