Waterloo

LP, Side A:

1. Waterloo

2. Sitting In The Palmtree

3. King Kong Song

4. Hasta Mañana

5. My Mama Said

6. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)

Side B:

1. Honey, Honey

2. Watch Out

3. What About Livingstone

4. Gonna Sing You My Lovesong

5. Suzy-Hang-Around

Release:

RCA LP: VPL1-4003
Released May 1974
[release date code A574B]

RCA LP: VPL1-4003
Released with Sanyo promotional wraparound circa May/Jun 1976

RCA INTERNATIONAL LP: VAL1-0464
CASSETTE: VAK1-0464
Released September 1984
[LP release date code A984A]

Charts:

Kent Report chart entry: #97 1 July 1974
Highest position: #67 22 July 1974
Final entry: #81 12 August 1974
Weeks in chart: 8

Kent Report chart re-entry: #90 8 December 1975
Highest position: #1 18 3 May 1976
Final entry: #95 9 August 1976
Weeks in chart: 36

Top 100 albums of 1976: #80

LP 1974:

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No image available for side 2 of this label style

1980

Promotional LP 1976:

LP 1984:

Cassette 1984:

Cassette, Side 1:

1. Waterloo

2. Honey, Honey

3. What About Livingstone

4. Hasta Mañana

5. Suzy-Hang-Around

6. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)

Side 2:

1. Sitting In The Palmtree

2. King Kong Song

3. Watch Out

4. Gonna Sing You My Lovesong

5. My Mama Said

Release:

RCA CASSETTE: VPK1-4003
Released May 1974

Cartridge, Program 1:

1. Waterloo

2. Hasta Mañana

3. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)

Program 2:

1. Honey, Honey

2. What About Livingstone

3. Suzy-Hang-Around

Program 3:

1. Sitting In The Palmtree

2. King Kong Song

3. My Mama Said (Part 1)

Program 4:

1. My Mama Said (Concl.)

2. Watch Out

3. Gonna Sing You My Lovesong

Release:

RCA CARTRIDGE: VPS1-4003
Released May 1974
Discontinued 1977 (?)

Credits:

Benny Andersson: piano, moog, Mellotron, vocals
Ola Brunkert: drums
John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick: keyboards (Dance)
Christer Eklund: saxophone (Waterloo)
Agnetha Fältskog: vocals
Malando Gassama: congas (Sitting In The Palmtree)
Rutger Gunnarsson: bass
Anni-Frid Lyngstad: vocals
Per Sahlberg: bass (Dance)
Janne Schaffer: guitar
Björn Ulvaeus: guitar, vocals
Sven-Olof Walldoff: string arrangement (Honey, Honey)

Recorded at Metronome Studio, Stockholm: September 1973-February 1974

Album design: Ron Spaulding
Photo: Ola Lager

Produced by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus

Engineered by Michael B. Tretow

℗ 1974 Polar Music AB

Waterloo

CD:

(song numbers in brackets indicate side and track number on cassette)

1. (1/1) Waterloo

2. (1/2) Sitting In The Palmtree

3. (1/3) King Kong Song

4. (1/4) Hasta Mañana

5. (1/5) My Mama Said

6. (1/6) Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)

7. (2/1) Honey, Honey

8. (2/2) What About Livingstone

9. (2/3) Watch Out

10. (2/4) Gonna Sing You My Lovesong

11. (2/5) Suzy-Hang-Around

Release:

POLYDOR CD: 843 643-2 *
CASSETTE: 843 643-4
Released 11 June 1990

KARUSSELL/POLYDOR CD: 550 034-2
CASSETTE: 550 034-4
Released 1993

20th Anniversary Limited Collectors Edition (fan club issue)
KARUSSELL/POLYDOR CD: AAFC5500342
Released April 1994

POLYDOR “THE ABBA REMASTERS” CD: 533 985-2 1
Released May 1997

* initial copies made in EU, imported through PolyGram; later copies made in Australia

CD 1991, 1997
Cassette 1991
CD 1993
Cassette 1993
CD 1994
CD 1994

Waterloo

CD:

1. Waterloo

2. Sitting In The Palmtree

3. King Kong Song

4. Hasta Mañana

5. My Mama Said

6. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)

7. Honey, Honey

8. Watch Out

9. What About Livingstone

10. Gonna Sing You My Lovesong

11. Suzy-Hang-Around

Bonus tracks remastered CD 2001:

12. Ring Ring (US remix 1974)

13. Waterloo (in Swedish)

14. Honey, Honey (in Swedish)

Bonus tracks Deluxe Edition 2014:

12. Ring Ring (US Remix 1974)

13. Waterloo (Swedish version)

14. Honey, Honey (Swedish version)

15. Waterloo (German version)

16. Hasta Mañana (Spanish version)

17. Waterloo (French version)

18. Ring Ring (1974 Remix, Single version)

19. Waterloo (Alternate mix)

DVD Deluxe Edition 2014:

1. Waterloo (Eurovision Song Contest performance I, BBC)

2. Waterloo (Melodifestivalen performance I, SVT)

3. Waterloo (Melodifestivalen performance II, SVT)

4. Waterloo (Eurovision Song Contest preview performance, SVT)

5. Waterloo (Eurovision Song Contest, performance II, BBC)

6. Interview with Frida and Stig after the Eurovision victory (Rapport, SVT)

7. Waterloo (Top Of The Pops performance I, BBC)

8. Honey, Honey (Disco, ZDF)

9. Waterloo (Top Of The Pops performance II, BBC)

10. Honey, Honey (Spotlight, ORF)

11. Waterloo (German version) (Musik aus Studio B, NDR)

12. Honey, Honey (Ein Kessel Buntes, Fernsehen der DDR)

13. Waterloo (Top Of The Pops performance III, BBC)

14. International Sleeve Gallery

Release:

POLAR REMASTERED CD: 549 951-2 1
DIGIPAK 549 959-2 2
Released 16 July 2001

POLAR DELUXE EDITION CD/DVD: 060253764537 2
Released 11 April 2014

1 initial copies made in EU, imported through Universal Music; later copies made in Australia
2 made in EU, imported through Universal Music

CD 2001
CD/DVD 2014

Waterloo

LP, Side A:

1. Waterloo [Swedish version]

2. Sitting In The Palmtree

3. King Kong Song

4. Hasta Mañana

5. My Mama Said

6. Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)

Side B:

1. Honey, Honey

2. Watch Out

3. What About Livingstone

4. Gonna Sing You My Lovesong

5. Suzy-Hang-Around

6. Waterloo (English version)

Note:

Original Polar Music tracklist

Release:

POLAR/UNIVERSAL “BACK TO BLACK” LP: 00602527346489 ^
Released 12 August 2011

POLAR/UNIVERSAL PICTURE DISC LP: 0602508379949 *^
Released 1 July 2022

* ABBA online store exclusive
^ made in EU, imported through Universal Music Australia

LP 2011
LP 2022

See also:

The Classic Collection