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Nina, Pretty Ballerina

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Released
  
1973; 1977

Genre
  
Europop

Label
  
Polar Music

Format
  
7" single

Length
  
2:53

B-side
  
"I Am Just a Girl" (Austria) "He Is Your Brother" (France) "So Long" (Philippines) "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)" (Kenya)

"Nina, Pretty Ballerina" is a song recorded in 1973 by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was issued on 7" vinyl record in Austria and France to promote the band's debut album Ring Ring, and later in the Philippines (probably to promote the LP The Best of ABBA) and Kenya. It reached #8 on the singles chart in Austria.

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The song was also the theme song of Sirius talk-show host Lynn Samuels. Lynn Samuels only played "Nina, Ballerina," as she called it, on Friday, to reward herself for working all week, when she was on Sirius Radio in New York.

Track listings

Austria

  1. A. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
  2. B. "I Am Just a Girl"

France

  1. A. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
  2. B. "He Is Your Brother"

Philippines

  1. A. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
  2. B. "So Long"

Kenya

  1. A. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
  2. B. "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)"

Cover versions

  • The song was covered by Hong Kong-born Filipino singer Rowena Cortes for her 1977 album Sweet Fairy.
  • German girl group Pretty Maid Company released a cover of the song as a single in 1977.

    • References

    Nina, Pretty Ballerina Wikipedia
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