The Day Before You Came - the single

The single "The Day Before You Came" b/w "Cassandra" was released on 8  October 1982. The release of "The Day Before You Came" was a big surprise for ABBA fans by that time. Completely different tune to the previous ABBA singles full of melancholy, sounding a bit computer-mechanically with Agnetha's sad voice and Frida in background vocals far away. Completely surprising and different even because of its length of 5.50 - only 1 second shorter than ABBA's longest song ever recorded "Eagle" (5.51). After the first hearing of the song everybody thought that it was not the same ABBA who performed "Dancing Queen" or "Voulez-Vous" or "Head Over Heals" only 10 months earlier - it was ABBA who tried to say good-bye to their fans even if all four members denied it strongly in the UK TV show "The Late Late Breakfast Show" one month later. The autumn 1982 was dark and rainy and hearing "The Day Before You Came" on the radio chart was a very special moment which many old ABBA fans still remember. The B-side song "Cassandra" featuring Frida in lead-vocals was much more typical ABBA song in the same style as "Fernando" and "Chiquitita".

Ez a kislemez 1982 okt�ber�ben jelent meg. A The day before you came c. dal megjelen�se nagy meglepet�s volt a rajong�k sz�m�ra. Teljesen m�s hangz�s� volt mint az eddig megszokott Abba hangz�s. Miut�n el�sz�r volt hallhat� mindenki azt hihette ez nem ugyanaz az Abba egy�ttes, aki a Dancing queen-t �nekelte, vagy 10 h�nappal el�bb  a Head over heels c. sz�mot. Ez az az Abba volt aki pr�b�lt b�cs�t inteni  rajong�inak, ahogy azt meg is tett�k a Late late breakfast show-ban. Erre a dalra minden rajong� nagyon j�l eml�kszik �s a k�l�nleges pillanatra is. A lemez B oldal�n tal�lhat� Cassandra Frida sz�l�j�val tipikus Abba dal pont olyan st�lusban mint a Fernando vagy a Chiquitita.