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==Track listing== ==Track listing==
All songs written and composed by ] & ]. All tracks written by ] and ] except where noted.
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{{Tracklist
===CD re-issues, bonus tracks===
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*''Super Trouper'' was remastered and reissued in 1997 with three bonus tracks:
| headline = 1997 CD edition bonus tracks
#<li value="11">"]" (Andersson, Ulvaeus)
| title11 = ]
#<li value="12">"]" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 3:44
| title12 = ]
#"]" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) – 4:34
| length12 = 3:44
| title13 = ]
| length13 = 4:34
}}


{{Tracklist
*''Super Trouper'' was remastered and reissued in 2001 with two bonus tracks: ("Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" was shifted as a bonus track onto the ''Voulez-Vous'' album.)
| collapsed = yes
#<li value="11">"Elaine" – 3:44
| headline = 2001 CD edition bonus tracks
#"Put On Your White Sombrero" – 4:34
| title11 = Elaine
| length11 = 3:44
| title12 = Put On Your White Sombrero
| length12 = 4:34
}}


{{Tracklist
*''Super Trouper'' was remastered and reissued again in 2005 as part of '']'' box set with three bonus tracks:
| collapsed = yes
| headline = '']'' bonus tracks
| writing_credits = yes
| title11 = Elaine
| length11 = 3:45
| title12 = Andante, Andante
| note12 = Spanish version
| writer12 = {{hlist|Andersson|Ulvaeus|Buddy McCluskey|Mary McCluskey}}
| length12 = 4:40
| title13 = ]
| note13 = Spanish version of ''Happy New Year''
| writer13 = {{hlist|Andersson|Ulvaeus|Buddy McCluskey|Mary McCluskey}}
| length13 = 4:24
}}


{{Tracklist
#<li value="11">"Elaine" – 3:45
| collapsed = yes
#"Andante, Andante (] version)" (Andersson, Ulvaeus); (Spanish translation – Buddy McCluskey, Mary McCluskey) – 4:40
| headline = 2011 deluxe edition bonus tracks<ref name =deluxe>{{cite web|author=Ice |url=http://www.icethesite.com/2011/02/super-trouper-deluxe/ |title=Super Trouper Deluxe Edition CD (+DVD) – Updated with tracklist &#124; icethesite – Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus news site |publisher=icethesite |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref>
#"]" (Spanish version of "Happy New Year") (Anderson, Ulvaeus); (Spanish translation – B. McCluskey, M. McCluskey) – 4:24
| writing_credits = yes
Tracks 12–13 are from the Spanish and Latin American version of the album ''Super Trouper''.
| title11 = Elaine
| length11 = 3:45
| title12 = On and On and On
| note12 = full length version; stereo mix
| length12 = 4:15
| title13 = Put On Your White Sombrero
| length13 = 4:34
| title14 = Andante, Andante
| note14 = Spanish version
| writer14 = {{hlist|Andersson|Ulvaeus|Buddy McCluskey|Mary McCluskey}}
| length14 = 4:40
| title15 = Felicidad
| note15 = Spanish version of ''Happy New Year''
| writer15 = {{hlist|Andersson|Ulvaeus|Buddy McCluskey|Mary McCluskey}}
| length15 = 4:24
}}


{{Tracklist
*''Super Trouper'' was reissued once again in 2008 as part of '']'' box set, but without any bonus tracks.
| collapsed = yes
*The album was remastered and reissued again as part of the Deluxe Edition series on 9 May 2011 together with a bonus DVD.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ice |url=http://www.icethesite.com/2011/02/super-trouper-deluxe/ |title=Super Trouper Deluxe Edition CD (+DVD) – Updated with tracklist &#124; icethesite – Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus news site |publisher=icethesite |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> This version reached No. 146 on the UK Albums Chart.<ref></ref> The bonus tracks were as follows:
| headline = 2011 deluxe edition DVD<ref name=deluxe />
#<li value="11">"Elaine" – 3:45
| title1 = ''ABBA on German TV''
#"On and On and On" (Full length version, ] ]) - 4:15
| note1 = ''Show Express'', ]
#"Put On Your White Sombrero" - 4:34

#"Andante, Andante (Spanish version)" – 4:40
#"Felicidad" (Spanish version of "Happy New Year") – 4:24 | title2 = Happy New Year
| note2 = ]
*The bonus DVD contains the following clips:

#<li value="1">ABBA on German TV (''Show Express'', ZDF)
| title3 = ''Words and Music''
##"The Winner Takes It All"
| note3 = documentary
##"Super Trouper"

##"On and On and On"
| title4 = ''Somewhere in the Crowd There's You – On Location with ABBA''
#"Happy New Year" (SVT)
| note4 = Featurette: Making of ''Super Trouper'' Album Sleeve
#''Words and Music'' (Documentary)

#''Somewhere in the Crowd There's You – On Location with ABBA'' (Featurette: Making of the ''Super Trouper'' Album Sleeve)
| title5 = Super Trouper
#"Super Trouper" (Remastered Promo Clip)
| note5 = remastered promo clip
#"Happy New Year" (Remastered Promo Clip)

#''Super Trouper'' TV Commercial I (UK)
| title6 = Happy New Year
#''Super Trouper'' TV Commercial II (UK)
| note6 = remastered promo clip
#International Sleeve Gallery

| title7 = ''Super Trouper'' TV Commercial I
| note7 = UK

| title8 = ''Super Trouper'' TV Commercial II
| note8 = UK

| title9 = International Sleeve Gallery
}}


==Non-album tracks== ==Non-album tracks==

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Super Trouper is the seventh studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, first released in 1980. It features the No.1 singles "The Winner Takes It All" and "Super Trouper". The album became the biggest-selling album of 1980 in the UK.

Overview

Led by the international hit "The Winner Takes It All", Super Trouper was the group's sixth chart-topping album in the UK. It was also the best-selling album in Britain for 1980. Super Trouper was first released on CD in 1983 by Atlantic Records, again in the 1980s by Polar International, and in the 1990s by Polydor in the US. The album has been reissued in digitally remastered form four times; first in 1997, then in 2001, again in 2005 as part of The Complete Studio Recordings box set and as a Deluxe Edition (containing a bonus DVD) in 2011. The previous year's divorce between Björn and Agnetha was explored in "The Winner Takes It All", and the members' lives in Stockholm high society circles coloured the lyrics for "On and On and On". Other well-known songs on the album include the hit single title track "Super Trouper", as well as the electro-dance of "Lay All Your Love on Me".

Probably due to the disco backlash of the time, the album saw ABBA returning to a more straightforward pop sound, as opposed to the preceding (and noticeably more dance-oriented) Voulez-Vous album. The album closed with "The Way Old Friends Do", which was recorded live a year earlier during their 1979 concert tour. Although not released as a single with this album, the song was later released as a single in 1992 to promote the compilation More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits. The song was later covered by The Alexander Brothers, The Kingston Trio, Philomena Begley and Faryl Smith.

Album cover and title

Super Trouper is a registered trademark owned by Strong Entertainment Lighting, for their brand of followspots, i.e., directional spotlights used to follow a performer on stage. Album cover designer, Rune Söderqvist, decided to use the spotlight theme and photograph the group, surrounded by circus performers, at Piccadilly Circus, London. After discovering that there was a law preventing any entertainers or animals appearing in central London, they instead invited the members of two local circuses to Europa Film Studios, Stockholm to take the photograph there. Several of ABBA's friends were also invited to take part and the following also appear on the cover: Görel Hanser (vice-president of Polar Music who subsequently married the band's photographer Anders Hanser), Berka Bergkvist (another Polar Music employee), Tomas Ledin, and Anders Anderson (ABBA's manager's son). At the same time, Lasse Hallström also filmed scenes that were eventually used in the videos for "Happy New Year", "Felicidad" and "Super Trouper" even though the latter had not even been composed at the time.

Track listing

All tracks written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Super Trouper"4:13
2."The Winner Takes It All"4:55
3."On and On and On"3:41
4."Andante, Andante"4:38
5."Me and I"4:53
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Happy New Year"4:24
2."Our Last Summer"4:18
3."The Piper"3:25
4."Lay All Your Love on Me"4:33
5."The Way Old Friends Do" (Live)2:53
Total length:41:53
1997 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" 
12."Elaine"3:44
13."Put On Your White Sombrero"4:34
2001 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Elaine"3:44
12."Put On Your White Sombrero"4:34
The Complete Studio Recordings bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Elaine" 3:45
12."Andante, Andante" (Spanish version)
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Buddy McCluskey
  • Mary McCluskey
4:40
13."Felicidad" (Spanish version of Happy New Year)
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Buddy McCluskey
  • Mary McCluskey
4:24
2011 deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Elaine" 3:45
12."On and On and On" (full length version; stereo mix) 4:15
13."Put On Your White Sombrero" 4:34
14."Andante, Andante" (Spanish version)
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Buddy McCluskey
  • Mary McCluskey
4:40
15."Felicidad" (Spanish version of Happy New Year)
  • Andersson
  • Ulvaeus
  • Buddy McCluskey
  • Mary McCluskey
4:24
2011 deluxe edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."ABBA on German TV" (Show Express, ZDF) 
2."Happy New Year" (SVT) 
3."Words and Music" (documentary) 
4."Somewhere in the Crowd There's You – On Location with ABBA" (Featurette: Making of Super Trouper Album Sleeve) 
5."Super Trouper" (remastered promo clip) 
6."Happy New Year" (remastered promo clip) 
7."Super Trouper TV Commercial I" (UK) 
8."Super Trouper TV Commercial II" (UK) 
9."International Sleeve Gallery" 

Non-album tracks

  • "Elaine"

A song recorded in 1980 and released as B-side "The Winner Takes It All" single.

  • "Put On Your White Sombrero"

A song based on waltz with a Latin American sound recorded in 1980 with lead vocal by Lyngstad. The track was replaced at a late stage by this album's title track, "Super Trouper". The arrangement of "Put On Your White Sombrero" was later remodelled into a new ABBA song, "Cassandra", which became the B-Side to "The Day Before You Came". The song remained unreleased until 1994.

Personnel

ABBA

Additional personnel

  • Ola Brunkert – drums
  • Lars Carlsson – horn
  • Rutger Gunnarsson – bass, guitar
  • Janne Kling – flute, saxophone
  • Per Lindvall – drums
  • Janne Schaffer – guitar
  • Åke Sundqvist – percussion
  • Mike Watson – bass
  • Lasse Wellander – guitar
  • Kajtek Wojciechowski – saxophone
  • Producers: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
  • Engineer: Michael B. Tretow
  • Arranger: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
  • Design: Rune Söderqvist
  • Mastering for 1980's USA Atlantic CD version by Zal Schreiber of Atlantic Studios, NYC
  • Remastered for the 1997 Remasters by Jon Astley and Tim Young with Michael B. Tretow
  • Remastered for the 2001 Remasters by Jon Astley with Michael B. Tretow
  • Remastered for the 2005 Complete Studio Recordings Box Set by Henrik Jonsson

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980/81) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report 5
Austrian Albums Chart 3
Canadian RPM Albums Chart 6
Dutch Mega Albums Chart 1
French SNEP Albums Chart 4
Italian Albums Chart 10
Japanese Oricon LP Chart 8
New Zealand Albums Chart 5
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart 1
UK Albums Chart 1
U.S. Billboard 200 17
West German Media Control Albums Chart 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Position
Dutch Albums Chart 5
French Albums Chart 40
UK Albums Chart 1
Chart (1981) Position
Australian Albums Chart 43
Austrian Albums Chart 4
Canadian Albums Chart 30
Dutch Albums Chart 29
Italian Albums Chart 37
Japanese Albums Chart 41
US Billboard Pop Albums 33
West German Albums Chart 2

Decade-end charts

Chart (1980s) Position
Austrian Albums Chart 45

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) Diamond 50,552
Germany (BVMI) 2× Platinum 1,000,000
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) Platinum 20,000
Japan (Oricon Charts) — 219,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) Platinum 100,000
United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum 300,000
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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