Eagle
ABBA | Artist Essentials
First released: 1977 (year verified)
Original full-length 1977 album version
MusicAtlas editorial note: The longer album performance gives its broad melody and instrumental passages room to unfold.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1977 (year verified)
The full original album recording appeared on The Album in December 1977 in Scandinavia. Later international album and shortened single releases do not set its first year.
Recording: Original full-length 1977 album version
Credit: ABBA
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: The Album
ABBA - The Album: pushing boundaries
Original December 1977 Scandinavian album release, The Name of the Game as first single, Take a Chance on Me, Eagle and the released Thank You for the Music recording, distinct from the unused earlier take. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
The Album - official fortieth anniversary
First Scandinavian release in December 1977 and original album context for The Name of the Game, Take a Chance on Me and Eagle. | 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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