Following are all the Abba, Agnetha Fältskog, Frida and related charts for South Africa. The charts are the "official" South African Top 20 charts as broadcast on Springbok Radio. I have been advised it was a sales based chart and recognised as the official chart, but this site says,
"Based on the Springbok Radio playlists for the period 1969-1989 when the chart ceased to be compiled. It should be noted that Springbok Radio was viewed as a "White" radio station and therefore probably does not take into account many "non-White" local artists who may have been popular in South African townships during Apartheid. The chart is not based on sales but on the airplay of one, albeit, very popular radio station."
The Frida, Agnetha and Chess charts are courtesy of Mike Scurr in Cape Town. ABBA singles from the Springbok Top 20, from the South Africa's Rock Lists website. The address was sent to me by Horst. ABBA albums discography and non-charting singles details provided by Patrick Buys in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Most welcome indeed! Chart positions to The Visitors, and ABBA - The Singles (as well as other corrections) provided by Chris Kimberley in Zimbabwe. Thanks to Charles Patrick for the Summer Night City single catalogue details and Justin Bindley for the chart position. Weeks at number one were provided by Paul Warren.
Key to Abbreviations:
Date: This is the date the single or album first appeared in the chart. Items with "n/a" in the date column did not chart, but are inserted in roughly around their time of release.
Title: The title of the single or album. In South Africa's case, due to the different nature of the singles, I have put both sides in. The first song listed is the single and there were no double A sides.
HP(1): The highest position the item reached in the charts, and if a number one, the amount of weeks at the top position.
TI: This stands for "Times In" which is basically how many weeks the item spent on the charts.
Catalogue: The number assigned to a particular item by the record company to identify it from others.
| Date | Title | HP(1) | TI | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | People Need Love / Merry-Go-Round | -- | -- | Sunshine SUN 1 |
| 28/12/73 | Ring Ring / I Am Just A Girl | 03 | 15 | Sunshine SUN 3 |
| n/a | Another Town, Another Train / Rock 'N Roll Band | -- | -- | Sunshine SUN 4 |
| 31/05/74 | Waterloo / King Kong Song | 01 (02) | 16 | Sunshine SUN 6 |
| 08/11/74 | Hasta Mañana / Watch Out | 02 | 15 | Sunshine SUN 8 / Sunshine GBS 101 |
| 09/05/75 | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do / Rock Me | 01 (02) | 13 | Sunshine GBS 105 |
| 12/09/75 | SOS / Man In The Middle | 01 (04) | 13 | Sunshine GBS 106 |
| n/a | Bang-A-Boomerang / Intermezzo No.1 | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 110 |
| 12/03/76 | Mamma Mia / Hey Hey Helen | 05 | 09 | Sunshine GBS 112 |
| 11/06/76 | Fernando / Tropical Loveland | 01 (06) | 16 | Sunshine GBS 114 |
| 29/10/76 | Dancing Queen / That's Me | 01 (02) | 17 | Sunshine GBS 117 |
| n/a | Money, Money, Money / Crazy World | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 119 |
| 20/05/77 | Knowing Me, Knowing You / Happy Hawaii | 01 (02) | 14 | Sunshine GBS 121 |
| 16/12/77 | The Name Of The Game / I Wonder (Live) | 03 | 13 | Sunshine GBS 125 |
| 21/04/78 | Take A Chance On Me / I'm A Marionette | 06 | 10 | Sunshine GBS 128 |
| 11/08/78 | Thank You For The Music / Eagle | 02 | 14 | Sunshine GBS 130 |
| ??/??/78 | Summer Night City / Medley | 21 | ?? | Sunshine GBS 131 |
| 06/04/79 | Chiquitita / Lovelight | 01 (01) | 18 | Sunshine GBS 133 |
| 03/08/79 | Does Your Mother Know / Kisses Of Fire | 12 | 07 | Sunshine GBS 134 |
| n/a | Chiquitita (Spanish Version) / Lovelight | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 135 |
| 26/10/79 | I Have A Dream / Angeleyes | 03 | 15 | Sunshine GBS 137 |
| 02/02/80 | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! / The King Has Lost His Crown | 16 | 04 | Sunshine GBS 139 |
| 20/09/80 | The Winner Takes It All / Elaine | 01 (02) | 16 | Sunshine GBS 141 |
| n/a | Andante Andante / The Piper | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 143 |
| 23/01/82 | One Of Us / Should I Laugh Or Cry | 04 | 13 | Sunshine GBS 147 |
| n/a | Head Over Heels / The Visitors | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 148 |
| n/a | The Day Before You Came / Cassandra | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 150 |
| n/a | The Day Before You Came / Cassandra | -- | -- | Sunshine 12-GBS 150 (promo only) |
| n/a | Under Attack / You Owe Me One | -- | -- | Sunshine PS 30 (promo only) |
| Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Ring Ring | -- | -- | Sunshine SLP1 |
| 1974 | Waterloo | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL 501 |
| 1975 | I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL 503 |
| 1976 | Greatest Hits | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL 505 |
| 1976 | Arrival | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL 506 |
| 1978 | The Album | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL 509 |
| 1979 | Voulez-Vous | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL 510 |
| 1979 | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL 512 |
| 1980 | Gracias Por La Musica | -- | -- | CEY 252 |
| 1980 | Super Trouper | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL 513 |
| 09/01/1982 | The Visitors | 03 | 18 | Sunshine GBL 515 |
| 04/12/1982 | ABBA - The Singles | 01 | 18 | Sunshine GBLD 517 |
| n/a | The Love Songs (no relation to UK title) | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL 520 |
| n/a | Unforgettable ABBA | -- | -- | UFOD 2 |
| n/a | Legends | -- | -- | LNGDS 4051580 |
| n/a | Revival | -- | -- | REV 4051581 |
| 1991 | Gonna Sing You My Lovesong | -- | -- | Sony / CBS ABCOL 102 |
| 1991 | ABBA - The Singles | -- | -- | Sony / CBS ABBA 101 |
| Date | Title | HP (WK) | TI | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Never Again / Just For The Fun | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 151 |
| n/a | The Heat Is On / Man | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 153 |
| n/a | The Heat Is On (Extended Remix) / Man | -- | -- | Sunshine 12 GBS (C) 154 |
| 11/83 | Wrap Your Arms Around Me / Take Good Care Of Your Children | 02 (03) | 16 | Sunshine GBS 156 |
| n/a | Man / Stay | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 159 |
| n/a | I Won't Let You Go / You're There | -- | -- | Sunshing GBS 167 |
| n/a | Click Track / We Move As One | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 168 |
| Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/84 | Wrap Your Arms Around Me | 15 (02) | 04 | Sunshine GBL (D) 518 |
| 07/85 | Eyes Of A Woman | 16 (01) | 02 | Sunshine GBL (D) 526 |
| n/a | I Stand Alone | -- | -- | WEA / TUSK WIC 5100 |
| Date | Title | HP (WK) | TI | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/82 | I Know There's Something Going On / Threnody | 05 (01) | 14 | Sunshine GBS 149 |
| n/a | I See Red / I Got Something | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 152 |
| n/a | Shine / That's Tough | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 162 |
| n/a | Shine (Extended Remix) / That's Tough | -- | -- | Sunshine 12 GBS (C) 163 |
| n/a | Come To Me (I Am Woman) / Slowly | -- | -- | Sunshine GBS 165 |
| Date | Title | HP | TI | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Something's Going On | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL (L) 516 |
| n/a | Shine | -- | -- | Sunshine GBL (D) 524 |
| Date | Title | HP (WK) | TI | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Nobody's Side / Embassy Lament | -- | -- | RCA PD 2299 (Chess 2) |
| 02/85 | One Night In Bangkok / Merano | 01 (06) | 20 | RCA PD 2300 (Chess 1) |
| 02/85 | One Night In Bangkok (Extended Version) / Merano | 01 (06) | 20 | RCA XPD 2300 (Chess 1) |
| 02/85 | Chess | 04 (11) | 23 | RCA/Victor DLPL 619/620 |
| 05/85 | I Know Him So Well / Chess | 02 (01) | 21 | RCA PD 2340 (Chess 3) |
| n/a | The Arbiter / Merchandisers | -- | -- | RCA PD 2357 (Chess 4) |
| n/a | The Arbiter (Extended Version) / Merchandisers | -- | -- | RCA XPD 2357 (Chess 4) |
| n/a | Heaven Help My Heart / Arguement | -- | -- | RCA PD 2404 (Chess 5) |
| n/a | Chess Pieces | -- | -- | ML 4831 |