When Anni-Frid Lyngstad, rather more extensively often called Frida, resumed her solo profession in early 1982, ABBA had been formally nonetheless collectively, though their album of the yr earlier than, The Guests, turned out to be their remaining studio work earlier than their spectacular 2021 reunion Voyage.
Seven years after her earlier solo providing, Frida’s title appeared on file once more with the album One thing’s Going On, produced by Phil Collins, and on the chart of November 6, it gave the singer her solely US solo Scorching 100 single.
The 45 (like ABBA’s output, on Atlantic within the US and Epic elsewhere) was the near-title observe, written by the prolific and extremely profitable British composer Russ Ballard, as soon as of Argent. It was recorded, like the remainder of the album, at Frida’s acquainted environment of Polar Studios in Stockholm within the early months of 1982.
The album itself went on to chart per week after the one, and whereas it solely peaked at No.41, the LP racked up a powerful 28 weeks on the chart. That was helped significantly by “I Know There’s Something Going On,” which went on to determine a spot within the High 20 of the American singles chart, peaking at No.13.
The affiliation with Collins may hardly have been hotter for the American market. After scoring his personal first solo High 20 US hits in 1981 with “I Missed Again” and “In The Air Tonight,” the Genesis frontman debuted on the chart along with his cowl of the Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love” in the exact same week as Frida.
When she spoke to Billboard concerning the single and album, Frida was eager to make it identified that her motivation was artistic. “Money has nothing to do with this. I still enjoy singing, and this was an attempt to do something different from what I usually do with the group. I enjoyed working with Phil. I would do it again.”
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