01 - People Need Love/  Merry-Go-Round

Lado A: PEOPLE NEED LOVE/ LA GENTE NECESITA AMOR
Lado B: MERRY-GO-ROUND/EL CARRUSEL

Escrita por: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
Fecha del lanzamiento: 1 de Junio, 1972
Voz principal: Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida
Album: 1973- Ring Ring

"La Gente Necesita Amor" fue el primer sencillo lanzado por el cuarteto sueco, bajo el nombre de "Björn y Benny, Agnetha y Anni-Frid", el 1 de Junio de 1972. Fue incluido en su primer álbum, "Ring, Ring" a partir de 1973.

La canción, como todas las canciones de ABBA, fue escrita por los dos hombres del grupo, Benny Andersson y Björn Ulvaeus. Fue producido por Michael Tretow que apuntó la creaciòn de una "pared" de Phil Spector- còmo sonido sobre la grabación.

Aunque no es una canción memorable de ABBA, esta sigue algunas normas del estilo de ABBA. La balada trata sobre lo que la gente puede dar el uno al otro para hacer sus vidas más fáciles y crear un mejor mundo.

Carletera (1972): Posiciòn
USA-114; UK-37; Australia-46; Netherland-17; Sweden-3; Costa Rica-10; Japan-7

LA GENTE NECESITA AMOR

People need hope, people need lovin’
people need trust from a fellow man
people need love to make a good livin’
people need faith in a helping hand

Man has always wanted a woman by his side
to keep him company
women always knew that it takes a man
to get matrimonial harmony
everybody knows that a man who’s feeling down
wants some female sympathy
gotta have love to carry on living
gotta have love ’til eternity

People need hope, people need lovin’
people need trust from a fellow man
people need love to make a good livin’
people need faith in a helping hand

Flowers in a desert need a drop of rain
like a woman needs her man
if a man’s in love
and his woman wants the moon
then he’ll take it down if he can
somebody who loves you
and somebody who cares
isn’t that what you call a friend
gotta have love to carry on living
isn’t it easy to understand

People need hope, people need lovin’
people need trust from a fellow man
people need love to make a good livin’
people need faith in a helping hand

EL CARRUSEL

I have tried in vain never had success
so it seems my life is nothing but a mess
I have lost my only friend
now it seems I have to start again

Merry-go-round
where am I bound
with my love and feelings
merry-go-round
who wants to kiss me
and hug me and miss me
yes, who wants to do it
I wish that I knew it
merry-go-round
wish I had found
somebody to care for
where am I bound
life is so lonely
if life is just only
to love with my loving
goes ’round and ’round

Looking for someone who would want to stay
I might find her with a bit of luck one day
but who knows so until then
I can only try and try again

Merry-go-round
where am I bound
with my love and feelings
merry-go-round
who wants to kiss me
and hug me and miss me
yes, who wants to do it
I wish that I knew it
merry-go-round
wish I had found
somebody to care for
where am I bound
life is so lonely
if life is just only
to love with my loving
goes ’round and ’round

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