瑞典國寶［ABBA］＆美國天后［瑪丹娜］與台灣巨星［高凌風］的交集──迪斯可經典──〔Gimme Gimme Gimme(A Man After Midnight)〕

〔Gimme Gimme Gimme (a Man After Midnight) 〕
Half past twelve
And I'm watching the late show in my flat all alone
How I hate to spend the evening on my own
Autumn winds
Blowing outside the window as I look around the room
And it makes me so depressed to see the phone
There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Movie stars
Find the end of the rainbow, with that fortune to win
It's so different from the world I'm living in
Tired of T.V.
I open the window and I gaze into the night
But there's nothing there to see, no one in sight
There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight...
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight...

There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase these shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

他們是第一組獲得世界性成功的歐陸流行團體

也是７０年代全球唱片銷售量最高的團體　

１９７４年ABBA以一曲〔Waterloo〕登上英國榜冠軍　受到廣大矚目

１９７５年他們的事業極速起飛　征服了全球歌迷（除了美國市場　他們的成績在此並不算頂尖）

１９７９年秋天　ABBA推出第二張精選輯〔Greatest Vol. ２〕

先發單曲是〔Gimme Gimme Gimme(A Man After Midnight)〕

這首輕快的迪斯可舞曲旋即風迷各地

分別登上法國　瑞士　比利時　芬蘭　愛爾蘭冠軍

挪威亞軍　英國＃３　德國＃３　澳洲＃８　紐西蘭＃１５　瑞典＃１６

〔Gimme Gimme Gimme(A Man After Midnight)〕也成為他們在日本最成功的單曲　拿到Oricon綜合榜＃１７　國際榜冠軍

美國則沒發行
８０年代台灣的青蛙王子高凌風還將它翻唱成中文版〔惱人的秋風〕

記得小時候似乎有聽過　但當時沒幾歲　所以無強烈印象

２００５年　西洋歌壇女皇瑪丹娜（Madonna）也取樣〔Gimme Gimme Gimme(A Man After Midnight)〕的前奏在她的世界暢銷曲〔Hung Up／心神不寧〕

相信聽到當她頂著法拉頭　穿著韻律裝　隨著那熟悉的旋律翩然起舞時

應該喚起很多３／４／５／６級生的記憶吧
推薦這首狄斯可經典給喜歡復古舞曲的人

ABBA〔Gimme Gimme Gimme(A Man After Midnight)〕

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEjLoHdbVeE

高凌風〔惱人的秋風〕

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cay6e3oClVE

Madonna〔Hung Up〕

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ00O6GL8Rg