"I'm a Marionette" is a song recorded by the Swedish pop group

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from their fifth album, '' ABBA: The Album''. Written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, the song was originally part of a mini-musical called ''

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'' that ABBA performed on the 1977 concert tours of Europe and Australia. The other songs in the "mini-musical" were " Thank You for the Music", "

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" and "Get on the Carousel". With the exception of the last track, studio versions of these appeared on the 1977 ABBA album. "I'm a Marionette" was the

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of " Take a Chance on Me", when it was released as a single. The live version of the song can be found on ABBA: the Movie In 2013, Swedish heavy metal band

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released a cover of the song as the B-side of their single " Secular Haze", and later included it on the deluxe and Japanese editions of their album ''

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''. It was also featured on their 2013 covers EP '' If You Have Ghost''.

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{{Authority control 1977 songs 1978 singles ABBA songs Art rock songs Polar Music singles Progressive rock songs Songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus