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Take a Chance on Me

song written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus; originally recorded by ABBA and released in 1977
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Take a Chance on Me

Summary

Take a Chance on Me is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (591 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Take a Chance on Me's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Take a Chance on Me's composer is recorded as Benny Andersson[4].
  • Take a Chance on Me's composer is recorded as Björn Ulvaeus[5].
  • Take a Chance on Me's genre is Europop[6].
  • Take a Chance on Me's based on is recorded as Billy Boy[7].
  • Take a Chance on Me was produced by Benny Andersson[8].
  • Among the performers on Take a Chance on Me was ABBA[9].
  • Among the performers on Take a Chance on Me was ABBA[10].
  • Take a Chance on Me was performed by ABBA[11].
  • Take a Chance on Me was performed by A-Teens[12].
  • Take a Chance on Me was performed by Jenny Galloway[13].
  • Take a Chance on Me was performed by Dalasinfoniettan[14].
  • Among the performers on Take a Chance on Me was Julie Walters[15].
  • Take a Chance on Me's record label is recorded as Polar[16].
  • Take a Chance on Me's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[17].
  • Take a Chance on Me's language of work or name is recorded as English[18].
  • Take a Chance on Me was released on January 1978[19].
  • Take a Chance on Me's lyricist is recorded as Benny Andersson[20].
  • Take a Chance on Me's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Take a Chance on Me'}[21].
  • Take a Chance on Me's has melody is recorded as Billy Boy[22].
  • Take a Chance on Me's working title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Billy Boy'}[23].
  • Take a Chance on Me's derivative work is recorded as Tänk, det känns som vi[24].
  • Take a Chance on Me's modified version of is recorded as Billy Boy[25].
  • Take a Chance on Me's form of creative work is recorded as song[26].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[27]

  • Genre(s): disco, downtempo, electronic, europop, pop[28]

  • Community tags: disco, downtempo, electronic, europop, pop[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d08f2028-1076-30af-9fea-e97e66d1690e[30]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include ABBA[9], A-Teens[12], Jenny Galloway[13], Dalasinfoniettan[14], and Julie Walters[15]. Take a Chance on Me was produced by Benny Andersson[8].

Publication

Take a Chance on Me was released on January 1978[19]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[18]. Its genre is Europop[6].

Why It Matters

Take a Chance on Me ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (591 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Julie Walters

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → ABBA, ABBA, ABBA +4
    Form of creative work → song
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