Running to 2 minutes 24 seconds and backed by "Merry-Go-Round," "People Need Love" was the first ABBA single, although it was first recorded under the name Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid and issued in 1972. In 1973, it appeared on the nascent supergroup's Ring Ring album. The song had a fair reception, but it was not until ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo" that the ball really started rolling.
As with the majority of ABBA songs, this was co-written by Andersson/Ulvaeus. Benny Andersson had cut his songwriting teeth while keyboard player with covers band Hep Stars, while his future songwriting partner Björn Ulvaeus had been performing with a Swedish folk group.
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