Chiquitita
ABBA
1979
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1979
Release: 1979Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. 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.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
The Chiquitita story
Original English studio single released in January 1979 before Voulez-Vous; the UNICEF performance and later Spanish version are distinguished.
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.
About ABBA
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
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.
Retained annual-list context
Chiquitita by ABBA is included for 1979 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Music VF: chart-associated songs of 1979
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Music VF: chart-associated songs of 1979
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
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