# The best ABBA songs

ABBA's most streamed songs and the ones ranked highest by expert Carl Magnus Palm and Swedish magazine QX's jury, from Waterloo to the 2021 comeback.

- 104 votes · 18 items
- Feb 20, 2023 · Millie Ashworth
- https://even.best/en/l/3262/the-best-abba-songs

## Top 18

1. **The Day Before You Came** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — 1982. One of their last recordings, dark and narrative.
2. **Dancing Queen** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — 1976. The most streamed and perhaps the most loved.
3. **Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1979. Disco that still fills dance floors.
4. **The Winner Takes It All** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 1980. Number one for expert Carl Magnus Palm.
5. **Money, Money, Money** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1976. Dreaming of a rich man.
6. **Mamma Mia** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1975. Later gave its name to the musical and the film.
7. **Waterloo** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1974. The Eurovision winner that made them world famous.
8. **SOS** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1975. A favourite of both Pete Townshend and Kurt Cobain.
9. **Knowing Me, Knowing You** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1977. A break-up in a minor key.
10. **When All Is Said and Done** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1981. About divorce, sung by Frida.
11. **Super Trouper** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1980. About the spotlights on stage.
12. **I Still Have Faith in You** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 2021. The comeback song after almost 40 years.
13. **Chiquitita** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — 1979. The ballad they also recorded in Spanish.
14. **The Name of the Game** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1977. One of their most sophisticated songs.
15. **Summer Night City** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1978. Stockholm by night.
16. **Lay All Your Love on Me** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1980. Synth disco that became a club hit.
17. **Take a Chance on Me** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1977. A playful a cappella opening.
18. **Fernando** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — 1976. A folk feel and memories of revolution.

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