Honey, Honey

This article is about the ABBA song. For the song by Feist, see The Reminder. For the Japanese manga and anime series by Eiko Mizuno, see Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken.
"Honey, Honey"
Single by ABBA
from the album Waterloo
B-side "King Kong Song" (Sweden, Denmark, Belgium)
"Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)" (Australia, Canada, US)
"Ring Ring" (Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland)
"Hasta Mañana" (Netherlands, Spain)
Released April 1974
Format Vinyl
Recorded January 1974
Genre Pop, europop
Length 2:56
Writer(s) Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Stig Anderson
Producer(s) Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"Waterloo"
(1974)
"Honey, Honey"
(1974)
"Hasta Mañana"
(1974)
Music video
"Honey Honey" on YouTube
Music sample
"Honey, Honey (English version)"

"Honey, Honey" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released as the second single from their second studio album, Waterloo, after the success of the title track winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest.

History

"Honey, Honey" was written by Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Stig Anderson, with shared vocals by Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Ulvaeus. As well as the English version, ABBA also recorded "Honey, Honey" in Swedish on January 30, 1974 at Metronome Studio, Stockholm.

This was the last official recording by the group in their own language, and was released as the B-side of the Swedish "Waterloo" single. In its English format, "Honey, Honey" was released with "King Kong Song" as the B-side.

Reception

"Honey, Honey" was released in several European countries, the United States, Australia & New Zealand, but not in the UK. ABBA's British record label, Epic Records, decided to release a remixed version of "Ring Ring". But this single only reached No.32, so, instead, a cover version of "Honey, Honey" was recorded by the act Sweet Dreams, featuring vocalist Polly Brown, promptly hitting the UK top 10.

"Honey, Honey" spent 4 months in the top 5 in West Germany and also reached the top 5 in Austria, Spain and Switzerland.[1] In the United States, "Honey, Honey" was moderately successful compared to the group's later singles. It reached No.27 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts; the 1st ABBA single to reach the AC chart.

Track listing

  1. A. "Honey, Honey"
  2. B. "Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)"

Official versions

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 30
Austrian Singles Chart 4
Belgian Singles Chart 12
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [2] 18
Canadian Adult Contemporary [3] 8
Dutch Singles Chart 16
Finnish Singles Chart 11
German Singles Chart 2
Swiss Singles Chart 4
New Zealand Singles Chart 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 27
US Cashbox Top 100 Singles[4]
37
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Norwegian Singles Chart 16

Year-end charts

Chart (1974) Rank
Australia 107
Canada Top Singles [5] 177
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) [5] 183

Cover versions

Appearances in other media

References

  1. Scott, Robert (2002) 'ABBA: Thank You for the Music - The Stories Behind Every Song', Carlton Books Limited: Great Britain, p.51
  2. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  3. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  4. Downey, Pat; Albert, George; Hoffmann, Frank W (1994). Cash Box pop singles charts, 1950–1993. Libraries Unlimited. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-56308-316-7.
  5. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  6. Karine Sanche. "Housecream, biography discography, recent releases, news, featurings of eurodance group - The Eurodance Encyclopædia". Eurokdj.free.fr. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  7. 1 2 "John Klass Page - iPOP". Ipoplive.com. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  8. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles Chart| Australia's Official Top 50 Songs". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  9. "Abbacadabra — Honey, Honey, — Almighty Records". Almightyrecords.com. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
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