Does Your Mother Know
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| "Does Your Mother Know" | ||||||||
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| Single by ABBA | ||||||||
| from the album Voulez-Vous | ||||||||
| B-side | "Kisses of Fire" | |||||||
| Released | April 1979 | |||||||
| Format | 7" single | |||||||
| Recorded | 6 February 1979 at Polar Music Studios | |||||||
| Genre | Pop rock, disco | |||||||
| Length | 3:15 | |||||||
| Label | Polar (Sweden) Epic (UK) | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus | |||||||
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"Does Your Mother Know" (working title: "I Can Do It") is a song recorded in 1979 by Swedish pop group ABBA and was the second single to be released from their album Voulez-Vous. The B-side was "Kisses of Fire", also taken from the album.
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[show]History[edit]
"Does Your Mother Know" was recorded in February 1979 and released as a single in April of that year. Written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the song is something of a pastiche to 1950s/early 1960s-style rock and roll and touches on the subject of a man responding to the flirting of a much younger girl.
"Does Your Mother Know" deviated from the typical 'ABBA at their most famous' formula, in that the lead vocals were sung not by the female vocalists (Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad) as was usually the case, but by Björn Ulvaeus. This was one of the few ABBA singles to feature Ulvaeus as the sole lead vocal, along with 'Rock Me'.
The track originally featured a 30-second instrumental introduction which was ultimately cut from the recording. A session in late March 1979 saw the addition of Benny's characteristic synthesizer introduction, as well as work on the backing track that turned a boogie rock stomper into a disco track.
Reception[edit]
"Does Your Mother Know" was another sizable ABBA hit, hitting No. 1 in Belgium and reaching the top 5 in Great Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands. It was also a top 10 hit in Australia, Canada, Germany, Rhodesia and Switzerland.
Allmusic reviewer Donald A. Guarisco said in a review of the song that "ABBA's recording balances the song's rock elements with dance music touches to create an intriguing dance/rock hybrid" and that its "macho feel is enhanced by a rockabilly-styled melody that flowers into a swinging chorus".[1]
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