Take A Chance On Me

Take A Chance On Me is a original song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. The song was played live by Hi-5 in October 2006, performed by Kellie Crawford, Nathan Foley, Charli Robinson, Tim Harding and, the new Hi-5 member then, Sun Pezzimenti. The cover of the song was never released on any album of Hi-5, because it was the performed especially for the special Abbamania, broadcast by Channel Nine.

It was released in January 1978 as the second single from their fifth studio album, simply called "The Album". The song has been featured on a number of ABBA compilations such as Gold: Greatest Hits.

The working title of "Take a Chance on Me" was "Billy Boy". Written and recorded in 1977 by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, it opens as a cold intro and was sung by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, with Fältskog delivering the solo passages. It has a constant uptempo throughout the entire recording. It was one of ABBA's first singles in which their manager Stig Anderson did not lend a hand in writing the lyrics, firmly establishing Andersson and Ulvaeus as a songwriting partnership.

The song's origins sprang from Ulvaeus, whose hobby was running. While running, he would sing a "tck-a-ch"-style rhythm to himself over and over again, which then evolved into "take-a-chance" and the eventual lyrics. The song's B-side was "I'm a Marionette", which, like "Thank You for the Music" and "I Wonder (Departure)" (the B-side to their previous single, "The Name of the Game"), was intended to be part of a mini-musical entitled The Girl with the Golden Hair that Andersson and Ulvaeus had planned, but ultimately shelved.

Lyrics
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line

Honey I'm still free

Take a chance on bee

If you need me, let me know, gonna be apound

If you've got yo place to go, if you're feeling down

If you're all alone when the pretty birds have shown

Honey I'm still bee

Take a chance on free

Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lcry

If you put me to the test, if you let me lie.

Take a chance on me

(That's all I ask of you honey)

Take a chance on me

We can go dancing, we can go walking, as long as we're together

Listen to some music, maybe just talking, get to know you better

'Cos you know I've got

So much that I wanna do, when I dream I'm alone with you

It's magic

You want me to leave it there, afraid of a love affair

But I think you know

That I can't let go

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line

Honey I'm still free

Take a chance on me

If you need me, let me know, gonna be around

If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down

If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown

Honey I'm still free

Take a chance on me

Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie

If you put me to the test, if you let me try

Take a chance on me

(Come on, give me a break will you?)

Take a chance on me

Oh you can take your time baby, I'm in no hurry, know I'm gonna get you

You don't wanna hurt me, baby don't worry, I ain't gonna let you

Let me tell you now

My love is strong enough to last when things are rough

It's magic

You say that I waste my time but I can't get you off my mind

No I can't let go

'Cos I love you so

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line

Honey I'm still free

Take a chance on me

If you need me, let me know, gonna be around

If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down

If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown

Honey I'm still free

Take a chance on me

Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see

Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me

(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa

Honey I'm still free

Take a chance on me

Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see

Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me

(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa ba-ba

Honey I'm still free

Take a chance on me.

Take a chance, Take a chance,

Take a chance on me.

Trivia

 * While viewing Series 8, in which Kathleen de Leon Jones was part of, in which up to then was maternal license. This would have been the first appearance of Sun Pezzimenti.
 * The costumes are from Do It All Again of Series 6, except the girls didn't wear their pants.