Also, Agnetha's new album is titled "A". If only they added a "B", another "B". and another "A" to the title. :)
Here's information from "ABBA-Intermezzo":
We are pleased to bring you confirmed news regarding Agnetha's much-awaited album and single releases at this time!
In Germany, Agnetha's first single off her new album will be "The One Who Loves You Now", released today, March 11, 2013. It will be downloadable from iTunes as well as other digital outlets in Germany, and radio airplay will begin as well. Other countries will see "When You Really Loved Someone" as their single release today.
The album, titled "A", will be released on May 10, 2013. It will contain 10 songs. Here is the track listing:
1. The One Who Loves You Now
2. When You Really Loved Someone
3. Perfume In the Breeze
4. I Was a Flower
5. I Should’ve Followed You Home
6. Past Forever
7. Dance Your Pain Away
8. Bubble
9. Back On Your Radio
10. I Keep Them On the Floor Beside My Bed
"I Should've Followed You Home" is a duet with Gary Barlow of Take That, while "I Keep Them On The Floor Beside My Bed" has been co-written by Agnetha herself at home in the countryside. The thoughtful-sounding "Bubble" aptly expresses Agnetha's attitude towards glamour and the limelight, "Dance Your Pain Away" is a rousing disco number, "Back On Your Radio" is crystal clear pop, while "Past Forever" is a piano-based track with its chorus containing something kind of like Agnetha's life motto: "What can't be broken: the kind of love that lasts."
Agnetha spoke about her new album at Stockholm's Grand Hotel. In the accompanying press release, she talks about how she felt when she went into the studio for the first time together with producers Jörgen Elofsson and Peter Nordahl: "The album as such didn't worry me, but my voice really did. I had not sung for such a long time, so I must have thought: What should I do if it's suddenly gone?"
"It was a good friend of mine who got all this going", explains Agnetha. "She called me and told me that Jörgen Elofsson and Peter Nordahl wanted to play a few of their compositions for me. So they came by and played three songs for me, and I just thought: 'For heaven's sake, I just have to join in'. It felt exactly like the right kind of challenge. I asked my daughter: 'What do you think? Should I do it?' and she answered: 'You should think about this thoroughly. Everything could start all over again.' The recording sessions were wonderful, but you have to face that these recordings may have consequences afterwards."
Read much more of Agnetha's comments on her new album in our next ABBAFan Club issue No. 69! We will have single artwork for you later today.
Here are the lyrics for the song:
When you really loved someone
Soul searching
Heartbroken
Eyes open
Some say
You’re only crying in the dark
Life changes, rearranges
Time passes
Some say
You’re only crying in the dark
He promised you his love would last forever
The day he said goodbye
All you wanted
Was to lay down and die
When you loved someone
Really loved someone
And you lost that one
Well, then nothing really matters
No forgiveness, no politeness
No one else to take his place
No one, no one
Oh-ooh
Come together, honey
Let him go now, honey
Save your heart
They say
No more crying in the dark
Gotta break loose, have some fun
Let yourself go
Come undone
I know your friends mean well, but
Ooh
When you loved someone
Really loved someone
And you lost that one
Well, then nothing really matters
No forgiveness, no politeness
No one else to take his place
No one, no one
When you really loved someone
Loved someone
You’ll never be the same
Hmm…
When you loved someone
Really loved someone
And you lost that one
Well, then nothing really matters
No forgiveness, no politeness
No one else to take his place
No one, no one
No one
When you really loved someone.
Oh yeah, now Agnetha has an official website, coming out tomorrow. Another piece of information is that Agnetha's album comes out May 10th, 2013. Yipeeeeeeeeee!!!
