Duffy Offered ABBA Song

08 April 2009

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Bjorn Ulvaeus wants to team up with Duffy.

The former ABBA star - who shot to fame when they won the Eurovision song contest in 1974 with 'Waterloo' - would love to collaborate with the Welsh singer because he is a huge fan of her "unusual" voice.

He said: "I always listen to Duffy's hit 'Mercy' when I'm in the car. She's fantastic, very unusual. I love her original sound and distinctive voice.

"If Duffy asked to use ABBA's music and did it cleverly in the way Madonna did, I might consider agreeing to it."

I don't like bands which are manufactured. The Beatles, who wrote their own music, are for me the ideal in terms of greatness. The band equivalent today is Coldplay.

Madonna sampled the group's hit 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)' on her song 'Hung Up'.

Although he is a Duffy fan, the 63-year-old musician - who was previously married to his ABBA bandmate Agnetha Faltskog - doesn't enjoy all modern music.

He explained: "I don't like bands which are manufactured. The Beatles, who wrote their own music, are for me the ideal in terms of greatness. The band equivalent today is Coldplay."

Bjorn - who this week celebrated the 10th anniversary performance of hit musical 'Mamma Mia!', which is based on the pop group's songs, in London's West End theatre district - admits he is surprised at how popular ABBA still are.

The songwriter said: "Who would have thought the Eurovision would have led to all this?"

The Swedish quartet - which was also comprised of Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - recently topped a list of artists fans most want to see make a comeback.

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