3. Something's Going On - the recording sessions
4. Something's Going On - the photo sessions
5. I Know There's Something Going On - SP
6. Something's Going On - the album release
7. Something's Going On - the promotion
8. Frida on Swedish TV - the interview
9. To Turn The Stone - the second SP release
10. Here We'll Stay - the third SP release
11. Here We'll Stay - the video & the session
14. Time - ABBAcadabra in Great Britain
Frida - the cover girl
Frida appeared on the cover of a new Swedish monthly "Clic" which was issued for the first time in September 1981. Earlier the same year Frida went to Elenthera in the Bahamas to make a special feature for the magazine. Lots of pictures of the singer were published in "Clic" and among others the famous topless photo of Frida. The chief for "Clic" was Bertil Hjert who by that time was a near friend to Frida. The British weekly "Sunday People" published the topless photo of Frida on 27 September.
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One day in the summer 1981 Frida was caught by a photographer in Stockholm outside the Grand hotel wearing the same dress as on the Bahamas.
Frida and Claes af Geijerstam were hosts for 4 TV shows called "Lite grann i örat". Swedish TV broadcasted the shows in TV 2. Frida was not only a host but she even sang several covers of world hits.
The first edition aired on September 18, 1981 featured: Lena Andersson (her TV come back after many years), Björn Skifs, Janne Önnerud Leonard Eek and Pugh Rogefeldt
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On Friday September 25, 1981 following guests were invited: Mats Ronander, Tomas Ledin and Py Bäckman.
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On Friday, October 2, 1981: Diana Nunez, Kikki Danielsson, Peter Lundblad and The Radio. On October 9 it was time for Tommy Körberg, Billy G-son, Lotta Hedlund and Dave & The Mistakes.
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Frida private
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The 40-years party at the Grand Hotel in Saltsjöbaden, 9 January 1982
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Frida could be seen at the party together with Teddie af Burén. The press started of course speculations about a possible romance. Those rumours were though contradicted by Annifrid both in the press and on the TV special "Gäster hos Hagge" one year later.
SOMETHING'S GOING ON - the recording sessions
Frida started her "post-ABBA" period already one year before ABBA definitely split up. She started to work with her first solo project since the album "Ensam" in 1975, on February 15, 1982. Frida's wish was that Phil Collins would produce the album and she got as she wanted. Collins schedule was not so tight and he came to Stockholm together with his musicians. Collins' group Genesis and Lyngstad's group ABBA had not so much in common musically and maybe that's why Frida chose Collins as a producer. She wanted to do something new and completely different to her earlier music.
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Frida had chosen 11 songs for her new album. They were written by well-known international composers as Stephen Bishop, Bryan Ferry, Phil Collins as well as her Swedish friends: Tomas Ledin and Per Gessle (of Roxette). A press conference was held on March 29, 1982.
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Sammy Davis in Stockholm, April 1982
At the beginning of April 1982 Sammy Davis had a concert at Börsen in Stockholm. Frida attended the concert together with ABBA tour manager Thomas Johansson.
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Anders Hanser arranged a photo session for the forthcoming album in May 1982.
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I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON - the single
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The first single was rocky "I Know There's Something Going On" with "Threnody" on the B-side. The single was released in the late summer of 1982 and became a big hit all over the world. In West Germany it entered the chart on September 6th and it stayed for 21 weeks peaking #5. The single was very successful in France where it reached #1. "I Know..." reached the top even in Belgium and Switzerland. In Australia it came to #5 and in Holland, Austria, Norway, Poland and Sweden to #3. In Great Britain "I Know..." entered the chart on August 21 and stayed there for 7 weeks reaching number 43. The single entered the US chart on November 6th, 1982 where it stayed for 29 weeks reaching no 13.
Maxi single
The maxi single released by Polydor contained the full length version of "Something's Going On" and "Threnody" on the B-side.
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SOMETHING'S GOING ON - the album
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The album "Something's Going On" was released at the end of the summer 82 and it entered the British chart on September 18, 1982 where it stayed for 7 weeks reaching no. 18. Frida's first English language album was the very first solo project of an ABBA member which was released world-wide. Lots of publicity around the production of this album and of course the star cooperation Frida-Phil made all fans extremely curious about the result. The album had a very special sound which was a mixture of Collins, Earth Wind and Fire and of course Frida's voice. It contained 11 tracks and it was extremely difficult to find songs for single releases which according to several ABBA biographers made co-producer Stikkan Anderson quite worried about the commercial future of the album. But "strangely" the first single "I Know there's something going on" became a big success for Frida both in Europe and USA.
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Frida did an enormous promotional work. She traveled all over the world and it still seems strange that she had time over to do November-December promotion for the ABBA compilation album "The Singles - The First Ten Years". The album cover featured a painting of Frida's face beautifully created by French painter Y. Poyet. The "real" face could be seen on the inner sleeve.
The album was released with the same cover and inner sleeve in all countries. The cassette releases were different in different countries and on some of them there were some ABBA (!!) songs added.
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The album was successful in Europe and Frida was very satisfied. But it was called for "project on her own" which did not affect the existing of ABBA as a group. But the ABBA members drifted apart and in November 1982 Frida decided to leave Sweden. She moved to London where she bought a big apartment in Charles Street.
"Something's Going On" was released on CD at the beginning of 1990s and the re-mastered version with bonus tracks in 2005.
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London + The video
The first video promoting "I Know There's Something Going On" was filmed in London in the spring 1982. Frida played a woman who is cheated by her husband/boyfriend with another woman. The video was filmed on following locations (in sequence order): Primrose Hill Photographic Studios, "Stringfellows Discotheque", Fulham Film Studios (bedroom set), Little Venice and Covent Garden. The director was Stuart Orme.
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Meeting with the British press
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With the release of both the album and the single, Frida embarked on an intensive promotional tour around Europe and to Northern America. She met press and performed on TV in England, Germany, France, Austria, Holland, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland and Sweden.
Oslo, September 7, 1982
She paid a short visit in Norway where she was interviewed by Norwegian TV at the Globetrotter hotel at the airport Fornebu in Oslo. Some hours later she arrived in Hamburg (flight at 5 pm).
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West Germany
She appeared in September in "Show Express" and "Tele-illustrierte" in West Germany. In "Show Express" she performed "I Know There's Something Going On" and "Baby Don't You Cry No More". After the show Frida received the third Otto-prize for ABBA as the third best group in West Germany in 1981.
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In "Tele-illustrierte Frida sang "I Know There's Something Going On".
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Applauso, Spain
In Madrid, Spain Frida participated in the show "Applauso" performing three songs: "To Turn The Stone", "Tell Me It's Over" and "I Know There's Something Going On"
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Copenhagen, September 17-18, 1982
Frida performed three songs in Eddy Skoller Show on Danish TV. The song chosen from the album "Something's Going On" was "Baby Don't You Cry No More". The two others performed songs were sung in Danish/Swedish together with the show host and a well-known Norwegian comedian called Fleksnes.
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Casablanca - Sweden Autumn 1982
An interview with Frida was made by Swedish TV in the autumn 82 (the English translation of the interview attached below as a Word-document)
Frida on Swedish TV "Casablanca" - the interview
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Swedish press
These photos appeared in several Swedish magazines during the autumn 1982.
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Holland
Frida arrived in Holland on October 1, 1982. Some rare pictures were taken on the airport Schiphol in Amsterdam. (thanks Maurits) She appeared in the TV show "Mjes" together with Cliff Richard. After a short interview she performed "To Turn The Stone".
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The video
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Paris, October 7, 1982
Frida came to France in October. She performed on TV, gave interviews and met fans. Frida said: "I've been waiting for the right moment to do this solo LP. I was given 500 songs, and I had to find the best eleven/.../. Everything was recorded in the Polar Music Studios except for the strings which were recorded in London. We also filmed the first two videos in England. "I Know There's Something Going On" is a short film which describes the song in a way I like. But I still prefer "I See Red" - It's more professional. A documentary clip has been filmed too, during the recording sessions. And when I went to Holland we did the video of "To Turn The Stone". "No tour with ABBA is planned. Björn and Benny are working on a musical and it will take them two years to prepare it. But on the other hand it lets Agnetha and I have time to work on solo projects."
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Great Britain
She gave several interviews in Great Britain and participated in Top of The Pops.
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Frida talked not so much about her private life after the divorce from Benny but the press found out very quickly that she had a new relationship with a business man Bertil "Bobo" Hjert. Bertil was boss for the Swedish company "Scandecor" which produced posters, calendars, cards and books. "Scandecor" sponsored the youth monthly "Clic" as well. Frida appeared on the cover of the very first issue of "Clic" in September 1981.
USA
The album "Something's Going On" was very successful in USA and at the beginning of November Frida was in New York on a promotional visit. She posed for photos and gave several interviews.
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In London
Frida left Sweden officially on November 27th, 1982 and moved to Great Britain.
December 1982
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