瑞典天團［阿巴／ABBA］──合成流行／歐洲流行曲──［The Day Before You Came／你來之前的一天］

Must have left my house at eight, because I always do
My train, Im certain, left the station just when it was due
I must have read the morning paper going into town
And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned
I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine
With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed
I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so
The usual place, the usual bunch
And still on top of this Im pretty sure it must have rained
The day before you came

I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two
And at the time I never even noticed I was blue
I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day
Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away
At five I must have left, theres no exception to the rule
A matter of routine, Ive done it ever since I finished school
The train back home again
Undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then
Oh yes, Im sure my life was well within its usual frame
The day before you came

Must have opened my front door at eight oclock or so
And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go
Im sure I had my dinner watching something on TV
Theres not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didnt see
I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten
I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then
I must have read a while
The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style
Its funny, but I had no sense of living without aim
The day before you came

And turning out the light
I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night
And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain
The day before you came

１９８２年５月，瑞典天團阿巴（ABBA）開始製作他們的第九張錄音室專輯，但最終只完成了三首歌曲．

Benny Andersson 和Björn Ulvaeus對這些曲目並不滿意，於是擱置這個項目，轉而製作一張最精選輯：［The Singles: The First Ten Years／單曲：第一個十年］。

這張精選碟於１９８２年１１月發行，收錄樂團十年錄音生涯中的大部分熱門單曲，並包括兩首新曲目：［The Day Before You Came］和［Under Attack］。

［The Singles: The First Ten Years］登上瑞典專輯榜＃２９──２白金唱片

英國榜冠軍──白金唱片（３０萬張）

德國＃５──金唱片（２５萬張）

法國＃６　　比利時冠軍　南非冠軍　

瑞士＃４　紐西蘭＃５　荷蘭＃５，芬蘭＃９

澳洲＃１８──金唱片（２萬張），

挪威＃３３，

２０２４年重新發行：

奧地利＃１２

首支單曲是１９８２年１０月提前發行的［The Day Before You Came／你來之前的一天］

由Benny Andersson 和Björn Ulvaeus創作，並製作成一首合成流行／歐洲流行曲，

走極簡主義，編曲以電子樂器製作．節奏中板，四平八穩．

阿妮塔擔任主唱，弗里達提供背景和聲。兩人聲線並未重疊或協調”，

弗里達採用一種“有趣的新方法”，為阿妮塔的主唱提供「細膩而脆弱」的伴唱。

Björn評論說：「從那首歌裡你可以看出，我們正努力向音樂劇方向發展，因為我們（他和班尼）讓阿妮塔扮演歌中人物的角色」。

［The Day Before You Came］登上瑞典單曲榜＃３

英國榜＃３２

德國＃５，芬蘭＃１

比利時＃３　荷蘭＃３＋３　瑞士＃４　

挪威＃５，愛爾蘭＃１２

奧地利＃１６　西班牙＃２９　澳洲＃４８

１９８２年，阿巴最後一次合體表演，之後等於非公開的實質解散．

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HnOFwqpLRQ

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cAI1QceYM8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh07JBdb_gc

TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJMhLTamqu4