My Love, My Life (song)

"My Love, My Life"
Song by ABBA from the album Arrival
Released	October 11, 1976
Recorded	20 August 1976 at Metronome Studio
Length	3:53
Label	Polar
Writer	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Stig Anderson
Producer	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
Arrival track listing
Side A: "When I Kissed the Teacher" "Dancing Queen" "My Love, My Life" "Dum Dum Diddle" "Knowing Me, Knowing You" Side B: "Money, Money, Money" "That's Me" "Why Did It Have To Be Me?" "Tiger" "Arrival"

"My Love, My Life", originally "Monsieur, Monsieur", is a song recorded by ABBA for the Arrival album. It was one of the last songs to be recorded for the album.^[1] Agnetha Fältskog sings lead vocals and Björn Ulvaeus proclaimed the song to be the finest example of Agnetha's vocal purity.^{[citation needed]}. A complete demo with the original "Monsieur, Monsieur" lyrics was recorded before this, and remains unreleased.

Cover versions

• Singer Elaine Paige performed a re-worked version of the song (retitled "Like An Image Passing By") for the English language edition of the stage musical Abbacadabra. Paige's version was also released as a single.
• Hazell Dean recorded a version for her 1996 ABBA tribute album The Winner Takes It All / Hazell Dean Sings Abba.
• A cover by New Zealand band Bike was included on the 1995 tribute compilation Abbasalutely.
• The 2001 Japanese import dance tribute compilation ABBA Ibiza Caliente included a cover by Sabu.
• The K&K Studio Singers recorded a Polish language version of this song.

References

1. ^ Scott, Robert (2002) 'ABBA: Thank You for the Music - The Stories Behind Every Song', Carlton Books Limited: Great Britain, p.78

External links

• http://abba-world.server101.com/index.html