"It's So Nice to Be Rich" is a song by

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

singer

Agnetha Fältskog Agneta Åse Fältskog (born 5 April 1950), known as Agnetha Fältskog (), is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 self-titled debut album. She later achieved internatio ...

from the soundtrack to the 1983 Swedish movie ''P & B'', starring

Stellan Skarsgård Stellan Skarsgård (, ; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier appearing in ''Breaking the Waves'' (1996), ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), ''Dogville'' (2007), ''Melancholia'' (2011 ...

Allan Edwall Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as ''Fanny and Alexander'' (198 ...

and

Lill Lindfors Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors (born 12 May 1940) is a Swedish singer who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s. Career She was born in Helsinki, Finland, and made her debut as a revue actress in Uddevalla in 1960. The following year she ...

among others. Since the song was not included on Fältskog's 1985 album ''

Eyes of a Woman ''Eyes of a Woman'' is the second English-language solo studio album by Swedish singer and former ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, and her eighth studio album overall. It was released in March 1985. Background The album was recorded in the Polar ...

'', the first time the song appeared on an album was the 1996 compilation album '' My Love, My Life''.

History

The song was written by actor and comedian

Hans Alfredson Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their p ...

and jazz musician and pianist

Gunnar Svensson Gunnar Svensson (27 June 1956 – 31 January 2020) was a Swedish people, Swedish ice hockey player, Coach (ice hockey), head coach and sports agent. During his playing career Svensson played for Örnsköldsvik and IF Björklöven. He began his c ...

. It was produced and arranged by

Rutger Gunnarsson Johan Rutger Gunnarsson (12 February 1946 – 30 April 2015) was a Swedish musician, bass guitarist, guitarist, arranger and producer. He was closely associated with the pop group ABBA. Career Gunnarsson grew up in Ledberg parish. His career began ...

, engineered by Lennart Östlund and recorded at

Polar Studios Polar Studios was a recording studio in Stockholm, Sweden, which operated from 1978 through 2004. The studio was formed by ABBA musicians Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and the band's manager Stig Anderson, owner of the Polar Music recording ...

in Stockholm, Sweden.

The single

"It's So Nice to Be Rich" was released as a single in Sweden in December 1983 and it reached number 8 on the Swedish singles chart in February 1984. It was the only Agnetha Fältskog single to chart in Sweden in 1984. The next single to be released by Fältskog was the 1985 " I Won't Let You Go". The B-side "P & B" was also featured in the movie.

Alternative version

The version of "It's So Nice To Be Rich" included on Fältskog's compilation album ''

That's Me "That's Me", originally "Coachman's Farm", is a song recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA in 1976. It was released as a single in Japan in July 1977 as the fourth and final single from the album '' Arrival'' album. It reached number 75 on the ...

'' in 1998 is a previously unreleased edit in mono, sourced from the movie ''P & B'', as the stereo master tape seems to be lost forever so a vinyl rip of the single was used for the 2005 remaster of ''

Wrap Your Arms Around Me ''Wrap Your Arms Around Me'' is the first English-language solo studio album by Swedish singer and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, and her seventh studio album overall. It was released by Polar Music on 31 May 1983 and was produced by Mike Chapman ...

''.Agnetha Fältskog - It's So Nice to Be Rich

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Chart positions

References

1983 singles Agnetha Fältskog songs 1983 songs Polar Music singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub