This is a song written by Björn & Benny (Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson of ABBA) for promoting Benny’s Rival hotel in Stockholm. It’s sung and performed by the Rival staff, but Benny can be spotted too. If you have the sight of an eagle you should be able to see Björn in this video too, but only for 2 seconds and you have to look closely to see that it is him.
The song was released on May 2009 and is available on download from among others CDON.com or Bengans.se:
http://downloads.cdon.com/index.phtml?page=product&trackid=58833121
or
http://bengans.cd/Magellan/pages/main.jsp?storeId=10401&pageId=productDisplay&viewId=8489208
There is also a single available for sale. Buy it here:
http://cdon.eu/music/rivals/2nd_best_to_none-4202423
or via the international ABBA fanclub in Holland:
http://www.abbf.nl
Test listen to the song here:
http://api.mds.att-idns.net/xmlserver/samples/9198000-9198999/68102BE3DE428C65E040010A0B067DD8.mp3
Also pay a visit at the Rival Hotel website:
http://www.rival.se/
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Lyrics: (Thanks to ‘WonderfulYou’ & ‘gdecarle’ & ‘SultanAbsinth’)
2ND BEST TO NONE
Sung and performed by: The Rivals
Music: Benny Andersson
Text: Björn Ulvaeus
2nd best to none is a wicked place to be
Seeing no one else ahead of me
I bless my luck, my season in the sun
Still no challenge 2nd best to none
Its good to be your friend
You always say you can trust me to the bitter end
I guess I never said but there are complications
It should be pretty clear
It is to every soul around us
Only not to you it would appear
There has to be a moment when the time is right for revelation
2nd best to none is a wicked place to be
Seeing no one else ahead of me
I bless my luck, my season in the sun
Still no challenge 2nd best to none
Everyone around is a rival to defeat
You dont see them fall, Im too discreet
No sun no light not being number one
Long as I am 2nd best to none
Your arm around my waist
Reminds a fool like me of what Im not allowed to taste
To feel you close is wonderful and devastating
Your hip against my hip
The tightness in my chest each time you take my hand
Ill never lose the grip
I want to blurt it out and yet I hold my tongue
Forever waiting
2nd best to none is a wicked place to be
Seeing no one else ahead of me
I bless my luck, my season in the sun
Still no challenge 2nd best to none
So maybe now tonight as we check in
I notice the bar in this hotel just seems so right
A perfect place for candid talk with no discretion
Fine at last for my confession
2nd best to none is a wicked place to be
Seeing no one else ahead of me
I bless my luck, my season in the sun
Still no challenge 2nd best to none
I want to be your number one
But Im okay with 2nd best to none
Im okay with
2nd best to none
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From BBC news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8038805.stm
ABBA PAIR UNVEIL NEW POP TRACKS
By Ian Youngs
Abba duo Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have unveiled their first new pop songs for more than 15 years.
One track, Second Best To None, has been recorded by employees at the hotel Andersson owns in Stockholm.
It was written for the staff as a treat and has been released as a single in Sweden. “We all had some fun doing this. They can sing,” Andersson said.
A second track, Story of A Heart, will appear on the first English-language album from Andersson’s current band.
Andersson had the idea to record Second Best To None last September at the Hotel Rival’s fifth birthday party, where the workforce had gathered.
“I realised that at least 20 of them were singing in amateur choirs in Stockholm,” he said. “I asked them, do you want me to write a song for you and we can put it on our homepage? They said yes so that’s what I did.
“And I asked Bjorn if he would like to write the lyrics, and we recorded it with the staff. We released it as a single as well. It’s just a lot of fun and it’s taking care of the staff at the hotel more than anything else.”
Story of A Heart, meanwhile, will feature on an album of the same name by The Benny Andersson Band.
The new track has been recorded by one of the group’s vocalists, Helen Sjoholm, and will sit alongside folk tunes that have previously been released in Sweden.
Ulvaeus wrote Swedish lyrics for the originals, and has translated them into English for the UK release on 6 July.
The group will also play their first English concert on Hampstead Heath on 4 July 2009.
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