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SKU: A0.1284359
By ABBA. By Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Arranged by Leo Silva. Pop. 2 pages. MP Sheet Music #875531. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1284359)."Chiquitita" was the first single released by the Swedish group ABBA from the album Voulez-Vous.
With the success of the English version, ABBA also recorded a version of the song in Spanish. The song was first released on the album ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos.
"Chiquitita" was performed at UNICEF's 1979 charity event, Music for UNICEF Concert, broadcast worldwide by the United Nations General Assembly. As a result of the event, the group donated half of the song's royalties to UNICEF. To this day, 50% of the proceeds from the song go to UNICEF, in recognition of the International Year of the Child in 1979. In May 2007, "Chiquitita" generated more than SEK 15,000,000 (about 2.5 million dollars).
The song was a hit in several countries: Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland; reached the top 5 in Australia, West Germany, Great Britain, Norway and Sweden, becoming the most successful single from the Voulez-Vous album.
"Chiquitita", was one of the few ABBA singles to be released without a custom-made video. Since then, in the group's video collections, musical television programs have been used. The clip for "Chiquitita" was recorded at the BBC for the Abba in Switzerland show, shown throughout Europe at Easter 1979. In it, the band appears singing the song on a mountain, with a snowman in the background.
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