Released: February 19, 1973
Songwriter: Stig Anderson Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Phil Cody Neil Sedaka
Producer: Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson
[Verse 1]
I was sitting by the phone
I was waiting all alone
Baby by myself I sit and wait and wonder about you
It's a dark and dreary night
Seems like nothing's going right
Won't you tell me honey how can I go on here without you?
[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, I'm down and feeling blue
And I don't know what to do, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all
Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall
And I sit all alone impatiently
Won't you please understand the need in me
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
[Verse 2]
You were here and now you're gone
Hey, did I do something wrong?
I just can't believe that I could be so badly mistaken
Was it me or was it you?
Tell me, are we really through?
Won't you hear me cry and you will know that my heart is breaking
[Pre-Chorus]
Please forgive and then forget
Or maybe darling better yet, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all
Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall
And I sit all alone impatiently
Won't you please understand the need in me
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
[Outro]
Oh-oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Oh-oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a...
I was sitting by the phone
I was waiting all alone
Baby by myself I sit and wait and wonder about you
It's a dark and dreary night
Seems like nothing's going right
Won't you tell me honey how can I go on here without you?
[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, I'm down and feeling blue
And I don't know what to do, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all
Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall
And I sit all alone impatiently
Won't you please understand the need in me
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
[Verse 2]
You were here and now you're gone
Hey, did I do something wrong?
I just can't believe that I could be so badly mistaken
Was it me or was it you?
Tell me, are we really through?
Won't you hear me cry and you will know that my heart is breaking
[Pre-Chorus]
Please forgive and then forget
Or maybe darling better yet, oh-oh
[Chorus]
Ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all
Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall
And I sit all alone impatiently
Won't you please understand the need in me
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
[Outro]
Oh-oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
So, ring, ring, why don't you give me a call?
Oh-oh, ring, ring, why don't you give me a...
more tracks from the album
Waterloo (The Complete Studio Recordings Edition)
- Waterloo
- Ring Ring [U.S. Remix]
- Waterloo (German Version)
- Waterloo [Swedish Version]
- Waterloo [French Version]
- Honey, Honey [Swedish Version]
- Watch Out
- What About Livingstone?
- Suzy Hang-Around
- Sitting in the Palmtree
- My Mama Said
- King Kong Song
- Honey, Honey
- Hasta Mañana [Spanish Version]
- Hasta Mañana
- Gonna Sing You My Lovesong
- Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)
- Ring Ring [U.K. Remix]
From the albums
ABBA popular songs
- Mamma Mia
- Dancing Queen
- The Winner Takes It All
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Super Trouper
- Fernando
- One of Us
- Waterloo
- Lay All Your Love on Me
- Chiquitita
- Andante, Andante
- Don’t Shut Me Down
- Slipping Through My Fingers
- Money, Money, Money
- Voulez-Vous
- When I Kissed the Teacher
- Happy New Year
- Thank You for the Music
- Why Did It Have to Be Me?
- My Love, My Life
- Chiquitita (Spanish Version)
- S.O.S.
- The Name of the Game
- Does Your Mother Know