ABBA has been in the music business for 50 years. To celebrate that happy event, INFE Ireland and INFE South Africa are hosting the ABBA TOP 50. We’ll be posting what we think are the 50 best ABBA songs in alphabetical order. Enjoy!
Normally ESC Covers add a cover to every ABBA song but we were unable to find a cover for this song.
THE 32nd ABBA SONG IN OUR LIST IS:
Santa Rosa, a song composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus as a B-side for the single He Is Your Brother, released November 1 1972. Santa Rosa was released as a B-side to He Is Your Brother in Sweden and Scandinavian markets. On other single releases of He Is Your Brother, Santa Rosa was replaced with other songs. ABBA, then known as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid, performed the song at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, Japan in November 1972.
In an interview with Fred Bronson in June 1994 for the “ABBA – Thank You For The Music” project, Benny stated that he has no fond memories of the song Santa Rosa: “That’s a bad one. That was originally called ‘Grandpa’s Banjo’, I don’t like it. It’s one of those we shouldn’t have recorded.”