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What About Livingstone?ABBA

Released: March 4, 1974

Songwriter: Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson

Producer: Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus

[Verse 1]
Went to buy me a paper at the local newsstand
And then I heard them laugh and say
"Look, they're gonna go flying way up to the moon now
Hey, what's it good for anyway?"

[Pre-Chorus]
So I said, "Fellas, like to ask you a thing if I may"

[Chorus]
What about Livingstone?
What about all those men
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way?
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
Travelling up the Nile
Putting themselves on test
Didn't that help the rest?
Wasn't it worth it then?
What about Livingstone?

[Verse 2]
And all of those fellas at the local newsstand
Didn't know what to answer or what to say
So I told them about him, that he was just like
One of those spacemen in his way

[Pre-Chorus]
And if you laugh at them, then there's only a thing I can say

[Chorus]
What about Livingstone?
What about all those men
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way?
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
Travelling up the Nile
Putting themselves on test
Didn't that help the rest?
Wasn't it worth it then?

[Chorus]
What about Livingstone? (Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
What about all those men (Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way?
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while (Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
Travelling up the Nile (Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
Putting themselves on test
Didn't that help the rest? (Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
Wasn't it worth it then?

[Outro]
What about Livingstone? (Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
What about all those men (Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way?

ABBA

ABBA are one of the greatest pop outfits in history. Their blend of lush orchestrations and light, bouncy europop was both unique and commercially appealing, taking much of the world by storm.

The band name is a member-centric acronym – Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

Their meteoric rise was sparked by their famed Eurovision performance of original song “Waterloo”, which caused them to win the 1974 competition in Sweden.

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