You Owe Me One

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This article is about the song. For the Mexican short film You owe me one from 2002, see Me la debes.
"You Owe Me One"
Single by ABBA
A-side"Under Attack"[1]
Released3 December 1982
RecordedMay 1982
GenreSynthpop, Europop
Length3:28[1]
LabelPolar Music[1]
Songwriter(s)Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus[1]
Producer(s)Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus[1]
ABBA singles chronology
"The Day Before You Came"
(1982) 		"You Owe Me One"
(1982) 		"Thank You for the Music"
(1983)

"You Owe Me One" (working title: "Kamelo"[2]) is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1982 for their unfinished ninth album. It was released as a B-side for the group's last single — "Under Attack"[1] and on the 1997 and 2012 remasters of "The Visitors".[3][4] It was excluded from the 2001 remaster due to the group's songwriters critical attitude towards "You Owe Me One".[5] The vocal is shared by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and Agnetha Fältskog singing in unison. It became the final song to be released while the group were still active.

History[]

The song's recording sessions started on 3 May 1982.[6] This single was recorded along with two other ABBA songs — "I Am the City" and "Just Like That". These two songs were kept unreleased until the mid 1990s,[6] when "Just Like That" was edited and released as a promo single for the "Thank You For The Music" box set[7] and "I Am The City" was released as a part of the "More Gold: More Hits" album.[8] It has been noted, that Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus dislike the song due to it being "just a jingle".[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "You Owe Me One" Netherlands release information
  2. ^ "You Owe Me One" on abbaomnibus.net
  3. ^ "The Visitors" 1997 release track listing, discogs.com
  4. ^ "ABBA – The Visitors Deluxe Edition CD with previously unreleased demo medley", icethesite.com
  5. ^ Information about ABBA album remasters
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Visitors" Deluxe Edition liner notes, Carl Mangus Palm
  7. ^ "Thank You for the Music" box set promo single's track listing
  8. ^ "More ABBA Gold" track listing
  9. ^ Carl Mangus Palm (20 February 2014). Abba: Bright Lights Dark Shadows. Music Sales Limited. pp. 686–. ISBN 978-1-78323-049-5.


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