"När du tar mig i din famn" (When You Take Me in Your Arms) is a song composed by

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 ...

, and lyrics by

Ingela Forsman Ingela Birgitta "Pling" Forsman (born 26 August 1950 in , Sweden) is a Swedish lyricist in popular music. As a student Forsman attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. 1981–2009, 33 of her songs have competed in the Swedish ...

, and originally recorded by Agnetha Fältskog for her 1979 compilation album ''

Tio år med Agnetha ''Tio år med Agnetha'' (Ten Years With Agnetha) is a 1979 compilation album by Swedish pop singer Agnetha Fältskog, one of the members of ABBA. The album, released when ABBA's international career was at its peak, features the most successful S ...

'', released on CBS Cupol, as well as released as a single in April the same year. It charted at

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing on Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982–1985. In the years leading up to the January 20 ...

for 10 weeks between 10 November 1979 – 27 January 1980, a stay which included the song topping the chart. In 1981, Agnetha Fältskog recorded a demo version in English, entitled "The Queen of Hearts". In 1998, it was released as a single to promote the 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 ...

'' from the same year. The single peaked at #53 in the Swedish Singles Chart. "The Queen of Hearts" was therefore licensed from

Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the ...

Entertainment Sweden, which had since acquired CBS Cupol, for the 1998 single release by Polar Music. The promo single release included only the single track. One commercial release also included the song "Eyes of a Woman" from the 1985 album of the same name, and another single release included those two tracks as well as the songs " One Way Love" and " I Won't Let You Go," also from the 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 ...

''.

Charts

Other recordings

The song was covered by

Matz Bladhs Matz Bladhs is a Swedish dansband formed in Falkenberg in 1968. Members ;Conductor *Niclas Olén ;Vocals *Hans Schmid (1981–1983) *Göran Lindberg (1983–1991) *Paul Sahlin (1991–2004) *Göran Lindberg (2004–2010) *Conny Nilsson (2010� ...

on the 1990 album '' Leende dansmusik 90'' and

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on the 1990 album '' Spanska ögon''. In 1997, the song was recorded by Lotta Engbergs on the album '' Tolv i topp'' while in 2008, it was recorded by Drifters on the album '' Tycker om dig: Svängiga låtar från förr''

Getty Kaspers Gertrude "Getty" Kaspers (born 5 March 1948) is an Austrian-born Dutch singer. She was the lead vocalist of the Dutch band Teach-In, with which she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 for the song " Ding-a-dong". Career Early career Kas ...

, former lead vocalist of the Dutch band and fellow

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winners

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, recorded a version of the song in Dutch, titled "De Eerste Liefde Is Een Feest" (The first love is a feast). Vietnamese singer Mỹ Tâm recorded Hãy Tha Thứ Cho em (Please forgive me).

References

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