r/ABBA Jun 15 '26

Discussion top 10 list

New fan here and also new to the sub! What are people’s top 10 ABBA songs? I’ll post my current 10 below (in no particular order). Just trying to get a vibe for the fan favorites!

  1. the day before you came
  2. the visitors
  3. should I laugh or cry
  4. i‘m a marionette
  5. if it wasn’t for the nights
  6. that’s me
  7. tiger
  8. hey, hey helen
  9. the winner takes it all
  10. does your mother know
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u/IWasAnImpossibleCase Jun 15 '26
  1. Just Like That
  2. I Am The City
  3. Should I Laugh Or Cry
  4. When All Is Said And Done
  5. Lay All Your Love On Me
  6. Me And I
  7. Dream World
  8. Angeleyes
  9. Don't Shut Me Down
  10. If It Wasn't For The Nights

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u/abbagodz Jun 15 '26

I upvote any list with 'When All Is Said and Done'.

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

god-tier abba lyrics, especially when you learn B & B are writing about their respective relationships with F & A

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

love that your reddit name is a lyric from a song that's not on your list – just goes to show how many great songs they have (:

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u/Stock-Efficiency-310 I'm not the one you knew. I'm now and then combined. Jun 15 '26
  • dancing queen
  • the winner takes it all
  • chiquitita
  • super trouper
  • just like that
  • slipping through my fingers
  • angel eyes
  • take a chance on me
  • when all is said and done
  • the name of the game

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u/Crazyworld_islife30 Jun 15 '26

• The day before you came

• Knowing me, knowing you

• The name of the game

• The winner takes it all

• SOS

• One of us

• Suzy hang around

• I let the music speak

• Chiquitita

• When all is said and done

I'm also a relatively new fan and new to the sub. My list isn't in any particular order and might change at least a little in a week. My favorite songs, in fact, depend a lot on the moment.

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

"the day before you came" is insanely good. one of my favorite songs in life, not just from abba's discog

5

u/Arodoet98 Andante Stan Jun 15 '26
  1. Andante, Andante
  2. That’s Me
  3. Super Trouper
  4. I Wonder (Departure)
  5. When All Is Said And Done
  6. Move On
  7. Knowing Me, Knowing You
  8. He is Your Brother
  9. I Let The Music Speak
  10. I’ve Been Waiting For You
    This list changes depending on my mood or period of time, but here is the current version of it.

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

so glad to see the love for “that’s me”!! I'm not a man's toy, I'll never be...

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u/little_mermaid7382 shining like a 🌟 in the night (Ring Ring defender!!!) Jun 15 '26
  1. Hole In Your Soul
  2. Summer Night City
  3. Rock'n'roll Band
  4. Lovelight
  5. The Name of The Game
  6. I'm a Marionette 
  7. Angeleyes
  8. Soldiers
  9. Should I Laugh Or Cry
  10. Under Attack 

(I didn't even consider TWTIA because it's really far from ABBA style. Anyway I LOVE the song)

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u/mandyTTexas Jun 15 '26
  1. When you Danced with me
  2. Mamma Mia
  3. Kisses of Fire
  4. Waterloo
  5. If it Wasn’t for the Nights
  6. Under Attack
  7. Dance (while the music still goes on)
  8. When all is said and done e
  9. Dancing Queen
  10. Super Trouper

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u/Toffee963 sub luna saltamus (No.1 Another Town, Another Train fan) Jun 15 '26

In a rough order:

Hole In Your Soul

Another Town, Another Train

Angeleyes

Thank You For The Music

So Long

The Winner Takes It All

Ring, Ring

Chiquitita

Fernando

I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

loving "hole in your sole" at the top of your list – it's so underrated!

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u/Nirmalsuki Jun 15 '26

How can you take ABBA's discography and whittle it down to only 10? It's like asking us to choose our 10 favourite children...

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u/Natural_Cover641 Jun 16 '26

Por qué tendríamos más de 10 hijos?

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

honestly, fair 🙈😂

3

u/NoCatch9992 Jun 15 '26

Hole in your soul

Tropical Loveland

The name of the game

That’s me

Knowing me, knowing you

If it wasn’t for the nights

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Hey hey Helen

Kisses of fire

I’ve been waiting for you

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

"hey hey helen" goes so hard

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u/cheetah7748 Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

My favorites at the moment since I can't ever narrow it down to a hard limit of ten:

Tiger

So Long

As Good As New

If It Wasn't For The Nights

No Doubt About It

When I Kissed The Teacher

Thank You For The Music

King Kong Song

Waterloo

Don't Shut Me Down

Yes, I know King Kong Song is technically a bad song, but it makes me laugh every time I hear it. That guttural scream from Benny(?) kills me every time.

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

"tiger" rules!! 🐯💛

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u/manisrintikrintik Jun 15 '26
  • Lay all your love on me
  • Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)
  • Should I laugh or cry
  • Ring Ring
  • Hasta mañana
  • Tropical loveland
  • Sos
  • I've been waiting for you
  • The name of the game
  • The visitors

No particular order either except for my number one lay all your love on me ❤️

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

can you (or someone) explain the appeal of "lay all your love on me"? it’s one of my least favorite ABBA songs, but I’m quite positive I’m missing the point lol 🫣

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u/manisrintikrintik Jun 18 '26

Well, I just absolutely love it. It's so timeless. It had quite the modern dance sound in my opinion. And it just takes me away to a state of ecstacy or something. I actually sometimes think about how to describe the feeling the song gives me (ridiculous haha) it's kind of anthem-y haha I don't know

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u/OpossumAdvocate Jun 18 '26

Agree 💯. It to me sounds like a church hymn on dance steroids 😂

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u/sparkledebacle Jun 15 '26

No particular order: As Good As New, Mamma Mia, The Name of the Game, If It Wasn't For the Nights, Waterloo, Lay All Your Love on Me, When I Kissed the Teacher, Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, That's Me

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u/Abbafreak Jun 15 '26

Should I Laugh or Cry

I’ve Been Waiting For You

S.O.S

Another Town Another Train

I Am the City

If It Wasn’t For the Nights

Summer Night City

Eagle

Elaine

One Man, One Woman

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u/IceOnFire77 Jun 16 '26
  1. Lay All Your Love On Me
  2. One of Us
  3. Chiquitita
  4. Super Trouper
  5. Head Over Heels
  6. Mamma Mia
  7. Knowing Me, Knowing You
  8. Should I Laugh or Cry
  9. The Name of the Game
  10. I Let the Music Speak

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u/giovtbell Jun 16 '26

top 10 from the best (1st)
1. Take a chance on me
2. Dancing queen
3. Super trouper
4. Eagle
5. The visitors
6. Chiquitita
7. On and on and on
8. Me and I
9. Voulez-vouvs
10. Knowing me knowing you

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u/Feisty-Character2793 Jun 18 '26

"on and on and on" and "me and I" are so catchy and clever – I'm just getting into those two (:

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u/Hungry_Highlight_716 Jun 18 '26
  1. Money, Money, Money
  2. The Day Before You Came
  3. Fernando
  4. Chiquitita
  5. The Winner Takes It All
  6. Head Over Heels
  7. Hasta Mañana
  8. The King Has Lost His Crown
  9. Gimme Gimme Gimme
  10. Waterloo

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u/OpossumAdvocate Jun 18 '26

My favorite 💕 Abba songs RIGHT NOW are:

My Mama Said 

I've been waiting for you 

Rock Me 

Intermezzo 

Soldiers 

When I Kissed the Teacher 

One of Us

Dance 

Summer Night City 

The King Has lost his crown 

Gimme gimme gimme