Ring Ring

~ Release by ABBA (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Annotation

This was the first single with the ABBAs in many countries. In Italy it was released in a picture sleeve that states "ABBA", though it was made back in 1973! That makes that item quite unique...

Annotation last modified on 2016-01-24 10:31 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼7" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
1Ring Ring
assistant engineer:
Björn Almstedt (mastering engineer), Åke Eldsäter, Lennart Karlsmyr and Rune Persson (engineer)
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar:
Janne Schaffer (in 1972-03) and Björn Ulvaeus (in 1972-03)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (in 1972-03) and Roger Palm (in 1972-03)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Rutger Gunnarsson (in 1972-03) and Mike Watson (English‐Swedish rock musician) (in 1972-03)
electric guitar:
Janne Schaffer (in 1972-03)
mellotron [mellotrone] and piano:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (in 1972-03)
lead vocals:
Agnetha Fältskog (in 1972-03) and Frida Lyngstad (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (in 1972-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1973)
recorded at:
Europafilm in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (in 1972-03), KMH Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (in 1972-03) and Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (in 1972-03)
music videos:
Ring Ring by ABBA (Swedish pop group)
recording of:
Ring Ring (English version) (in 1972-03)
lyricist:
Stig Anderson (Stikkan), Phil Cody (of Neil Sedaka-fame) and Neil Sedaka
composer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Don Kirshner Enterprises (ended), Overseas Songs (ended), Polar Music AB (ended), Bocu Music Ltd., Union Songs AB (publisher) and Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)
translated version of:
Ring ring (Bara du slog en signal) (original Swedish version)
version of:
Tring tring
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2Rock’n Roll Band
assistant engineer:
Björn Almstedt (mastering engineer), Åke Eldsäter, Lennart Karlsmyr and Rune Persson (engineer)
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar:
Janne Schaffer (in 1972-03), Bo Dahlman (on 1972-08-30) and Hasse Rosén (on 1972-08-30)
bass trombone:
Sven Larsson (brass) (on 1972-08-30)
cello:
Olle Gustafsson (cellist) (on 1972-08-30)
drums (drum set):
Roger Palm (on 1972-08-30)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1972-08-30)
electric guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1972-08-30) and Björn Ulvaeus (on 1972-08-30)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1972-08-30)
trombone:
Torgny Nilsson (on 1972-08-30)
trumpet:
Frank Corvini (trumpet player) (on 1972-08-30), Luciano Mosetti (trumpet player) (on 1972-08-30) and Weine Renliden (on 1972-08-30)
vibraphone:
Jan Boquist (on 1972-08-30)
viola:
Lars Arvinder (on 1972-08-30) and Nils Heie (on 1972-08-30)
violin:
Anders Dahl (Swedish violinist) (on 1972-08-30), Åke Jelving (on 1972-08-30), Herbert Konvicka (violinist) (on 1972-08-30), Gunnar Michols (Swedish violinist) (on 1972-08-30), Claes Nilsson (Swedish violinist) (on 1972-08-30), Alfred Pisuke (on 1972-08-30), Sixten Strömvall (Swedish violinist) (on 1972-08-30), Harry Teike (on 1972-08-30) and Krzysztof Zdrzalka (Swedish violinist) (on 1972-08-30)
lead vocals:
Agnetha Fältskog (on 1972-08-30) and Frida Lyngstad (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (on 1972-08-30)
bass trombone arranger, cello arranger, trombone arranger, trumpet arranger, viola arranger and violin arranger:
Sven-Olof Walldoff
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1973)
recorded at:
Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (in 1972-03, on 1972-09-26) and Europafilm in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1972-08-30)
recording of:
Rock ’n’ Roll Band (from 1972-08-30 until 1972)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher) and Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)
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