"One of Us" | ||||
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Single by ABBA | ||||
from the album The Visitors | ||||
B-side | "Should I Laugh or Cry" | |||
Released | 7 December 1981 (Sweden) 4 December 1981 (UK)[1] February 1983 (US) | |||
Recorded | 21 October 1981 | |||
Studio | Polar Music Studios | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:55 | |||
Label | Polar (Sweden) Epic (UK) Atlantic (US) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus | |||
Producer(s) | Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Abba - One Of Us (Official Music Video)" on YouTube | ||||
Lyric video | ||||
"ABBA - One Of Us (Official Lyric Video)" on YouTube |
"One of Us" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in December 1981 by Polar Music as the lead single from the band's eighth studio album, The Visitors (1981). Written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, who also produced it, the song has lead vocals by Agnetha Fältskog and is about a woman trying to revive a relationship she had ended. It would become ABBA's last major hit for 40 years, and the last No. 1 single of their career, topping the charts in Belgium, Denmark, West Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. "One of Us" was also a top-10 hit in countries like Austria, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. In the US, where it was released in 1983, it only charted on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number 107 and 33, respectively. The music video for the song was directed by Lasse Hallström, featuring Fältskog as a woman moving into her new house. "One of Us" has since been covered by Pandora in 1995, A-Teens in 1999 and Cher in 2018.