People Need Love
by ABBA

Album: Ring Ring (1972)
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Songfacts®:

  • Running to 2 minutes 24 seconds and backed by "Merry-Go-Round," "People Need Love" was the first ABBA single, although it was first recorded under the name Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid and issued in 1972.

    In 1973, it appeared on the nascent supergroup's Ring Ring album. The song had a fair reception, but it was not until ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo" that the ball really started rolling.
  • As with the majority of ABBA songs, this was co-written by Andersson/Ulvaeus. Benny Andersson had cut his songwriting teeth while keyboard player with covers band Hep Stars, while his future songwriting partner Björn Ulvaeus had been performing with a Swedish folk group. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 2

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