If It Wasn't For The Nights - The potential hit ultimately replaced by Chiquitita...
If It Wasn't for the Nights was considered by the band members to be one of the strongest songs recorded during the Voulez-Vous sessions, and was originally intended to be the lead single from the album, released on 23th of April 1979.
In December 1978, a new song entitled "Chiquitita" had been recorded, and it was ultimately decided that this would be released as the lead single from the Voulez-Vous album instead.
As a result of this decision, If It Wasn't for the Nights remained an album track, but was the second song after Voulez-Vous during the 1979/1980 concerts.
It was also the B-side to Super Trouper japanese single, one year later.
The song was a reflection of Björn Ulvaeus' state of mind during his divorce, an uptempo song with despairing lyrics where the narrator dreads the end of the working day, when they will be all alone to deal with their own thoughts: "There were times that last autumn I was with Agnetha that I had those nights myself. My lyrics were often based around fiction, but that must have been where that one came from."
Compilation ABBA in Japan & ABBA 1979 USA Tour Review
Thanks:
- ABBATalk for clips from "NEW ★ ABBA CONCERT TOUR - PRESS CONFERENCE/INTERVIEW, EDMONTON 1979";
_ Thomas Miller for clips from ''ABBA Live - Never Before Seen Footage from October 2, 1979 NYC Radio City Music Hall Concert".
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