| On and On and On | |
| Cover: | ABBA - On And On And On (Australia).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | ABBA |
| Album: | Super Trouper |
| Released: | September 1980 |
| Recorded: | 1980 |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 3:40 |
| Label: | Polar |
| Producer: | Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus |
| Prev Title: | The Winner Takes It All |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Super Trouper |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"On and On and On" is a pop song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released as a single in a limited number of countries in 1980 as the second single from their seventh studio album, Super Trouper.
The track, which had the working titles "Esses vad det svänger när man spelar jazz" (roughly translated as "God Almighty How it Swings When You're Playing Jazz") and "'Til the Night is Gone", was released as a single in a few countries, namely Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Japan and the United States. The B-side in Australia and Japan was "The Piper"; in Argentina and Canada it was "Our Last Summer", and in the US it was "Lay All Your Love on Me"—all of which were also taken from the Super Trouper album.
"On and On and On" peaked at No. 9 in Australia, making it the 15th (and final) ABBA single to reach the Top 10 in that country. Although the song only managed to reach No. 90 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, its inclusion on a 12-inch single with the songs "Super Trouper" and "Lay All Your Love on Me" merits all three songs as having reached No. 1 on the American dance chart in May 1981.
An early mix of the song was used in the accompanying music video, but not released on record in stereo until 2011 on the Super Trouper Deluxe CD, and it features an extra verse:
"Standing up is scary if you think you're gonna fall /
Like a Humpty-Dumpty 'fraid of falling off your wall /
I say if you ever wanna know what's going on /
Gotta keep on rocking baby, 'till the night is gone..."
For the first time since ABBA made music videos, the clip for "On and On and On" did not feature any live movement from the group. Instead, a photo montage was made from their Las Vegas concert during their 1979 United States tour which attempted to match the action of the photos with the song.
The track is in the Mixolydian mode.
Record World said it was a "tasty, harmless, pop confection" and suggested that listeners "bounce, clap and smile along to [ABBA's] latest morsel."[1]
ABBA
| Charts (1980–81) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 9 | |
| France (SNEP) | 7 | |
| Japan (Oricon) | 24 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 90 | |
| US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) | 1 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 84 |
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