You Owe Me One

"You Owe Me One"
Single by ABBA
from the album The Visitors
A-side	"Under Attack"[1]
Released	3 December 1982
Format	7"[1]
Genre	Synthpop, Europop
Length	3:28[1]
Label	Polar Music[1]
Writer(s)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus[1]
Producer(s)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus[1]
ABBA singles chronology
"The Day Before You Came" (1982) "Under Attack/You Owe Me One" (1982) "Thank You for the Music" (1983 rerelease)

"You Owe Me One" (working title: "Kamelo"^[2]) is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1982 for their unfinished ninth album. It was released as a B-side for the group's last single — "Under Attack"^[1] and on the 1997 and 2012 remasters of "The Visitors".^[3][4] It was excluded from the 2001 remaster due to the group's songwriters critical attitude towards "You Owe Me One".^[5] The main vocal is performed by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, but Agnetha Fältskog joins in on the chorus.

History

The song's recording sessions started on 3 May 1982.^[6] This single was recorded along with two other ABBA songs — "I Am The City" and "Just Like That". These two songs were kept unreleased until the mid 1990s,^[6] when "Just Like That" was edited and released as a promo single for the "Thank You For The Music" box set^[7] and "I Am The City" was released as a part of the "More Gold: More Hits" album.^[8] It has been noted, that Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus dislike the song due to it being "just a jingle".^[9]

References

1. "You Owe Me One" Netherlands release information
2. "You Owe Me One" on abbaomnibus.net
3. "The Visitors" 1997 release track listing, discogs.com
4. "ABBA – The Visitors Deluxe Edition CD with previously unreleased demo medley", icethesite.com
5. Information about ABBA album remasters
6. "The Visitors" Deluxe Edition liner notes, Carl Mangus Palm
7. "Thank You for the Music" box set promo single's track listing
8. "More ABBA Gold" track listing
9. Carl Mangus Palm (20 February 2014). Abba: Bright Lights Dark Shadows. Music Sales Limited. pp. 686–. ISBN 978-1-78323-049-5.