History Music / Abba

* HotMom: Both girls. As a matter of fact, Agnetha was pregnant with her second child while touring in Australia.

* UglyGuyHotWife - If we are to take the above description of Bjorn at face value, his marriage to Agnetha, while it lasted, is a good example of this trope.

* MissingEpisode: "Just Like That", "Get On The Carousel" and "I Am An A" were never officially released. The first one has bootlegs but is incomplete, the second one can only be heard in TheMovie and the third one in (bad-quality) fan recordings. ** The 1977 Australian tour is kind of a one too; all the released footage is in TheMovie, but many performances are severely compressed, or outright cut. Sad, considering it was the most important tour of ABBA's career.

* MoneySong Money Money Money

* AffectionateParody: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eidyrlSdKcE French and Saunders parody]] is the most affectionate one out there.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: So Long is intentionally this of Waterloo, as it was thought that producing a similar song for a single would guarantee another hit. It wasn't as successful.

** So much TruthInTelevision, in fact, that Agnetha later admitted she is alarmed by ABBA fans, [[DrivenToMadness to the point that she'd have daydreams]] [[BreakTheCutie in which fans would jump on her, tear her to pieces, and consume her alive]].

*** "I've Been Waiting for You" on their eponym album ''ABBA'' has several undertones of this, although the lyrics are left ambiguous whether Agnetha is only secretly crushing on the man or indeed considering [[StalkerWithACrush finding a way to make him agree he is in love with her and that he belongs to her]].

*** Or was is? The lyrics suggests Agnetha is slowly falling for the nameless man and seriously considers ceding to his relentless advances, [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in spite of herself and her better judgment]].

*** Or not. The lyrics suggests Agnetha is slowly falling for the nameless man and seriously considers ceding to his relentless advances, [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in spite of herself and her better judgment]].

*** Or not. The lyrics suggests Agnetha seriously considers ceding to the man's relentless advances, [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in spite of herself and her better judgment]].

*** "I've Been Waiting for You" on their eponym album ''ABBA'' has several undertones of this, although the lyrics are ambiguous about whether Agnetha is only secretly crushing on him or indeed considering [[StalkerWithACrush finding a way to make him agree he is in love with her and that he belongs to her]].

*** Or not. Tthe lyrics also suggests Agnetha is slowly considering ceding to the man's relentless advances, [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in spite of herself and her better judgment]].

*** Or not. Tthe lyrics also suggests Agnetha is slowly considering ceding to the man's relentless advances, [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys despit herself and her better judgment]].

*** Or not, as the lyrics suggests Agnetha is slowly falling for the man's relentless advances, [[AllGirlsWantBadBoy despite herself]].

*** Agnetha singing "I've Been Waiting for You" on their eponym album ''ABBA'' has several undertones of this, although the lyrics are ambiguous about whether the woman is only secretly crushing on him or indeed considering [[StalkerWithACrush making him agree he is in love with her by any means necessary]].

** Agnetha singing "I've Been Waiting for You" on their eponym album ''ABBA'' has several undertones of this, although the lyrics are ambiguous about whether the woman is only secretly crushing on him or indeed considering [[StalkerWithACrush making him agree he is in love with her by any means necessary]].

** Agnetha singing "I've Been Waiting for You" on their eponym album ''ABBA'' has several undertones of this, although the lyrics are ambiguous about whether the woman is only secretly crushing on him or indeed considering [[StalkerWithACrush making him fall in love with her by any means necessary]].

** "I've Been Waiting for you" on their eponym album has several undertones of this as well, although it remains unclear whether the woman, as sung by Agnetha, is secretly crushing on a man or obsessed to the point of making him love her.

* SanitySlippageSong: "I'm A Marionette", "Get on the Carousel", "The Visitors".

* SanitySlippageSong: "I'm A Marionette", "The Visitors".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ABBA didn't intend to split permanently in 1983 (hence why their compilation album was called "The Singles: the FIRST Ten Years") Rather, the intention was to go on hiatus for a year or two, during which time Bjorn and Benny would write the musical "Chess" whilst Agnetha and Frida would focus on solo careers. However, for various reasons they never got back together. When you look at how the band evolved over their decade-long lifespan, it would have been very interesting to see what other songs they might have recorded had they lasted a few more years...