"Move On" (working titles: "Yippee Yay", "Big John", "Joanne", "Love for Me Is Love Forever") is a

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song recorded by the

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music group

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for their 1977 release, '' ABBA: The Album''. The lead vocals were performed by

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in the spoken first verse and by

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in the second and third verses. The Spanish version of "Move On", "Al Andar" (or "El Andar"), was recorded in January 1980 for ABBA's Spanish language album ''

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'' with Spanish lyrics by Buddy and Mary McCluskey.

Cover versions

* In 1982,

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used a cover by an uncredited artist for a TV commercial in Germany to promote the Gard shampoo brand. * A cover by heavy metal artist

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is included on his 2005 album '' Holy Hell'' with additional vocals by

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singer

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, lead singer of the

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band

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References

External links

abba-world.net
ABBA songs 1970s ballads 1977 songs Pop ballads {{1970s-song-stub