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"'''Head over Heels'''" is a 1981 song recorded by Swedish pop group [[ABBA]], released as a single the following year. It was extracted from their final studio album, ''[[The Visitors (ABBA album)|The Visitors]]'', and released as a [[A-side and B-side|Double A-side]] with the title track of that album.
"'''Head over Heels'''" is a 1981 song recorded by Swedish pop group [[ABBA]], released as a single the following year. The song is the third track from their final studio album, ''[[The Visitors (ABBA album)|The Visitors]]'', and released as a [[A-side and B-side|Double A-side]] with the title track of that album.


==History==
==History==
"Head over Heels", whose working title was "Tango", was written and composed by both [[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]]. [[Agnetha Fältskog]] sang the lead vocals, singing about her "very good friend," played in the music video by [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]], an overactive high-society woman who rushes through the shops, with her hapless and exhausted husband (played by Ulvaeus) following behind. The song's video was the group's final clip directed by long-time collaborator [[Lasse Hallström]].
"Head over Heels", whose working title was "Tango", was written and composed by both [[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]]. [[Agnetha Fältskog]] sang the lead vocals, singing about her "very good friend," played in the music video by [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]], an overactive high-society woman who rushes through the shops, with her hapless and exhausted husband (played by Ulvaeus) following behind. The song's video was the group's final clip directed by long-time collaborator [[Lasse Hallström]].

Jim Colyer describes the song's premise as about "a motivated lady in an age of women's liberation" who finds herself in situations which "call for assertiveness" such as: "pushing through unknown jungles, pushing through the darkness and pushing through the crowd".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jimcolyer.com/papers/entry?id=35 |first=Jim |last=Colyer |title=ABBA MUSIC |work=jimcolyer.com |date=26 March 2009 |accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref>


As with the previous single "[[One of Us (ABBA song)|One of Us]]", Epic Records in the UK used a different picture sleeve from the standard one used in most countries.
As with the previous single "[[One of Us (ABBA song)|One of Us]]", Epic Records in the UK used a different picture sleeve from the standard one used in most countries.


The single was not released in the United States, who flipped the B-side to release "[[The Visitors (song)|The Visitors]]" as a single instead, with "Head over Heels" as the B-side.{{cn|date=May 2018}}
The single itself was not released in the United States; it was accompanied as the B-side to another single "[[The Visitors (song)|The Visitors]]" instead.{{cn|date=May 2018}}


The sheet music has been released,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0071001&ref=google |title=Head over Heels (ABBA) |publisher=Musicnotes.com |date= |accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref> and the song has been choreographed for dance numbers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:GckPSIc-4x0J:www.bigdavegastap.com/DanceReviewsOut/March%25202007.doc+&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjLCgotAlzg07zQiRBoPn16QxPIQm4Y9phCQE2cQaB2KzB2AOu-khixG93wlPang2jxf6AtXVet-ep58-jM1k34n9zeem7vGf5hIhb4lkHfKUvBzvaoMDQJuIv6g_ixNPnqCAAt&sig=AHIEtbQ92UCg7J7SbLP4GwB3I5JMrwS7MA |title=Big Dave – Leicestershire: Awesome Linedancing |publisher=Docs.google.com |date=March 2007 |accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:2lGk9t3S4ZMJ:www.bearcitydancers.fi/Lakanat/Head%2520Over%2520Heels.pdf+&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiu3QmW6Qa1ndMMi1TpnSD0kOe7uIYqlqTjvekMUyppsCzyZNVL82ZegmsJ3sNplrfoiky6ehoB668nPNLsUe1ezF_JG_26AIdp2Vzl727g7W5JifVrmrj8OLh_FYMtCZtM1smo&sig=AHIEtbRJrNsnI2oaO8o99xxRBwPdx0VGWA |title=Bear City Dancers: Head over Heels |publisher=Docs.google.com |date= |accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref>
The sheet music has been released,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0071001&ref=google |title=Head over Heels (ABBA) |publisher=Musicnotes.com |date= |accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref> and the song has been choreographed for dance numbers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:GckPSIc-4x0J:www.bigdavegastap.com/DanceReviewsOut/March%25202007.doc+&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjLCgotAlzg07zQiRBoPn16QxPIQm4Y9phCQE2cQaB2KzB2AOu-khixG93wlPang2jxf6AtXVet-ep58-jM1k34n9zeem7vGf5hIhb4lkHfKUvBzvaoMDQJuIv6g_ixNPnqCAAt&sig=AHIEtbQ92UCg7J7SbLP4GwB3I5JMrwS7MA |title=Big Dave – Leicestershire: Awesome Linedancing |publisher=Docs.google.com |date=March 2007 |accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:2lGk9t3S4ZMJ:www.bearcitydancers.fi/Lakanat/Head%2520Over%2520Heels.pdf+&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiu3QmW6Qa1ndMMi1TpnSD0kOe7uIYqlqTjvekMUyppsCzyZNVL82ZegmsJ3sNplrfoiky6ehoB668nPNLsUe1ezF_JG_26AIdp2Vzl727g7W5JifVrmrj8OLh_FYMtCZtM1smo&sig=AHIEtbRJrNsnI2oaO8o99xxRBwPdx0VGWA |title=Bear City Dancers: Head over Heels |publisher=Docs.google.com |date= |accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
"Head Over Heels" was not a successful chart hit by ABBA's standards. The release came as the group's popularity was declining, and became ABBA's worst selling single since "[[I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do]]", seven years earlier.<ref>Oldham, A, Calder, T & Irvin, C: "ABBA: The Name of the Game", page 185. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1995</ref> It only managed to chart as high as #25 in the UK, breaking a run of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits (from "[[SOS (ABBA song)|SOS]]" in October 1975 to "[[One of Us (ABBA song)|One of Us]]" in December 1981). This 18-hit run had equaled that of [[The Beatles]], who had consecutive Top 10 hits from 1964 (with "[[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]]") to 1976 (with "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]"), broken by "[[Back in the U.S.S.R.]]". Although "Head Over Heels" did experience Top 10 success in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and France, by this time, ABBA's chart domination was all but over, and the group effectively disbanded a year later. The track was excluded from their retrospective double LP ''[[The Singles: The First Ten Years]]'', which was released later in 1982.
"Head Over Heels" was not a successful chart hit; the release came as the group's popularity was declining, and became ABBA's worst selling single since "[[I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do]]", seven years earlier.<ref>Oldham, A, Calder, T & Irvin, C: "ABBA: The Name of the Game", page 185. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1995</ref> It only managed to chart as high as #25 in the UK, breaking a run of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits (from "[[SOS (ABBA song)|SOS]]" in October 1975 to "[[One of Us (ABBA song)|One of Us]]" in December 1981). This 18-hit run had equaled that of [[The Beatles]], who had consecutive Top 10 hits from 1964 (with "[[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]]") to 1976 (with "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]"), broken by "[[Back in the U.S.S.R.]]". Although "Head Over Heels" did experience Top 10 success in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and France, by this time, ABBA's chart domination was all but over, and the group effectively disbanded a year later. The track was excluded from their retrospective double LP ''[[The Singles: The First Ten Years]]'', which was released later in 1982.

George Starostin of Only Solitaire said the song was the third best track on ''The Visitors'', and described the "bouncy ballad" as a "slightly stupid, slightly corny, but immaculately written [song] notorious for...incorporating elements of a tango". He also complemented the vocal melody, which he said less talented bands would "simply kill for".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://starling.rinet.ru/music/abba.htm | title=ABBA: THE VISITORS | publisher=Only Solitaire | accessdate=January 3, 2013 | author=Starostin, George}}</ref>

Reviewer Don Ignacio said "Head over Heels" was close to the highlight of the album, after "One of Us". He described it as "a surprisingly jazzy number that manages to not betray the synth-heavy mood of the album". He added that the song has one of his "favourite vocal performances on an ABBA record".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://donignacio.com/music/abbapage.html | title=ABBA: The Visitors (1981) | publisher=Don Ignacio | accessdate=January 3, 2013 | author=Ignacio, Don}}</ref>


Richard of PopLoveDance said it is "criminally...unjust" that the song, the second UK single from ''The Visitors'', only reached #25 in the charts. He added that in his opinion the track is "at least as good as half of [ABBA's] 70s hits, and one of the most early ABBA-esque on the album with the big chorus, harmonies and pop production". He commented that the song, released near the end of the band's career, is "a true lost 'hit'", and gave it a rating of 9.5/10.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://poplovedance.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/abbas-finest-hour-re-released-and.html | title=ABBA's finest hour re-released and reviewed | date=April 10, 2012 | accessdate=January 3, 2013}}</ref>
[[George Starostin]] of Only Solitaire praised the song as the third best track from ''The Visitors'', and described the "bouncy ballad" as a "slightly stupid, slightly corny, but immaculately written [song] notorious for...incorporating elements of a tango". He also complemented the vocal melody, which he said less talented bands would "simply kill for".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://starling.rinet.ru/music/abba.htm | title=ABBA: THE VISITORS | publisher=Only Solitaire | accessdate=January 3, 2013 | author=Starostin, George}}</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==

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"Head over Heels"
Song
A-side"The Visitors"

"Head over Heels" is a 1981 song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, released as a single the following year. The song is the third track from their final studio album, The Visitors, and released as a Double A-side with the title track of that album.

History

"Head over Heels", whose working title was "Tango", was written and composed by both Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Agnetha Fältskog sang the lead vocals, singing about her "very good friend," played in the music video by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, an overactive high-society woman who rushes through the shops, with her hapless and exhausted husband (played by Ulvaeus) following behind. The song's video was the group's final clip directed by long-time collaborator Lasse Hallström.

As with the previous single "One of Us", Epic Records in the UK used a different picture sleeve from the standard one used in most countries.

The single itself was not released in the United States; it was accompanied as the B-side to another single "The Visitors" instead.[citation needed]

The sheet music has been released,[1] and the song has been choreographed for dance numbers.[2][3]

Reception

"Head Over Heels" was not a successful chart hit; the release came as the group's popularity was declining, and became ABBA's worst selling single since "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", seven years earlier.[4] It only managed to chart as high as #25 in the UK, breaking a run of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits (from "SOS" in October 1975 to "One of Us" in December 1981). This 18-hit run had equaled that of The Beatles, who had consecutive Top 10 hits from 1964 (with "A Hard Day's Night") to 1976 (with "Yesterday"), broken by "Back in the U.S.S.R.". Although "Head Over Heels" did experience Top 10 success in Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and France, by this time, ABBA's chart domination was all but over, and the group effectively disbanded a year later. The track was excluded from their retrospective double LP The Singles: The First Ten Years, which was released later in 1982.

George Starostin of Only Solitaire praised the song as the third best track from The Visitors, and described the "bouncy ballad" as a "slightly stupid, slightly corny, but immaculately written [song] notorious for...incorporating elements of a tango". He also complemented the vocal melody, which he said less talented bands would "simply kill for".[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 8
Belgian Singles Chart 2
British Singles Chart 25
Dutch Singles Chart 4
French Singles Chart 10
German Singles Chart 19
Irish Singles Chart 14
Polish Singles Chart 6
Swiss Singles Chart 18

Cover versions

  • A cover of the song by Finnish a cappella choral ensemble Rajaton can be found on their 2006 ABBA tribute album Rajaton Sings ABBA With Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
  • The song is covered on an ABBA tribute album presented by the San Juan Music Group.
  • The K&K Studio Singers recorded the song in Polish as "Dumna Jak Paw".
  • The German dance music project ZokZok based their 2002 club hit ZokZok 3 on the intro of this song.

References

  1. ^ "Head over Heels (ABBA)". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Big Dave – Leicestershire: Awesome Linedancing". Docs.google.com. March 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Bear City Dancers: Head over Heels". Docs.google.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. ^ Oldham, A, Calder, T & Irvin, C: "ABBA: The Name of the Game", page 185. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1995
  5. ^ Starostin, George. "ABBA: THE VISITORS". Only Solitaire. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

External links

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