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18 Hits is a compilation of hits by ABBA, released by Universal Music on September 8, 2005.

The 18 Hits set - with its slightly misleading title - was released as a mid-price alternative to the best-selling full-price collection ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits and features eleven of the group's biggest hits coupled with a few popular album tracks like "Hasta Mañana", "Thank You for the Music" and "Happy New Year" and concludes with four non-English versions; "Honey Honey" (Swedish version), "Waterloo" (French version), "Ring Ring" (German version) and the Spanish version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", entitled "Dame! Dame! Dame!". Among the more notable omissions on the 18 Hits collection are the band's biggest hit "Dancing Queen" as well as "Chiquitita", "Take a Chance on Me" and "I Have a Dream".

The Swedish edition of 18 Hits, also released in 2005, featured four Swedish language recordings instead of the four non-English versions; "Waterloo", "Honey Honey", "Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)" and "Åh Vilka Tider". A budget-priced DVD entitled 16 Hits was released simultaneously.

While numerous other similar hits compilations with the group have been released both before and since, 18 Hits has proved to be one of Universal Music's bestselling ABBA products, peaking in the Top 10 in Poland and the Top 20 in the UK, Spain and Hungary and re-entering the charts in many territories after the premiere of movie Mamma Mia! in the Summer of 2008.

In 2009 IFPI awarded it platinum status for sales of one million in Europe [1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus unless otherwise noted.

  1. "The Winner Takes It All" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 4:54
  2. "Super Trouper" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 4:10
  3. "Waterloo" - 2:42
  4. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 4:46
  5. "The Name of the Game - 4:51
  6. "Ring Ring" - 3:00
  7. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - 3:18
  8. "SOS" - 3:23
  9. "Fernando" - 4:14
  10. "Hasta Mañana" - 3:09
  11. "Mamma Mia" - 3:35
  12. "Lay All Your Love on Me" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 4:32
  13. "Thank You for the Music" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 3:51
  14. "Happy New Year" (Andersson, Ulvaeus) - 4:23
  15. "Honey Honey" (Swedish version) - 2:54
  16. "Waterloo" (French version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Boublil) - 2:42
  17. "Ring Ring" (German version) (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus, Lach) - 3:00
  18. "Dame! Dame! Dame!" (Spanish version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!") (Andersson, Ulvaeus, McCluskey, McCluskey) - 4:46

Chart positions

Country Position
Australia 32[2]
Denmark 39[3]
Germany 58
Hungary 19[4]
Ireland 17
Poland 8[5]
Spain 17[6]
Italy 39[7]
UK 15[8]

Certifications

  • Brazil: platinum[9]

References

  1. ^ "IFPI 2009 Platinum creditations". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ australian-charts.com
  3. ^ danishcharts.com
  4. ^ Hungary albums chart
  5. ^ Poland albums chart
  6. ^ spanishcharts.com
  7. ^ FIMI Italian Chart
  8. ^ UK chartstats
  9. ^ http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=ABBA


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