I’ve Been Waiting for You

~ Recording by ABBA

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBASo LongABBASingle
  • SE1974-11-18
PolarPOS 1195
1.2I’ve Been Waiting for You3:38ABBASo LongABBASingle
  • GB1974-11-22
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)S EPC 2848
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
  • SE1975-04-21
PolarPOLS 262
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
  • FR1975-04-21
Vogue (since 1973; for earlier releases please use their former imprint Disques Vogue)LDY 28 039
1.10I've Been Waiting For You3:39ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
Polskie Nagrania “Muza” (Polish record label)SX 1355
1.10I've Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 80835, S EPC 80835
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 18146
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
  • JP1976-01-25
discomateDSP-4001
1.11I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAGolden Double AlbumABBAAlbum + Compilation
Disques Vogue (1947–1973; for more recent releases please use their newer label Vogue)SLVLX. 685
2.12I’ve Been Waiting for You?:??ABBAABBA’s Greatest Hits 24ABBAAlbum + Compilation
discomateDSP-3012, DSP-3013
3.10I’ve Been Waiting for You?:??ABBAThe Best of ABBAABBAAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), Reader’s DigestGABA A-112
1.6I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAInternationalABBAAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation)817 352-2
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
  • JP1986-08-01
Polydor (British label, see annotation)P33P 20056
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBA (made in W. Germany by PDO)ABBAAlbum
  • DE1987-03-23
Polydor (British label, see annotation)831 596-2
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBA (club edition)ABBAAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)P2 31596
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)831 596-2
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
PolarPOLCD-262
1.7I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAThe Love SongsABBAAlbum + Compilation
Pickwick Music (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.)PWKS 564
1.6I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAVoulez‐vousABBAAlbum
Karussell841 796-4
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBA (made in France by PMDC)ABBAAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)831 596-2
3.4I’ve Been Waiting for You3:44ABBADie StoryABBAAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation)77 783 9
2.5I’ve Been Waiting for You3:40ABBAThe ABBA CollectionABBAAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestB91001BB3
1.11I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAThank You for the MusicABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-10-31
Polydor (British label, see annotation)523 472-2
1.11I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAThank You for the MusicABBAAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation), Polar Music International AB31452, 3472-2
1.11I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAThank You for the MusicABBAAlbum + Compilation
Polar Music International AB, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)31452 3472-2, D207209
1.13I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAGold: BalladsABBAAlbum + Compilation
PVS MusicPVS 95071
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAABBA (1997 remaster)ABBAAlbum
Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation)533 983-2
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation)MMTCD 2023
5.2I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBASingles Collection: 1972 ★ 1982ABBASingle + Compilation
  • XE1999-11-15
Polar561 252-2
3.12I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAThe CollectionABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
Insight (Polygram sublabel)559 228-2, 559 229-2, 559 230-2
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAABBA (2001 remaster)ABBAAlbum
Polar549 960-2
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAABBA (2001 remaster)ABBAAlbum
Polar549 952-2
2.5I’ve Been Waiting for You3:41ABBAThe Ultimate CollectionABBAAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest9810925 (3218), AB4 21 071931 71, B91001BK, LBJORN-A-712
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAABBA (30th anniversary sound+vision)ABBAAlbum
Polar0602498107287
3.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAThe Complete Studio RecordingsABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2005-11-07
Polar987 232-7
3.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAThe Complete Studio RecordingsABBAAlbum + Compilation
Polar170 932-1
1.11I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAThank You for the MusicABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2008-08-13
Polar060251743234
3.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:41ABBAThe AlbumsABBAAlbum + Compilation
Polar060251774852
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
  • JP2009-01-21
PolarPOLS 262, UICY-93888
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:41ABBAABBA / ArrivalABBAAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)MMTDCD010
3.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:41ABBA4 Original AlbumsABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-09-27
Polar0600753318096
3.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:41ABBAThe Vinyl CollectionABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-12-06
Polar00602527346465
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:41ABBAABBA / ArrivalABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2011-06-17
Universal Music B.V. (not for release label use! NL subsidiary of UMG)533 287-2
1.11I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBACollectedABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2011-06-17
Polar, Polydor (British label, see annotation)533 377-7
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
PolarPOLS 262
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:41ABBAABBA (2001 remaster)ABBAAlbum
  • XW2012-03-30
Polar
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAABBA (deluxe edition)ABBAAlbum
  • XE2012-11-19
Polar00602537123094
2.18I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBA40/40 The Best SelectionABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2014-03-26
PolarUICY-15279/80
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:40ABBAABBA (bonus track version)ABBAAlbum
  • XW2014-04-04
Polar
3.5I’ve Been Waiting for You3:40ABBAGold: Greatest Hits (40th anniversary edition)ABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2014-04-07
Polar0602537740130
3.5I’ve Been Waiting for You3:40ABBAGold: Greatest Hits (40th anniversary edition)ABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2014-04-22
  • NZ2014-04-22
Polar3774013
4.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAThe CollectionABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-09-26
Polar Music International AB
3.5I’ve Been Waiting for You3:40ABBAGold (Greatest Hits) 40th Anniversary EditionABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014
Polar3774013
2.7I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAThe Best of ABBAABBAAlbum + Compilation
Polar Music International AB146-A1A2
3.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAThe Studio AlbumsABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2020-07-24
Polar
1.11I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAThank You for the MusicABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-09-14
Polar Music International AB
3.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:41ABBAABBA CD Album Box SetABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2022-05-25
Polar0602445149513
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)31454 7130-2
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBAABBAAlbum
Universal Motown (for Motown releases between 2005–2011 only)
1.10I’ve Been Waiting for You3:43ABBAABBA (MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC)ABBAAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)831 596-2
3.5I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAGold (anniversary edition)ABBAAlbum + Compilation
Polar Music International AB
Bootleg
1.33I’ve Been Waiting for You3:44ABBAVIP Collection: MP3 Premium EditionABBAAlbum + Compilation
Sound MAN Records2544135006 6
1.63I’ve Been Waiting for You3:42ABBAGreatest ABBA! CollectionABBAAlbum + Compilation
  • -2017
1.21I’ve Been Waiting for You3:39ABBAWaterloo / ABBAABBAAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
3.44I’ve Been Waiting for You3:40ABBAABBA Gold: 40th Anniversary EditionABBAAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

engineer:Michael B. Tretow
producer:Benny Andersson (ABBA)
Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1974-09-15)
clavinet:Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1974-09-15)
drums (drum set):Roger Palm (on 1974-09-15)
guitar:Janne Schaffer (on 1974-09-15)
Finn Sjöberg (on 1974-09-15)
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1974-09-15)
arranger:Benny Andersson (ABBA)
Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Polar Music AB (in 1975)
Polar Music International AB (in 2001, in 2014)
recorded at:Glen Studio in Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1974-09-15)
mixed at:Glen Studio in Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1974-10-22)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/3F2sMDeuhueiBpDqEbRhCF [info]
recording of:I’ve Been Waiting for You (on 1974-09-15)

Related works

I’ve Been Waiting for You

lyricist:Stig Anderson (Stikkan)
writer:Benny Andersson (ABBA)
Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:EMI Waterford Music (from 1974 to present)
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (from 1974 to present)
Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (from 1974 to present)
later translated versions:Jag har väntat på dig (I’ve Been Waiting for You)
later versions:See tunne pole uus