nina, pretty ballerina

Every day in the morning
on her way to the office
you can see her as she catches a train
just a face among a million faces
just another woman with no name
not the girl you’d remember
but she’s still something special
if you knew her I am sure you’d agree
’cause I know she’s got a little secret
Friday evening she turns out to be:

Nina, pretty ballerina
now she is the queen of the dancing floor
this is the moment she’s waited for
just like Cinderella
Nina, pretty ballerina
who would ever think she could be this way
this is the part that she likes to play
but she knows the fun would go away
if she would play it every day

So she’s back every morning
to her work at the office
and another week to live in a dream
and another row of early mornings
in an almost never-ending stream
doesn’t talk very often
kind of shy and uncertain
everybody seems to think she’s a bore
but they wouldn’t know her little secret
what her Friday night would have in store

Nina, pretty ballerina
now she is the queen of the dancing floor
this is the moment she’s waited for
just like Cinderella
Nina, pretty ballerina
who would ever think she could be this way
this is the part that she likes to play
she would like to play it every day

he is your brother

I was a fighter always looking for trouble
and my life was so empty
there was nothing left to live for
but then it happened one night
as I got into a fight
I could hear someone saying
as though he was praying: “ah –

Treat him well, he is your brother
you might need his help one day
we depend on one another
love him that’s the only way
on the road that we’re going
we all need words of comfort and compassion
treat him well, he is your brother
love him that’s the only way”

I was a woman never thinking of others
and my life was so lonely
didn’t care for anybody
but then I happened to meet
a begging man in the street
as I turned down his praying
I heard someone saying: “ah –

Treat him well, he is your brother
you might need his help one day
we depend on one another
love him that’s the only way
on the road that we’re going
we all need words of comfort and compassion
treat him well, he is your brother
love him that’s the only way”

© Copyright 1973 for the world by Universal/Union Songs AB, Stockholm, Sweden. All rights reserved.

LA CANCION:

"Nina, Hermosa Bailarina" es el quinto sencillo de ABBA y el primer sencillo emitido en formato de registro 12" vinilo en 1973 para promover su primer álbum Ring Ring, que coincidió con el estreno de este sencillo. El lado B del sencillo presentaba ya el conocido hit "Él Es Tu Hermano", que surco los charts durante las primeras transativas de ABBA para posicionarse en la carrera musical.

El tema fue escrito por los dos creadores de ABBA, Benny Andersson y Björn Ulvaeus, y producido por el ingeniero musical Michael B. Tretow, utilizando a través de su "sistema de sonido de pared" característico de ABBA, musica de baile de tipo cabaret, para contar la historia de "Nina", una timida, trabajolica y desconocida mujer de oficina, que se transforma cada Viernes, en una bailarina hermosa y resplandeciente, y que sorprende a todos tal cual Cenicienta.

Las dos feminas- Agnetha y Frida- del grupo comparten las voces principales sobre esta grabación. La canción aparecería posteriormente en varios compilados de ABBA, incluido "Greatest Hits Vol I", "Music Still Goes On" "The Millenium Collection".

El sencillo alcanzó rápidamente las cabezas de los charts en países como Austria, Francia, Paises Bajos y Filipinas

Carletera (1973): Posiciòn
UK-30; Austria-1; France-1; Netherland-1; Norway-2; Philippines-1; Sweden-3