Benny Andersson was born in 1946 outside of Stockholm, Sweden. His father and grandfather both being musicians, Benny was introduced to the accordion at an early age. With little patience for conventional music lessons, Benny is known to pick up just about any instrument and play it with ease. After he left high school...See full bio »
2013ABBA: Bang a Boomerang
(documentary)
(writer: "Bang-A-Boomerang", "Waterloo", "I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do", "Mamma Mia", "Dancing Queen", "Fernando", "Hasta Manana", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight", "Money Money Money", "When All Is Said And Done", "As Good As New", "Kisses Of Fire", "The Winner Takes It All", "So Long", "Why Did It Have To Be Me", "Tiger")
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Live Show 8
(2012)
(writer: "Mamma Mia" - uncredited, "The Winner Takes It All" - uncredited, "I Have a Dream" - uncredited, "SOS" - uncredited, "Fernando" - uncredited)
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Live Show 5
(2012)
(writer: "Hung Up/Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight" - uncredited)
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Chess in Concert
(2009)
(writer: "Prologue", "Global TV Fanfare", "Chess Game #1", "Chess Game #2", "Golden Bangkok" / music: "The Story of Chess", "Merano / What a Scene! What a Joy", "Commie Newspapers", "Press Conference", "Molokov and Anatoly", "Where I Want to Be", "Difficult and Dangerous Times", "The Arbiter", "Hymn to Chess", "The Merchandisers", "The Arbiter" Reprise, "Quartet A Model of Decorum and Tranquility", "Florence and Molokov", "1956 - Budapest is Rising", "Nobody's Side", "Mountain Duet", "Florence Quits", "Pity the Child #1", "Embassy Lament", "Heaven Help My Heart", "Anatoly and the Press", "Anthem", "One Night in Bangkok", "One More Opponent", "You and I", "The Soviet Machine", "The Interview", "Someone Else's Story", "The Deal No Deal", "Pity the Child #2", "I Know Him So Well", "Talking Chess", "Endgame #1", "Endgame #2", "Endgame #3" / "Chessgame #3", "You and I" Reprise, "Walter and Florence", "Anthem" reprise)
2008Mamma Mia!
(writer: "I Have A Dream", "Honey, Honey", "Money, Money, Money", "Mamma Mia", "Chiquitita", "Super Trouper", "Dancing Queen", "Our Last Summer", "Lay All Your Love On Me", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight", "Voulez-Vous", "SOS", "Does Your Mother Know", "Slipping Through My Fingers", "The Winner Takes It All", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "When All Is Said And Done", "Take A Chance On Me", "Waterloo", "Thank You For The Music")
2002ABBA: The Definitive Collection
(video)
(writer: "Waterloo", "Ring Ring", "Mamma Mia", "SOS", "Bang-a-Boomerang", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Fernando", "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "That's Me", "The Name of the Game", "Take a Chance on Me", "Eagle", "One Man, One Woman", "Thank You For the Music", "Summer Night City", "Chiquitita", "Does Your Mother Know", "Voulez-Vous", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "On and On and On", "The Winner Takes It All", "Super Trouper", "Happy New Year", "When All Is Said And Done", "One Of Us", "Head Over Heels", "The Day Before You Came", "Under Attack", "When I Kissed The Teacher", "Estoy Soñando I Have A Dream - Spanish Version", "Felicidad Happy New Year - Spanish Version", "No Hay A Quien Culpar When All Is Said And Done - Spanish Version", "Dancing Queen At The Royal Swedish Opera" / performer: "Waterloo", "Ring Ring", "Mamma Mia", "SOS", "Bang-a-Boomerang", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", "Fernando", "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "That's Me", "The Name of the Game", "Take a Chance on Me", "Eagle", "One Man, One Woman", "Thank You For the Music", "Summer Night City", "Chiquitita", "Does Your Mother Know", "Voulez-Vous", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "On and On and On", "The Winner Takes It All", "Super Trouper", "Happy New Year", "When All Is Said And Done", "One Of Us", "Head Over Heels", "The Day Before You Came", "Under Attack", "When I Kissed The Teacher", "Estoy Soñando I Have A Dream - Spanish Version", "Felicidad Happy New Year - Spanish Version", "No Hay A Quien Culpar When All Is Said And Done - Spanish Version", "Dancing Queen At The Royal Swedish Opera")
1980ABBA in Concert
(TV special)
(writer: "Waterloo", "Take a Chance on Me", "Voulez-Vous", "Chiquitita", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Knowing Me Knowing You", "Summer Night City", "Dancing Queen", "Does Your Mother Know", "Hole In Your Soul", "Thank You For the Music", "I Have a Dream Unedited Live Version", "Eagle" / performer: "Take a Chance on Me", "Voulez-Vous", "Chiquitita", "I Have a Dream", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "Knowing Me Knowing You", "Summer Night City", "Dancing Queen", "Does Your Mother Know", "Hole In Your Soul", "The Way Old Friends Do", "Thank You For the Music", "I Have a Dream Unedited Live Version", "Eagle")
1978Olivia
(TV special)
(writer: "Fernando", "Take A Chane On Me", "Thank You For The Music")
1977ABBA: The Movie
(documentary)
(writer: "Dancing Queen", "When I Kissed The Teacher", "Money, Money, Money", "Why Did It Have To Be Me", "Tiger", "Fernando", "Ring Ring", "Waterloo", "Mamma Mia", "SOS", "Rock Me", "Intermezzo No.1", "I've Been Waiting For You", "So Long", "Eagle", "The Name Of The Game", "Thank You For The Music", "I'm a Marionette", "Hole In Your Soul", "Get On The Carousel", "Please Change Your Mind")
1975A Guy and a Gal
(music: "GONNA SING YOU MY LOVE SONG", "DANCE WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES" / lyrics: "DANCE WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES")
I didn't think this would happen, because we were a pop band, not a rock band. Being a foreigner from the North Pole, this feels really good. (On ABBA's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010)
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