My Love, My Life

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Released October 11, 1976 Label Polar		Length 3:53
Recorded 20 August 1976 at Metronome Studio Writer(s) Benny AnderssonBjörn UlvaeusStig Anderson Producer(s) Benny AnderssonBjörn Ulvaeus

"My Love, My Life", originally "Monsieur, Monsieur", is a song recorded by ABBA for the Arrival album. It was one of the last songs to be recorded for the album. Agnetha Fältskog sings lead vocals and Björn Ulvaeus proclaimed the song to be the finest example of Agnetha's vocal purity.. A complete demo with the original "Monsieur, Monsieur" lyrics was recorded before this, and remains unreleased.

Cover versions

Jonathan King, who picked ABBA's singles for Bocu, his associate company in the UK which publishes ABBA, covered it in 1976 when they decided not to release it as a single.

Singer Elaine Paige performed a reworked version of the song (retitled "Like An Image Passing By") for the English language edition of the stage musical ABBAcadabra. Paige's version was also released as a single.

Hazell Dean recorded a version for her 1996 ABBA tribute album The Winner Takes It All / Hazell Dean Sings ABBA.

A cover by New Zealand band Bike was included on the 1995 tribute compilation ABBAsalutely.

The 2001 Japanese import dance tribute compilation ABBA Ibiza Caliente included a cover by Sabu.

Ann Christy reached #2 on Belgium's Flemish chart with the rendering "In rook vergaan" in February 1977: the track was included on Christy's 1977 album Bravo. Christy also recorded "My Love, My Life" with its original English lyric for her 1977 album My Love, My Life.

John Grant (musician) did a version with Villagers (band) for the EP from 2013 "John Grant Gets Schooled".

References

My Love, My Life Wikipedia

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