ABBA - Super Trouper

Super Trouper by ABBA, Music Video, Lyrics and Review

“Super Trouper”, at first called “Blinka lilla stjärna”, was a hit single for Swedish pop group ABBA, and was the title track from their 1980 studio album Super Trouper, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
The song - with lead vocals by Anni-Frid Lyngstad - was the last to be written and recorded for this album. “Super Trouper” is included on the ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits compilation, as well as in the Mamma Mia! musical.

ABBA - Super Trouper Lyrics

Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me
But I won’t feel blue
Like I always do
‘Cause somewhere in the crowd there’s you

I was sick and tired of everything
When I called you last night from Glasgow
All I do is eat and sleep and sing
Wishing every show was the last show
(Wishing every show was the last show)
So imagine I was glad to hear you’re coming
(Glad to hear you’re coming)
Suddenly I feel all right
(And suddenly it’s gonna be)
And it’s gonna be so different
When I’m on the stage tonight

Tonight the
Super Trouper lights are gonna find me
Shining like the sun
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
Smiling, having fun
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
Feeling like a number one
Tonight the
Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me
But I won’t feel blue
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
Like I always do
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
‘Cause somewhere in the crowd there’s you

Facing twenty thousand of your friends
How can anyone be so lonely
Part of a success that never ends
Still I’m thinking about you only
(Still I’m thinking about you only)
There are moments when I think I’m going crazy
(Think I’m going crazy)
But it’s gonna be alright
(You’ll soon be changing everything)
Everything will be so different
When I’m on the stage tonight

Tonight the
Super Trouper lights are gonna find me
Shining like the sun
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
Smiling, having fun
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
Feeling like a number one
Tonight the
Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me
But I won’t feel blue
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
Like I always do
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
‘Cause somewhere in the crowd there’s you

So I’ll be there when you arrive
The sight of you will prove to me I’m still alive
And when you take me in your arms
And hold me tight
I know it’s gonna mean so much tonight

Tonight the
Super Trouper lights are gonna find me
Shining like the sun
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
Smiling, having fun
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
Feeling like a number one
Tonight the
Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me
But I won’t feel blue
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
Like I always do
(Sup-p-per Troup-p-per)
‘Cause somewhere in the crowd there’s you

(repeat and fade)

ABBA - Super Trouper Song Info

The name “Super Trouper” referred to the gigantic spotlights used in stadium concerts and such. It is widely known that ABBA were not always fond of performing onstage, preferring the confines of the studio to being on tour.
This is reflected in the lyrics, which, in typical ABBA style, are presented as happy and upbeat, yet tinged with an underlying hint of sadness.

“Super Trouper” was yet another successful chart-topping single for ABBA, providing the group with their ninth and final No.1 in the UK, whilst also topping the charts in Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands and West Germany. It also reached the Top Five in Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Mexico, France and Finland.

In the USA, where ABBA never quite managed to achieve the same sort of popularity experienced elsewhere, the single only reached No.45. However, combined with “Lay All Your Love on Me” and “On and On and On”, it managed to top the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Released November 1980
Genre Pop
Length 4:10
Label Polar Music
Writer Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Producer Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Certification UK Gold Certification - 700,000

source wikipedia.org

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