Which is not to say ABBA took a haphazard approach to recording the song. "If you listen to 'Mamma Mia,' it's very intricate, no one is playing rang-a-lang-a-lang-a. Everyone is knowing exactly ...

Listen to “Ring Ring,” “Waterloo,” and “Honey, Honey” all in a row and it’s easy to tell these songs were all written by the same people. ABBA could get a bit formulaic and they ...