ABBA have released Just A Notion - the third track from their upcoming November 5 comeback album, Voyage.
The iconic Swedish pop group - comprising Agnetha Faltskog, 71, Bjorn Ulvaeus, 76, Benny Andersson, 74, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 75 - have followed up their September dual release of I Still Have Faith In You and Don't Shut Me Down, their first new music in almost 40 years with the new track.
The track was originally recorded in September 1978 but didn't make the final cut of their 1979 album Voulez-Vous, with Bjorn admitting it's still a 'mystery' as to why the upbeat tune wasn't included in the final listing.
The songwriter explained: 'Wikipedia says this track was recorded in September 1978, which sounds about right. That puts it in between ABBA the Album and Voulez-Vous, and it would have been included in the latter had we not decided against it. Why did we decide against it? In hindsight, I don't have a clue...
Back again: ABBA have released the third new track, Just A Notion, from their upcoming November 5 comeback album, Voyage
'It's a good song with great vocals. I know that we played it to a publisher in France and a couple of other people we trusted and as far as I can remember they liked it very much. So it's a mystery and will remain a mystery.'
The remastered track features original vocals the four members laid down in 1978, with new drums and guitars.
The Waterloo hitmaker continued: 'Now Benny has recorded a new backing track to which we've added drums and guitars, but all vocals are from the original 1978 tracks.
'In a way, it demonstrates what we plan to do with ABBA Voyage in 2022. There, we will have a live band playing, but all vocals will be from the old recordings. He added: 'Just a Notion is a ridiculously happy song and hopefully it will cheer you up in these dark times!'
Going pop: The Swedish pop icons have followed up their September dual release of I Still Have Faith In You and Don't Shut Me Down, their first new music in almost 40 years
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The Dancing Queen stars have also announced further tickets will be made available for their upcoming avatar tour.
The additional tickets for ABBA Voyage, which will take bookings to December 4 2022, will be on sale from 10am on November 3, two days before the album is released on November 5.
Tickets will be made from abbavoyage.com, with a pre-sale for Amazon UK customers that pre-order a physical format of the new ABBA album available from 10am Monday November 1 and a priority booking window for ABBA Voyage database subscribers from 10am November 2.
Exciting news! Agnetha Fältskog, 71, Björn Ulvaeus, 76, Benny Andersson, 74, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 75 returned last month to announce a revolutionary concert and a brand new album, Voyage
I can still recall...: Björn Ulvaeus, 76, and Benny Andersson, 74, arrived in London to make the announcement, with Björn (left) speaking out about the new single
ABBA will be performing digitally as Abbatars with a live 10-piece band next year as part of the ABBA Voyage run, and Bjorn recently insisted this type of concert means the run could go on forever.
He said: 'Abbatars never tire. They can do 10 shows a day. No private jets. No riders. No worries about voices.'
The band announced their first new songs for 40 YEARS in the form of a studio album and will play a 'greatest hits' tour as digital characters last month.
Björn and Benny were seen arriving in London ahead of making the 'historic' announcement, before appearing during a live interview.
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They're back! ABBA revealed in September they were releasing their first new songs for 40 YEARS in the form of a studio album and will play a 'greatest hits' tour as digital characters
ABBA will release their new album November 5, after the legendary Swedish pop group last put out an album in 1981 when they released The Visitors.
The hitmakers have teamed up with an 850-strong team from Industrial Light & Magic -founded by George Lucas – to create digital versions of themselves for the concert, using months of motion-capture and performance techniques.
ABBA's concert experience will open on May 27 2022 at the ABBA Arena, which is a state-of-the-art 3,000 capacity arena located at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
Mamma Mia, here we go again! The band have been back in the recording studio
Discussing their plan for the tour, Bjorn said: We're here in London to announce our new music, it will take place just behind us in the newly built arena.
Benny: 'I haven't been out there for 40 years! Explaining how the idea came to play, he said: 'First it was two songs, then we said a few others. Then I said, well why don't we just do a whole album.'
'The first song I Still Have Faith In You, I just knew it had to be about us. It's about 'realising that it's inconcievable to be where we are, no imagination could dream it up.
They've still got it! The band have been hard at work writing and recording their first music in nearly four decades
'To release a new album after 40 years and still be the best of friends and enjoying each other's company, total loyalty, who has experienced that? Nobody.'
The concert will feature ABBA's two new tracks, 'I Still Have Faith In You' and 'Don't Shut Me Down', as well as songs from their upcoming album.
The foursome previously said they would never reform despite their huge worldwide popularity, and reaching more than 400 million album sales over 50 years.
Benny and Bjorn later sat down with presenter Zoe Ball to discuss their new album and tour.
'It was suggested to us that we could go tour as digital characters, and we found out that it was possible - it's an old technology. But the version was there to have our digital selves.
Sweet: 'To release a new album after 40 years and still be the best of friends and enjoying each other's company, total loyalty, who has experienced that? Nobody', Benny said.
Singing Queen: Anni-Frid Lyngstad is seen belting out the new singles in the recording studio
Coming soon! The revolutionary new concert will see ABBA performing digitally with a live 10-piece band, in a purpose-built arena in London from May 27, 2022
Voyage! The Band are set to release their new album titled Voyage- which will be released in November
Benny added: 'We wanted to do it before we were dead! The only problem is we had to shave our beards - I've had a beard for 50 years -
