The Day Before You Came
~ Recording by ABBA
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | The Day Before You Came | 5:54 | ABBA | The Day Before You Came | ABBA | Single |
| Polar | POS 1318 |
| 2.9 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Singles (The First Ten Years) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 80036-1-G, 80036-1-G |
| 2.9 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 2335 263 |
| 2.9 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 2612 040 |
| 2.9 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ABBA 40-10 |
| 2.9 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ABBA 10 |
| 1.10 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | Thank You for the Music | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 10043 |
| 2.9 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | POLCD 400-2, POLCD 401-2 |
| 2.9 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 810 050-2 |
| 1.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:46 | ABBA | From ABBA With Love | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 8174662 |
| 2.2 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | CCSLP 176 |
| 1.14 | The Day Before You Came | ?:?? | ABBA | The Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | CCSMC 176 |
| 6.4 | The Day Before You Came | 5:47 | ABBA | 25 jaar tophits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | B 88 001 DB3 |
| 1.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Best of ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Special Projects (partners with third party non-music industry companies using music to promote their products and brands) | 835 657-2, PGSP 1287022 |
| 1.12 | The Day Before You Came | 5:47 | ABBA | The Hits 2 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Pickwick Compact Discs (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.) | PWKS 500 |
| 1.18 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | The Singles: The First Ten Years | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Ariola España, RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD 74008 |
| 1.8 | The Day Before You Came | 5:45 | Abba | The Greatest Popsongs of the Century, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997) | 4674862 |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | Dancing Queen | ABBA | Single |
| Polar | 863 573 - 2 |
| 2.14 | The Day Before You Came | 5:47 | ABBA | Die Story | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 77 783 9 |
| 2.16 | The Day Before You Came | 5:46 | ABBA | The ABBA Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | B91001BB3 |
| 2.12 | The Day Before You Came | 5:47 | ABBA | The Hits Box | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Pickwick Music (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.), Pickwick Compact Discs (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.), IMP (UK Pickwick Group budget label) | BOX D 1, PWKS 500, PWKS 507, PWKS 593 |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 519 353 - 2 |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | STARTCD6010 |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 519 353 - 2 |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits (club) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 31451 9353 2 |
| 3.14 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | Thank You for the Music | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 523 472-2 |
| 3.14 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | Thank You for the Music | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), Polar Music International AB | 31452, 3472-2 |
| 3.14 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | Thank You for the Music | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar Music International AB, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 31452 3472-2, D207209 |
| 1.12 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | Gold: Ballads | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| PVS Music | PVS 95071 |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:47 | ABBA | ABBA (Master Series, black, collage) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 529 853-2 |
| 2.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | Forever Gold | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 533 083-2 |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:47 | ABBA | ABBA (Master Series) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | MMTCD1979 |
| 2.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | Forever Gold | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 533 355-2 |
| 1.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:53 | ABBA | The Visitors (1997 remaster) | ABBA | Album | Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 533 978-2 | |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 31453 9778-2 |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:47 | ABBA | ABBA (Master Series, white) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 529 853-2 |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | Love Stories | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.) | CP2 59221 |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | Love Stories | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 559221-2 |
| 1.19 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | 25 jaar na ‘Waterloo’: De grootste hits in Nederland | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 547 486-2 |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 547 922-2 |
| 26.1 | The Day Before You Came | 5:55 | ABBA | Singles Collection: 1972 ★ 1982 | ABBA | Single + Compilation |
| Polar | 561 252-2 |
| 2.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Complete Singles Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 543 231-2 |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 519 353-2 |
| 3.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | The Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Insight (Polygram sublabel) | 559 228-2, 559 229-2, 559 230-2 |
| 2.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Complete Singles Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 65 289 1 (901 370-2) |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:47 | ABBA | Millennium Edition | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 543 461-2 |
| 2.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Complete Gold Collection (limited edition 2CD set) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation), PolyGram | 543 710-2, 543710-2 |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | Classic | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | MMTCD 2131 |
| 2.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Definitive Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation | Polar | 549 974‐2 | |
| 1.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:53 | ABBA | The Visitors (2001 remaster) | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | 549 957-2 |
| 1.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:53 | ABBA | The Visitors (2001 remaster) | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | 314 549 965-2 |
| 2.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Definitive Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | DARCD 3043 191 |
| 2.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Definitive Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| UTV Records | 314 549 974-2, 314 549 975-2, 314 549 976-2 |
| 1.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:53 | ABBA | The Visitors | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | 549 965-2 |
| 1.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:53 | ABBA | The Visitors | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | 314 549 965-2 |
| 2.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Definitive Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| UTV Records | 314 549 974-2 |
| 2.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Definitive Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 589 793-2 |
| 2.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 0602498119754 |
| 2.16 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | The Ultimate Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | 9810925 (3218), AB4 21 071931 71, B91001BK, LBJORN-A-712 |
| 2.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | B0002218-00 |
| 1.4 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | Steve Wright's All New Sunday Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 983 4295 |
| 8.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Complete Studio Recordings | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 987 232-7 |
| 2.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Definitive Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | |
| 8.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Complete Studio Recordings | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 170 932-1 |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar Music International AB | [none] |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 060251724733 |
| 3.14 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | Thank You for the Music | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 060251743234 |
| 9.17 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Albums | ABBA | Album + Compilation | Polar | 060251774852 | |
| 2.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | Gold, Complete Edition | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | UICY 91318/9 |
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | STARCD 7260 |
| 1.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:53 | ABBA | The Visitors (2009 remaster) | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | POLS 342, UICY-93893 |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | Classic | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 5316053 |
| 1.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:53 | ABBA | The Visitors | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | [none] |
| 9.5 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | The Vinyl Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 00602527346465 |
| 3.13 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | Collected | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 533 377-7 |
| 6.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | Veronica Album Top 1000: The Long Versions | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697779232 |
| 1.15 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Visitors (deluxe edition) | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | |
| 1.15 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | The Visitors (deluxe edition) | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | 0060253706261 |
| 2.16 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Essential Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar Music International AB | [none] |
| 2.16 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | The Essential Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 00602527993720 |
| 2.16 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | The Essential Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar Music International AB | 00602527993751 |
| 1.11 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | The Visitors | ABBA | Album |
| Polar | |
| 2.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits (40th anniversary edition) | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 0602537740130 |
| 2.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | Gold: Greatest Hits (40th anniversary edition) | ABBA | Album + Compilation | Polar | 3774013 | |
| 9.14 | The Day Before You Came | ?:?? | ABBA | The Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar Music International AB | |
| 5.18 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | 100X Winter 2014 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 5.18 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | 100x Winter 2014 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 535 595-3 |
| 2.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | Gold (Greatest Hits) 40th Anniversary Edition | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 3774013 |
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | The Best of ABBA | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar Music International AB | 146-A1A2 |
| 1.19 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | 101 80s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023) | UMC10103 |
| 3.20 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | De pré historie: De jaren ’80 (De ultieme 10 CD collectie) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 538.863-4 |
| 3.14 | The Day Before You Came | 5:49 | ABBA | Thank You for the Music | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar Music International AB | |
| 1.64 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | NOW Yearbook ’82 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Now! Music | ||
| 4.1 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | NOW Yearbook ’82 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194399460429, CDYBXNOW82 |
| 4.1 | The Day Before You Came | 5:51 | ABBA | NOW Yearbook ’82 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194399460320, CDYBNOW82 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.6 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | Droomgala | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Nationale Platenbon | CD1983-08 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.3 | The Day Before You Came | 5:48 | ABBA | More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | BL 1070 |
| 2.5 | The Day Before You Came | 5:52 | ABBA | Opus 10 | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | CDA 02 |
| 1.92 | The Day Before You Came | 5:54 | ABBA | VIP Collection: MP3 Premium Edition | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
| Sound MAN Records | 2544135006 6 |
| 1.75 | The Day Before You Came | 5:50 | ABBA | Greatest ABBA! Collection | ABBA | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Michael B. Tretow |
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| producer: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Polar Music International AB (in 1982) |
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| purchase for download: | https://music.apple.com/se/song/1440803201 [info] |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/2VGjvHlwfe5ERpWzDhQTOu [info] https://open.spotify.com/track/4NgsH7iWjMeVQ7Fyj87g8M [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/883876 [info] |
| streaming page: | https://music.apple.com/se/song/1440803201 [info] https://tidal.com/track/1771686 [info] |
| recording of: | The Day Before You Came (in 1982) |
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Related works
The Day Before You Came
| writer: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
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| publisher: | Union Songs AB (publisher) Universal (Sweden) EMI Waterford Music (in 1982) Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1982) Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (in 1982) |
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| later translated versions: | Met Kerst ben ik alleen |
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