Sunday, February 7, 2010

Voulez - vous


ABBA


People everywhere
A sense of expectation hangin' in the air
Givin' out a spark
Across the room your eyes are glowin' in the dark
And here we go again, we know the start, we know the end
Masters of the scene
We've done it all before and now we're back to get some more
You know what I mean

Voulez-vous (aha!)
Take it now or leave it (aha!)
Now is all we get (aha!)
Nothing promised, no regrets
Voulez-vous (aha!)
Ain't no big decision (aha!)
You know what to do (aha!)
La question c'est voulez-vous
Voulez-vous

I know what you think
The girl means business so I'll offer her a drink
Lookin' mighty proud
I see you leave your table, pushin' through the crowd
I'm really glad you came, you know the rules, you know the game
Master of the scene
We've done it all before and now we're back to get some more
You know what I mean

Voulez-vous (aha!)
Take it now or leave it (aha!)
Now is all we get (aha!)
Nothing promised, no regrets
Voulez-vous (aha!)
Ain't no big decision (aha!)
You know what to do (aha!)
La question c'est voulez-vous

And here we go again, we know the start, we know the end
Masters of the scene
We've done it all before and now we're back to get some more
You know what I mean

Voulez-vous (aha!)
Take it now or leave it (aha!)
Now is all we get (aha!)
Nothing promised, no regrets
Voulez-vous (aha!)
Ain't no big decision (aha!)
You know what to do (aha!)
La question c'est voulez-vous
Voulez-vous

Voulez-vous (aha!)
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Voulez-vous (aha!)
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Voulez-vous (aha!)
Take it now or leave it (aha!)
Now is all we get (aha!)
Nothing promised, no regrets
Voulez-vous (aha!)
Ain't no big decision (aha!)
You know what to do (aha!)
La question c'est voulez-vous
Voulez-vous

Voulez-vous!



"Voulez-Vous" ("do you want" in French) is a eurodisco track by Swedish pop group ABBA, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (under the working title "Amerika"). Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad shared the lead vocals.
The song is the 2nd track on the group's 1979 album of the same name. In the UK, "Voulez-Vous" was released as a double A-side with "Angeleyes" ("Angeleyes" was the dominant A-side); nearly everywhere else, "Voulez-Vous" was a single A-side. The song also features on the ABBA Gold album, first as a 4:21 edited version when the compilation was first released in 1992 and then in its full 5:09 version from 1999 onwards. "Angeleyes" is featured on the More ABBA Gold compilation.
"Voulez-Vous" is also the only ABBA song to have been officially released as an extended dance remix — albeit only as a promo. The 6:07 version of the track, released as a double A-side 12" single by Atlantic Records in the United States in 1979, was included as a bonus track on the 2001 compilation The Definitive Collection.

Compared to ABBA's hits both before and after, "Voulez-Vous" was not a major hit for the group. It did top the charts in Belgium, while reaching the Top 5 in Great Britain, Ireland & The Netherlands. It peaked at #9 in France, South Africa, Spain & Switzerland, but failed to make the Top 10 anywhere else.
At the time of the single's release in the UK, other publications provided singles charts alongside the official chart produced by Music Week for the BBC, New Musical Express & Melody Maker being 2 examples of publications with their own charts. There were often differences between these charts, but rarely more than a place or 2. The double A-side single "Angeleyes" & "Voulez-Vous" caused controversy by reaching #3 in the Music Week/BBC chart, when it actually rose no higher than #9 on any other chart & generally missed the Top 10 completely in the majority of the charts produced. BBC Radio 1 acknowledged that there was a discrepancy on air. If there was anything untoward, it was ignored & the #3 ranking with Music Week/BBC was never disqualified.
[edit]Chart positions

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