"Take a Chance on Me" is a disco song by the Swedish music group ABBA. It was released in January 1978.
The song reached the Top 10 in the United States and United Kingdom. It hit #3 in the United States, Germany and Canada.[1] It was also ABBA's seventh #1 song in the United Kingdom. It sold over 500,000 copies. It was awarded a gold disc.
The song was later covered by the English synthpop group Erasure and the Swedish pop group A-Teens.
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| Studio albums |
- Ring Ring
- Waterloo
- ABBA
- Arrival
- ABBA: The Album
- Voulez-Vous
- Super Trouper
- The Visitors
- Voyage
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| Compilation albums |
- Greatest Hits
- Greatest Hits Vol. 2
- Gracias Por La Música
- The Singles: The First Ten Years
- Thank You for the Music
- ABBA Gold
- Oro: Grandes Éxitos
- More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits
- The Definitive Collection
- 18 Hits
- Number Ones
- The Albums
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| Live albums |
- ABBA Live
- Live at Wembley Arena
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| Box sets |
- Thank You for the Music
- The Complete Studio Recordings
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| Concerts and tours | |
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| Films and musicals |
- ABBA: The Movie
- The Girl with the Golden Hair
- ABBAcadabra
- Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
- Mamma Mia! (2008 film)
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018 film)
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| TV specials |
- Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
- ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute
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| Video games |
- SingStar ABBA
- ABBA: You Can Dance
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| Related articles |
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- Songs
- Unreleased songs
- Tribute albums
- Abba-esque
- Abbasalutely
- The ABBA Generation
- ABBAmania
- Dancing Queen
- Agnetha & Frida: The Voice of ABBA
- "Just Like That"
- "Thank ABBA for the Music"
- Eurovision Song Contest 1974
- ABBA The Museum
- Music of Sweden
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- Discography
- Unreleased songs
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| Ring Ring |
- "People Need Love"
- "He Is Your Brother"
- "Ring Ring"
- "Another Town, Another Train"
- "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)"
- "Rock'n Roll Band"
- "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
- "Disillusion"
- "I Saw It in the Mirror"
- "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother"
- "She's My Kind of Girl"
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| Waterloo |
- "Waterloo"
- "King Kong Song"
- "Hasta Mañana"
- "My Mama Said"
- "Honey, Honey"
- "What About Livingstone?"
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| ABBA | |
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| Greatest Hits | |
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| Arrival |
- "When I Kissed the Teacher"
- "Dancing Queen"
- "My Love, My Life"
- "Dum Dum Diddle"
- "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
- "Money, Money, Money"
- "That's Me"
- "Why Did It Have to Be Me?"
- "Tiger"
- "Arrival"
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| ABBA: The Album |
- "Eagle"
- "Take a Chance on Me"
- "One Man, One Woman"
- "The Name of the Game"
- "Move On"
- "Hole in Your Soul"
- "Thank You for the Music"
- "I Wonder (Departure)"
- "I'm a Marionette"
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| Voulez-Vous |
- "As Good as New"
- "Voulez-Vous"
- "I Have a Dream"
- "Angeleyes"
- "The King Has Lost His Crown"
- "Does Your Mother Know"
- "If It Wasn't for the Nights"
- "Chiquitita"
- "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)"
- "Kisses of Fire"
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| Greatest Hits Vol. 2 |
- "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
- "Summer Night City"
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| Super Trouper |
- "Super Trouper"
- "The Winner Takes It All"
- "On and On and On"
- "Andante, Andante"
- "Me and I"
- "Happy New Year"
- "Our Last Summer"
- "The Piper"
- "Lay All Your Love on Me"
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| The Visitors |
- "The Visitors"
- "Head over Heels"
- "When All Is Said and Done"
- "Soldiers"
- "I Let the Music Speak"
- "One of Us"
- "Two for the Price of One"
- "Slipping Through My Fingers"
- "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"
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The Singles:
The First Ten Years |
- "The Day Before You Came"
- "Under Attack"
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| Voyage |
- "I Still Have Faith in You"
- "Don't Shut Me Down"
- "Just a Notion"
- "Little Things"
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| Other songs |
- "Merry-Go-Round"
- "Elaine"
- "Put on Your White Sombrero"
- "Should I Laugh or Cry"
- "You Owe Me One"
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Erasure |
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| Studio albums |
- Wonderland
- The Circus
- The Innocents
- Wild!
- Chorus
- I Say I Say I Say
- Erasure
- Cowboy
- Loveboat
- Other People's Songs
- Nightbird
- Union Street
- Light at the End of the World
- Tomorrow's World
- Snow Globe
- The Violet Flame
- World Be Gone
- The Neon
- Day-Glo (Based on a True Story)
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| Live albums |
- Acoustic Live
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall
- World Be Live
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| Compilation albums |
- The Two Ring Circus
- Pop! The First 20 Hits
- Hits! The Very Best of Erasure
- Pop! Remixed
- Total Pop! The First 40 Hits
- Pop2! The Second 20 Hits
- 10 Great Songs
- Always: The Very Best of Erasure
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| Box sets | |
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| Extended plays |
- Crackers International
- Am I Right? EP
- Abba-esque
- I Love Saturday EP
- Rain: Plus
- Moon and the Sky: Plus
- Boy EP
- Storm Chaser
- Pop! Remixed
- Erasure.Club
- Phantom Bride EP
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| Singles |
- "Who Needs Love Like That"
- "Heavenly Action"
- "Oh L'amour"
- "Sometimes"
- "It Doesn't Have to Be"
- "Victim of Love"
- "The Circus"
- "Ship of Fools"
- "Chains of Love"
- "A Little Respect"
- "Stop!"
- "Drama!"
- "You Surround Me"
- "Blue Savannah"
- "Star"
- "Chorus"
- "Love to Hate You"
- "Am I Right?"
- "Breath of Life"
- "Take a Chance on Me"
- "Always"
- "Run to the Sun"
- "I Love Saturday"
- "Stay with Me"
- "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)"
- "Rock Me Gently"
- "In My Arms"
- "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"
- "Rain"
- "Freedom"
- "Moon & the Sky"
- "Solsbury Hill"
- "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"
- "Breathe"
- "Don't Say You Love Me"
- "Here I Go Impossible Again"
- "All This Time Still Falling Out of Love"
- "Boy"
- "I Could Fall in Love with You"
- "Sunday Girl"
- "Storm in a Teacup"
- "Phantom Bride"
- "When I Start To (Break It All Down)"
- "Be with You"
- "Fill Us with Fire"
- "Gaudete"
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| Video releases |
- Live at the Seaside
- Innocents
- Wild!
- Abba-esque
- Pop! The First 20 Hits
- Hits! the Videos
- The Erasure Show – Live in Cologne
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall
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