"Take a Chance on Me" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in January 1978 as the second single from their fifth studio album, ABBA: The Album (1977). Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad share the lead vocals on the verses and choruses, with Fältskog singing two bridge sections solo. The song reached the top ten in both the UK and US, and was notably covered by the British band Erasure in 1992.
Take a Chance on Me
ABBA are a Swedish pop supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names arranged as a palindrome. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time, and are one of the best-selling music acts in the history of popular music.
Andersson (second from left) with the Hep Stars
Ulvaeus (foreground) with the Hootenanny Singers
Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, 1976
Agnetha Fältskog at the opening concert of ABBA's European and Australian Tour in Oslo, 28 January 1977