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"Chiquitita" is a song recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA, recorded for their sixth studio album Voulez-Vous (1979). Agnetha Fältskog performs the lead vocals. The song had multiple working titles, and was one of the last tracks to be recorded for the album. It was released on 16 January 1979 via Polar Music, as the lead single to Voulez-Vous. The group debuted the single for the first time in the Music for UNICEF Concert. Originally, "If It Wasn't for the Nights" was planned as the lead single, but once "Chiquitita" was completed, it was scrapped a single altogether and remained an album track. The non-album song "Lovelight" served as the B-side to the track.
The song initially received mixed reviews from music critics, receiving comparisons to their earlier hit "Fernando". However, it has retrospectively been praised and ranked as one of the group's finest songs. It was a massive commercial success, reaching the number one spot in Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, and Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number two on the UK singles chart, becoming their first lead single since "So Long" to miss the top spot; it did however reach number one on the charts provided by NME. It also became a top forty hit in Canada and the US Billboard Hot 100.
During the year, RCA Records, ABBA's record company in most of South America, proposed recording one of the group's current hits in Spanish, which was suggested by employee Buddy McCluskey. In collaboration with his wife Mary McCluskey, the two put together the Spanish lyrics to "Chiquitita", which was released in April in Argentina. The Spanish version of "Chiquitita" was an extraordinary success in Latin America and Spain, topping charts all over the region, selling over 2.5 million copies, and was said to have been the biggest hit in South America in twenty-five years.
"Chiquitita" is included on ABBA Gold (1992), and is featured in the Mamma Mia! play and the Mamma Mia! film, although it was omitted from the soundtrack of the film.
Many preliminary versions of "Chiquitita" exist. It had working titles of "Kålsupare", "3 Wise Guys", "Chiquitita Angelina" and "In the Arms of Rosalita". A revised version, which had a sound that was influenced by the Peruvian song "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" performed by Simon and Garfunkel, was recorded in December 1978 and released as a single in January 1979.
Agnetha Fältskog is the sole vocalist for approximately the first minute of the finished recording. Thereafter, she is joined by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, who sing in harmony for the rest of the song.
With the success of the English version, ABBA recorded "Chiquitita" in Spanish, and it was one of the featured tracks on the Spanish-language release Gracias Por La Música.
During production of the Thank You for the Music box set in 1994, an early version of "Chiquitita" titled "In the Arms of Rosalita" was proposed for inclusion on the set, but was rejected by the songwriters. An 8-minute "Chiquitita story" medley combining the song with various early demos (including the "Rosalita" version) was scrapped by mid-1994.
Chiquitita
"Chiquitita" is a song recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA, recorded for their sixth studio album Voulez-Vous (1979). Agnetha Fältskog performs the lead vocals. The song had multiple working titles, and was one of the last tracks to be recorded for the album. It was released on 16 January 1979 via Polar Music, as the lead single to Voulez-Vous. The group debuted the single for the first time in the Music for UNICEF Concert. Originally, "If It Wasn't for the Nights" was planned as the lead single, but once "Chiquitita" was completed, it was scrapped a single altogether and remained an album track. The non-album song "Lovelight" served as the B-side to the track.
The song initially received mixed reviews from music critics, receiving comparisons to their earlier hit "Fernando". However, it has retrospectively been praised and ranked as one of the group's finest songs. It was a massive commercial success, reaching the number one spot in Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, and Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number two on the UK singles chart, becoming their first lead single since "So Long" to miss the top spot; it did however reach number one on the charts provided by NME. It also became a top forty hit in Canada and the US Billboard Hot 100.
During the year, RCA Records, ABBA's record company in most of South America, proposed recording one of the group's current hits in Spanish, which was suggested by employee Buddy McCluskey. In collaboration with his wife Mary McCluskey, the two put together the Spanish lyrics to "Chiquitita", which was released in April in Argentina. The Spanish version of "Chiquitita" was an extraordinary success in Latin America and Spain, topping charts all over the region, selling over 2.5 million copies, and was said to have been the biggest hit in South America in twenty-five years.
"Chiquitita" is included on ABBA Gold (1992), and is featured in the Mamma Mia! play and the Mamma Mia! film, although it was omitted from the soundtrack of the film.
Many preliminary versions of "Chiquitita" exist. It had working titles of "Kålsupare", "3 Wise Guys", "Chiquitita Angelina" and "In the Arms of Rosalita". A revised version, which had a sound that was influenced by the Peruvian song "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" performed by Simon and Garfunkel, was recorded in December 1978 and released as a single in January 1979.
Agnetha Fältskog is the sole vocalist for approximately the first minute of the finished recording. Thereafter, she is joined by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, who sing in harmony for the rest of the song.
With the success of the English version, ABBA recorded "Chiquitita" in Spanish, and it was one of the featured tracks on the Spanish-language release Gracias Por La Música.
During production of the Thank You for the Music box set in 1994, an early version of "Chiquitita" titled "In the Arms of Rosalita" was proposed for inclusion on the set, but was rejected by the songwriters. An 8-minute "Chiquitita story" medley combining the song with various early demos (including the "Rosalita" version) was scrapped by mid-1994.