Just A Notion is, as suggested, about a woman having an inkling (just a notion) that reconciliation with an ex is on the cards. Being ABBA, the song’s chorus features nice piano glissandos and a typically well-turned, unexpectedly long line in which Agnetha Fältskog and Frida Lyngstad sing of their hope that “everything from there on must be right” after bumping into an old lover. On second listen, the song uppermost in my mind was – worryingly – Remember You’re a Womble by Mike Batt. On my first listen, it took a certain degree of self-restraint not to belt out the opening “My, my!” line of Waterloo as the first verse approached. It opens with a pub honky-tonk piano, before the drums kick in with more piano and horns. Just A Notion is a jaunty boogie-woogie singalong along the lines of Waterloo, ABBA’s Eurovision winner from 1974, or Why Did It Have To Be Me? from 1976’s Arrival album. You can’t help but think it was an outtake for a reason. Is it any good? It will undoubtedly keep anticipation for the Voyage album bubbling for a fortnight. This revamped version, released at midnight, contains the original vocals with a freshly recorded backing track. Well, Just a Notion is certainly undeleted now. It was originally recorded in 1978 during sessions for the Voulez-Vous album, but was never used.ĭie-hard ABBA fans have been aware of the song for some time: a 90-second clip of Just a Notion appeared in a mammoth 23-minute medley of outtakes on an ABBA box set in 1994. The song, however, isn’t really “new” at all. We simply call it Voyage and we’re truly sailing in uncharted waters.Two weeks before the hotly-anticipated arrival of ABBA’s first new album in 40 years, the Swedish band tease us with another single from it, Just a Notion. They say it’s foolhardy to wait more than 40 years between albums, so we’ve recorded a follow-up to The Visitors. We took a break in the spring of 1982 and now we’ve decided it’s time to end it. “It’s been a while since we made music together,” the band said in a statement. General tickets are available on September 7th. Made through George Lucas’ Industry Light & Magic, Abba Voyage will take place at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park’s arena in London. So far the group has shared two songs, the reflective ballad “I Still Have Faith In You” and the disco gem “Don’t Shut Me Down.”ĪBBA will also perform a digital concert on May 27th, 2022 - which they first announced in 2016. Voyage, out November 6th, marks the band’s first time officially reuniting in 40 years. ‘Just a Notion’ is a ridiculously happy song and hopefully, it will cheer you up in these dark times!” There, we will have a live band playing, but all vocals will be from the old recordings. In a way, it demonstrates what we plan to do with ABBA Voyage in 2022. He added, “Now Benny has recorded a new backing track to which we’ve added drums and guitars, but all vocals are from the original 1978 tracks. Sam Smith on Their Favorite Songs of All Time: Celine Dion, Joni Mitchell, and Moreįlashback: U2 Cover 'Dancing Queen' With ABBA's Bjorn and Benny Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly Ask America: How Horny Is Too Horny? So it’s a mystery and will remain a mystery.” I know that we played it to a publisher in France and a couple of other people we trusted and as far as I can remember they liked it very much. Why did we decide against it? In hindsight, I don’t have a clue. “That puts it in between ABBA the Album and Voulez-Vous, and it would have been included in the latter had we not decided against it. “Wikipedia says this track was recorded in September 1978, which sounds about right,” band member Björn Ulvaeus said in a statement.
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