Does Your Mother Know
ABBA | Artist Essentials
First released: 1979 (year verified)
Original English-language studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The lower lead voice and clipped guitar rhythm bring a different balance to the familiar group harmonies.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1979 (year verified)
The final studio single and the original Voulez-Vous album were released together in late April 1979. The earlier television performance described in the official history differs from the final record.
Recording: Original English-language studio recording
Credit: ABBA
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Voulez-Vous
Does Your Mother Know - the anatomy of a hit single
Original single and Voulez-Vous album were released together in late April 1979; earlier television version differed from the final recording. | 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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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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