As Good as New explained

As Good as New
Cover:	ABBA - As Good As New (Mexico).jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	ABBA
Album:	Voulez-Vous
A-Side:	I Have a Dream
Released:	1979
Recorded:	1979
Genre:	Dance
Length:	3:24
Label:	Polar Music
Prev Title:	Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	I Have a Dream
Next Year:	1979

"As Good as New" is a song recorded in 1979 by Swedish group ABBA, and was used as the opening track on their Voulez-Vous album. The lead vocals are by Agnetha Fältskog. The song was released as a single in Mexico as a double A-side with "I Have a Dream", where it became ABBA's ninth (and final) number-one hit.^[1] "As Good as New" was also released in Argentina^[2] and in Bolivia.^[3]

History

As usual, the song was written and composed by Andersson and Ulvaeus. It originally had the working title "It's Better Now".^[4]

External links

• Vinyl Singles at ABBA for the Record

Notes and References

1. Book: Tobler, John . John Tobler . 2012 . ABBA – Uncensored on the Record . This Agnetha led track reached number one in Mexico of all places and it wasn't even sung in Spanish! . Coda Books Ltd. . 978-1-9085-3823-9.
2. Web site: Adrian . Keller . ABBA As Good As New . ABBA for the Record . 10 July 2013 .
3. Web site: Adrian . Keller . ABBA As Good As New . ABBA for the Record . 10 July 2013 . 18 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318143050/http://www.abba4therecord.com/detail.php?recordID=1667 . dead.
4. Web site: Carl Magnus . Palm . The Complete Recording Sessions: Missing song titles . Carlmagnuspalm.com . 1 January 2021 . 23 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080723135037/http://www.carlmagnuspalm.com/abba/ovrigt/crsmissingsongs.html.