Take a Chance on Me (album version)
~ Recording by ABBA
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| Vogue (since 1973; for earlier releases please use their former imprint Disques Vogue) | LD 20318 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 19164 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | POLS 282 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 2344 098 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 2335 180 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 2335 180 |
| 1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:09 | ABBA | Take a Chance on Me | ABBA | Single |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | S EPC 5950 |
| 1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:09 | ABBA | Take a Chance on Me | ABBA | Single |
| Polar | POS 1235 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 86052 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:01 | ABBA | High Life - 20 Original Top Hits (1978) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 2475 531 |
| 1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | Take a Chance on Me | ABBA | Single |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | #3457, 3457 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:03 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| discomate | DSP-5105 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Vogue (since 1973; for earlier releases please use their former imprint Disques Vogue) | 508580 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | Grandes éxitos vol. 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Carnaby (Spanish label) | TXS 3157 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 10017 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 16009 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 2344 145 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | XSD 16009 |
| 1.4 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | A wie ABBA: Die größten Erfolge von »Waterloo« bis »Super Trouper« | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 2475 732 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | ?:?? | ABBA | The Magic of ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | NU-9510 |
| 1.5 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:58 | ABBA | Disco Special‐2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| discomate | DSP-3025 |
| 2.9 | Take a Chance on Me | ?:?? | ABBA | The Best of ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), Reader’s Digest | GABA A-112 |
| 1.12 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | The Singles (The First Ten Years) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 80036-1-G, 80036-1-G |
| 1.12 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ABBA 10 |
| 1.12 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 2612 040 |
| 1.12 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ABBA 40-10 |
| 1.12 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 2335 263 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 16009-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | POLCD 312 |
| 1.12 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 810 050-2 |
| 1.12 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | POLCD 400-2, POLCD 401-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| discomate | CDP-103 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| discomate | CDP-105 |
| 1.7 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | The Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| IMP (UK Pickwick Group budget label) | PCD 866 |
| 1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:58 | ABBA | Take a Chance on Me / Chiquitita | ABBA | Single |
| Old Gold (UK, hits reissues) | OG 9727 |
| 2.6 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:03 | ABBA | Absolute ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2329 |
| 1.7 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:01 | ABBA | 25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1978: 20 of the Year’s Greatest Tracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | YRNR CD78 |
| 1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:00 | ABBA | Hits of the World 1978/1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 819 937-2 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | The Best of ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| PolyTel | 833 203-2 |
| 1.8 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | The Best of ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Special Projects (partners with third party non-music industry companies using music to promote their products and brands) | 835 657-2, PGSP 1287022 |
| 1.11 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Ariola España, RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD 74008 |
| 1.7 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | The Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| IMP (UK Pickwick Group budget label) | PWKS 593 |
| 1.4 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | Billboard Top Hits: 1978 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70673 |
| 1.8 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:59 | ABBA | Story | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 849 443-2 |
| 1.4 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | Billboard Top Hits: 1978 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70673 |
| 1.10 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:58 | ABBA | De Pre Historie 1978, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), PolyGram, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 260.750 |
| 1.7 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:00 | ABBA | The Greatest Hits of 1978 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music for Pleasure Premier | CDGH 1978 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 314 517 007-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits (Made in Germany, BIEM/STEMRA, Runout 517 007-2 02 /) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 007-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation | Polar | 517 007-2 | |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | P2 17007 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 007-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 404-2 |
| 1.13 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | Die Story | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 77 783 9 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), Polar | 517 007-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits (BMG club edition, digitally remastered) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar Music International AB, Polydor (British label, see annotation), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 314 517 007-2, D 120679 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 007-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 007-9 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | STARCD5953 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 007-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | P2-17007 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), Polar | 517 007-2, POL 833 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 275-2 |
| 2.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:00 | ABBA | The ABBA Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | B91001BB3 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | The Album (made in W.-Germany, PMDC) | ABBA | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 821 217-2 |
| 1.7 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | The Hits Box | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Pickwick Music (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.), Pickwick Compact Discs (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.), IMP (UK Pickwick Group budget label) | BOX D 1, PWKS 500, PWKS 507, PWKS 593 |
| 2.6 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Thank You for the Music | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 523 472-2 |
| 2.6 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Thank You for the Music | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar Music International AB, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 31452 3472-2, D207209 |
| 2.6 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Thank You for the Music | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), Polar Music International AB | 31452, 3472-2 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 42282 1217-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Forever Gold | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 533 083-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | Forever Gold | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 533 355-2 |
| 1.11 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:00 | ABBA | Golden Stars International | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 65 015 0 |
| 1.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Number One 70’s Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 555 054-2 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album (1997 remaster) | ABBA | Album |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 533 980-2 |
| 2.11 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:01 | ABBA | Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 565 448 2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits (24‐bit remaster signature series) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 007-2 |
| 1.9 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:00 | ABBA | 25 jaar na ‘Waterloo’: De grootste hits in Nederland | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 547 486-2 |
| 14.1 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:10 | ABBA | Singles Collection: 1972 ★ 1982 | ABBA | Single + Compilation |
| Polar | 561 252-2 |
| 1.15 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | The Complete Singles Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 543 231-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | ABBA Gold (Gold disc) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 314 517 007-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits (25th anniversary limited edition signature issue) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 007-2 |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 517 275-2 |
| 1.5 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:02 | ABBA | The Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Insight (Polygram sublabel) | 559 228-2, 559 229-2, 559 230-2 |
| 1.15 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | The Complete Singles Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 65 289 1 (901 370-2) |
| 1.3 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | The Complete Gold Collection (limited edition 2CD set) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), PolyGram | 543 710-2, 543710-2 |
| 1.15 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | Frosh 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Canada | 314 560 343 2 |
| 1.9 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 314 543 948-2 |
| 1.9 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:05 | ABBA | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 3145439482 |
| 1.5 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | S.O.S. The Best of ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | UICY-1040 |
| 1.16 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:08 | ABBA | The Definitive Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation | Polar | 549 974‐2 | |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album (2001 remaster) | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | 549 962-2 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album (CD-Matrix: IFPI LV26; 4 x [Universal logo] 07314 549 954-2 04 ✳ 51131826; MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L B; IFPI 01BC) | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | 549 954-2 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album (2001 remaster) | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | 549 954-2 |
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:04 | ABBA | The Album (2001 remaster) | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | 314 549 962-2 |
| 1.16 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:06 | ABBA | The Definitive Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | DARCD 3043 191 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 9.20 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:58 | ABBA | The Radio Essential Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 3:57 | ABBA | Golden Disco Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Winner Music | V044 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:03 | ABBA | The Album | ABBA | Album |
| discomate | DSP-5105 |
| 1.11 | Take a Chance on Me | 4:00 | ABBA | Golden Collection 2000 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Lighthouse (Russian bootleg label) | |
Relationships
| engineer: | Michael B. Tretow |
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| producer: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
| acoustic guitar: | Björn Ulvaeus (on 1977-08-15) |
| bass guitar: | Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1977-08-15, on 1977-08-17, on 1977-10-24) |
| drums (drum set) and tambourine: | Roger Palm (on 1977-08-17) |
| drums (drum set) and tambourine: | Roger Palm (on 1977-08-15) |
| electric guitar [lead guitar]: | Lasse Wellander (on 1977-08-15) |
| keyboard: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1977-08-15) |
| arranger: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Polar Music International AB (in 1977, in 1986) Polydor Records (record company, please see the “A (x) release” / “A (x) recording” for the release label) (in 1978) |
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| recorded at: | Marcus Music Ab in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1977-08-15, on 1977-08-17) Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1977-10-24) |
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| mixed at: | [unknown] (only use for recorded at if explicitly stated to be at an unknown place) (on 1977-11-01) |
| mash-ups: | overture by jan Misali (order: 9) |
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| part of: | Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 32) (order: 33) The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 62) (order: 62) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/7x93eCAiJQF7DUt979fj3p [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/2319591285 [info] |
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| recording of: | Take a Chance on Me (in 1977) |
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Related works
Take a Chance on Me
| writer: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
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| publisher: | Bocu Music Ltd. Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) Union Songs Music Universal Music Publishing Group Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB |
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| referred to in medleys: | ABBA Cappella (order: 1) |
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| later translated versions: | Hãy đền với em một lần Komm und wag's mit mir |
| part of: | Mamma Mia! (1999 musical) |
| is the basis for: | Kies Kip! |
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