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1981 song by ABBA

"One of Us"
Single by ABBA
from the album The Visitors
B-side	"Should I Express mirth or Cry"
Released	seven Dec 1981 (Sweden) 4 December 1981 (UK)[1] February 1983 (Usa)
Recorded	21 October 1981
Studio	Polar Music Studios
Genre	Pop
Length	iii:55
Label	Polar (Sweden) Ballsy (UK) Atlantic (The states)
Songwriter(southward)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
Producer(s)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"Lay All Your Love On Me" (1981) "One of Us" (1981) "When All Is Said And Done" (1981)
Music video
"One of Usa" on YouTube

"One of U.s." is a vocal by Swedish pop group ABBA. Information technology was released in December 1981 every bit the lead single from the band's eighth studio album, The Visitors.

History [edit]

"Ane of Us"—which had the working titles "Number ane" and "Mio Affection"—was one of the last songs recorded for ABBA's 1981 album The Visitors, and features a lead song by Agnetha Fältskog. It was 1 of a number of tracks that explored the darker territory of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson'southward songwriting, every bit the two men's divorces were beginning to influence their musical output. The message of the song is well-nigh a woman trying to revive a relationship she had ended. Despite misgivings on the function of manager Stig Anderson, and its somewhat depressing lyric, "1 of Us" was released as the starting time single from The Visitors, coupled with the non-album runway "Should I Laugh or Cry". Ulvaeus had favored releasing it as the first unmarried from the new anthology and the majority of the record companies agreed with him; it proved a wise motion as it would become ABBA's final No. 1 single of their career. The decision to release "One of United states" equally a single was made and so late that it did not get available in Swedish shops until later The Visitors had been released.

In the Britain, "One of Us" was issued in a different sleeve. Whereas the sleeve used in near countries repeated the album cover photo, Epic Records wanted a different image for the British release, and used divide photos of the grouping members together with a large ABBA logo. Agnetha and Frida appeared on the front end cover, with Björn and Benny on the back. The photos were really out-of-date, every bit Frida was depicted still with her frizzy perm, while Björn was beardless. A limited-edition picture disc using very similar artwork was also issued.

The B-side, "Should I Laugh or Weep", included a spoken count-in (in Swedish) from Benny. This count-in appeared on the British and South African releases, but not internationally. The master tapes supplied to Ballsy contained the error, simply were not picked up in fourth dimension, and and so appeared on the single release. In the early 2000s, Epic's rights to ABBA's music in the UK had long since expired; yet they still endemic all the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland main tapes for the singles. These were and so returned to Polar Music (itself endemic by Universal Music) in Stockholm, who later issued the mistake count-in version as a "rarity" on The Consummate Studio Recordings box-set, thereby making it available to a worldwide audience (and on CD for the showtime fourth dimension). This count-in version is besides available on the special "Deluxe Edition" of The Visitors (released on 23 Apr 2012).

Reception [edit]

"1 of Usa" was the first official single release in which both couples within the band had divorced. It would become ABBA's concluding major striking for 40 years, and the last No. 1 unmarried of their career. Information technology topped the charts in Belgium, W Germany, Ireland^[ii] and the Netherlands, and was besides ABBA'southward 13th and final No. 1 on the Eurochart. "Ane of Usa" proved a successful striking in Austria, Norway, South Africa, Spain and Switzerland, reaching the Top 10 in all of these countries.

In the U.k., "Ane of Us" debuted at No. eleven on the singles chart on half-dozen December 1981 and peaked at No. 3 the following week, where information technology stayed for iii weeks; it remained in the chart for ten weeks. Upon exiting the Height 10 of the nautical chart on 16 January 1982,^[3] "I of Us" would mark ABBA's final appearance in the UK Top 10 for 39 years.^[4] It was awarded a gold disc for sales of 500,000 in the UK.^[5] As of September 2021, it is ABBA's 15th-biggest song in the UK, including both pure sales and digital streams.^[half-dozen]

"One of Us" was non released as a single in the U.s. until February 1983, and proved to exist ABBA'south worst-ever performing charting vocal in that territory, reaching a high of No. 107,^[seven] though this came more than a year afterwards its release elsewhere and ABBA had disbanded by that fourth dimension.

Music video [edit]

In Nov 1981, a music video for "One of U.s.a." was filmed, directed past Lasse Hallström.^[8] It sees Agnetha Fältskog playing a woman who is moving into a new business firm. She decorates the room past calculation furniture and coloring the walls. This is interspersed with individual shots of the ABBA members in a studio standing against a wall of mirrors.

Personnel [edit]

• Agnetha Fältskog - atomic number 82 vocals
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad – bankroll vocals
• Björn Ulvaeus – guitar, mandolin
• Lasse Wellander - guitar, mandolin
• Benny Andersson – keyboards, synthesizer
• Rutger Gunnarsson - bass, mandolin
• Ola Brunkert - drums

Charts [edit]

Pandora's version [edit]

"I of Us"
Unmarried by Pandora
from the album Tell the World
Released	June 1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Dance Eurodance house
Length	3:56
Label	Virgin Records
Songwriter(s)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
Producer(s)	Huma Peka P. Martin Ankelius
Pandora singles chronology
"The Naked Sunday" (1995) "1 of Us" (1995) "A Little Scrap" (1996)

In June 1995 Swedish Eurodance singer Pandora released a cover version of the song. The track was included on the Japanese edition of her 2nd studio album, Tell the World (1995). The song peaked at No. thirteen in Sweden, and reached the top spot in Finland.

Charts [edit]

Come across also [edit]

• List of number-one singles of 1995 (Finland)

A-Teens version [edit]

The A-Teens released a version on their debut album The ABBA Generation in 1999.

As an attempt to promote the A-Teens a bit more, Universal Music Group released a one-track promo single of "One of Usa" on radio in belatedly 1999. The song was promoted in Scandinavia, United mexican states, Republic of chile, Argentina and Japan.

A special music video was filmed for a Television receiver special in Sweden. Information technology was not used as an official video. It shows parts of shows in Sweden and behind-the-scenes footage of the band having fun, waiting in a room at Stockholm Records' building.

Mamma Mia! Hither We Go Again version [edit]

"One of Usa" was released on xiii July 2018, alongside the soundtrack of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Once again, by Capitol and Polydor Records. The song is performed by Amanda Seyfried (Sophie) and Dominic Cooper (Heaven) and it was produced by Benny Andersson.

Charts [edit]

Cher version [edit]

"One of U.s.a."
Single by Cher
from the anthology Dancing Queen
Released	21 September 2018
Recorded	2018
Genre	Pop
Length	iii:53
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(due south)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
Producer(south)	Mark Taylor
Cher singles chronology
"SOS" (2018) "Ane of Us" (2018) "Chiquitita" (2020)
Music video
"One of U.s.a." on YouTube

"I of U.s." was called as the 3rd single from Cher's 2018 ABBA tribute album Dancing Queen, released by Warner Bros. Records on 28 September 2018.^[36] The track was digitally released on 21 September 2018, at each state's individual midnight time.

Critical reception [edit]

Marc Snetiker from Entertainment Weekly gave the anthology a favourable review, calling it Cher'southward "most significant release since 1998'sBelieve" and proverb that "the album ender, 'One of Us,' is frankly 1 of Cher's all-time recordings in years."^[37] Billboard as well noted that "while the original song is filled with funky melodies and rhythms to mix up the depressing lyrics, Cher trades them in for a piano and a few violins, making the already-melancholy song a bonafide middle-wrencher." Writing for Rolling Rock, Brittany Spanos felt that ""One of Us" in detail sees the biggest musical shift of any of the songs; the original is a breezy, tropical, mid-tempo pop moment that well-nigh disguises the sadness of the lyrics. But that sadness tin never hide from Cher, who strips it down to strings, pianoforte and vocals, making sure you can experience as of the ego-shedding on the rails."^[38]

Music video [edit]

On the aforementioned 24-hour interval as its release, an animated video of a bluish vinyl's B-side playing along with the song was released on Cher's YouTube channel. The vinyl represents the Dancing Queen album while the B-side contains the songs "Mamma Mia", "Chiquitita", "Fernando", "The Winner Takes It All" and "1 of Usa".^[39]

Live performances [edit]

Cher tweeted that subsequently i of the shows of her Hither We Go Again Bout she went into empty arena and sang "One of The states", claiming that it was "not set up....but information technology was pretty adept" and that she was "working on it".^[forty]

Track listings and formats [edit]

Digital download [edit]

• "One of U.s." – 3:53

Credits and personnel [edit]

Credits for Dancing Queen adapted from AllMusic.^[41]

Management [edit]

• Published past Universal Songs of PolyGramInt., Inc. (ASCAP) and EMI Waterford Music Inc. (ASCAP)
• Recorded past Mark Taylor and Paul Meehan at Metrophonic Studios, London
• Mixed at by Matt Furmidge and Marker Taylor at Metrophonic Studios, London
• Mastered by Sthephen Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, CA

Personnel [edit]

• Cher – primary vocals
• Benny Andersson – songwriter
• Björn Ulvaeus – songwriter
• Ash Soan – drums
• Adam Phillips – guitars
• Hayley Sanderson – backing vocals
• Andy Caine – backing vocals

Other comprehend versions [edit]

• In 1982 schlager singer Marianne Rosenberg recorded the song, with lyrics in German, as "Ich sah deine Tränen" ("I saw your tears"). This version peaked at No. 66 on the singles chart in the quondam Due west Deutschland that yr.

Other uses [edit]

• The song appears in Guardians of the Milky way: The Telltale Series.
• "One of The states" serves as the theme vocal for Time Crisis with Ezra Koenig, a radio prove that airs on Beats 1.

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