On Aug. 9 fans who pre-ordered Cher's anticipated album of ABBA covers, due to be released on Sept. 28, received access to her cover of the band's 1979 classic "Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)." Now that it's out there in the wild, a musical mashup with Madonna's 2005 "Hung Up" has listeners admiring the combination of the GRAMMY-winning divas as an inevitable treat to be enjoyed while they impatiently wait for Sept. 28.
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"Hung Up" was the first track of Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor, sampling "Gimme! Gimme! …" which started humbly as a B-side to a single released from ABBA's 1979 album Voulez-Vous and then grew into an international hit.
In the 2008 movie Mamma Mia!, Amanda Seyfried memorably performed "Gimme! Gimme! …" as a solo. Cher's upcoming album is emerging from fans' excitement surrounding this summer's sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, in which Cher plays the supporting role of Ruby Sheridan. Kudos to Alex Simpson for having performed the delicate sonic surgery that has a growing audience of listeners convinced this was fate.
