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Dancing Queen 為 ABBA橫掃世界各地的流行榜﹐也成為他們最成功的單曲﹐從“Arrival”帶來第二炮單曲為“Money Money Money”。

Money Money Money (1976/Polar/Polydor) Track List:
01 Money Money Money
02 Crazy World

Money Money Money 述說一女生對金錢的憧憬﹐這種金錢魔力形容﹐就往往令筆者聯想起1972年電影 Cabaret 中的插曲 Money Money。這張單曲在英國流行榜得到第3位﹐可惜在美國成績未能繼承 Dancing Queen 的成功﹐只得到第56位。不過此曲在歐洲及澳洲還是非常成功﹐於德國﹑比利時﹑荷蘭﹑法國均是多個星期的冠軍歌﹐至於澳洲延續著Abbamania﹐得到6星期冠軍﹔在新西蘭也成冠。其實 Money Money Money 極具 Musical 味道﹐故此後來出現了 Chess 及 Mamma Mia﹐絕不為奇。

而 Crazy World 本灌錄於“ABBA”(1975/Polydor) 專輯時期﹐可是一直未有完成﹐其後灌錄完畢後便成為了 Money Money Money 的 B Side。


Money Money Money﹕原收錄於“Arrival”(1976/Polydor) 專輯中。
(Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus)


I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain’t it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That’s too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn’t have to work at all, I’d fool around and have a ball...

Money, money, money
Must be funny in the rich mans world
Money, money, money
Always sunny in the rich mans world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It’s a rich mans world

A man like that is hard to find but I cant get him off my mind
Ain’t it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn’t fancy me
That’s too bad
So I must leave, Ill have to go
To Las Vegas or Monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same...

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Crazy World﹕原收錄為單曲Money Money Moeny 的 B Side。
(Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus)


I was up when the morning sun
Couldn't sleep so I thought I'd take a walk
I was thinking of you and me
And I went to your house 'cause I had to talk
I could hardly believe my eyes
When I saw this guy closing your front door
Had a feeling of emptiness
Like I've never had before

And I close my eyes
Will you leave me, girl
And I realize
It's a crazy world

As he disappeared in his car
I was stunned and I didn't know what to do
Everything I had ever dreamed
Everything in my life's a part of you
And I just couldn't move my feet
So I stood on the pain as you came out
You acted as if you didn't know
What it was all about

And I close my eyes
Will you leave me, girl
And I realize
It's a crazy world

Baby, how could you do it
You just told me lies
Had you been behind my back with other guys
Baby how could you tell me
There was only me
I was stupid to believe you
I was blind but now I see

Then you smiled and you took my hand
There is something, you said, that you may not know
There's a couple of men in my life,
And one of them is my brother Joe
He's been gone for a long long time
But he's back and I think he's gonna stay
You'll be seeing a lot of him
He's so nice in every way

And I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
And I realize
It's a crazy world
So I close my eyes
Never leave me, girl
Then I realize
It's a crazy world



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