"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 "Agnetha" Fältskog (; born 5 April 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and a former member of the pop group ABBA. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 Agnetha Fältskog (album), self-titled debut alb ...

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

Stellan Skarsgård Stellan John 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'' (2003), ''Melancholia' ...

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'' (1982). ...

and

Lill Lindfors Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors (born 12 May 1940) is a Swedish singer who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s. She and Svante Thuresson performed the song " Nygammal Vals" ("New, yet familiar waltz") as the Swedish entrants in the 196 ...

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

Eyes of a Woman ''Eyes of a Woman'' is the eight studio album, and second English-language solo studio album by Swedish singer and former ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, released on 25 March 1985 and 19 April in the UK. The album sold more than 300,000 copies w ...

'', 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. Born in Malmö, Sweden, he is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their produ ...

and jazz musician and pianist Gunnar Svensson. 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 be ...

, 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 l ...

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 single by Agnetha Fältskog to chart in Sweden in 1984.

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, with " Money, Money, Money" as its B-side in July 1977, as the fourth and final single from the album ''Ar ...

'' 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 seventh studio album, and first English-language album, by Swedish singer and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, first released on 30 May 1983 in the Netherlands, followed by an international release a day later, ...

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

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Retrieved January 6, 2016

Chart positions

References

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