Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A*Teens)

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"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"

Single by A*Teens
from the album The ABBA Generation
Released	1999, 2000
Format	CD Single Airplay
Recorded	1999
Genre	Pop, Europop
Length	3:57 (Album Version) 3:45 (Radio Version)
Label	Universal Music
Writer(s)	B. Andersson B. Ulvaeus
Producer(s)	Thomas Johansson Ronald Malmberg
Chart positions
#10 (Sweden) #11 (Mexico) #27 (Netherlands) #33 (Germany)
A*Teens chronology
"Super Trouper" (1999)	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" (1999)	"Happy New Year" (1999)

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! was A*Teens' third single (fourth in other territories) from their first album "The ABBA Generation", a cover on ABBA.

When the single came out in the winter of 1999 in Sweden, earning a Gold Certification.^[1] It Also became their third Top Ten hit there and the band's third Top 40 in Germany. The song peaked at #51 in Switzerland, #27 in Netherlands, #11 in Mexico, #2 in Argentina and #10 in Chile, The Single also topped the Philippine Charts and earned Top 10 Placings around Asia.

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" was recorded in Spanish for the Latin American promotion that started in early 2000. The Spanish version of the track reached #1 in Chile.

1 Music Video
2 Releases
3 Charts
4 References

[edit] Music Video

A still from the video "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!"

The music video was directed by Sebastian Reed, and was filmed in Sweden. It is the "darkest" video for the band.

The video starts with the boys entering in warehouse, where they find a crystal ball, inside of it, there is an "alternate world" where they perform the song.

The video had high rotation on several music channels, but it wasn't as successful as the firsts singles.

The version of the song used on the video is the "Radio Version", it's shorter and includes different beats and sounds from the album version.

[edit] Releases

European 2-Track CD Single

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Radio Version] - 3:45
A*Teens Medley [Pierre J's Radio Mix] - 3:54

European CD Maxi

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Radio Version] - 3:45
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Extended Version] - 6:02
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Earthbound Late Show Remix] - 5:04
A*Teens Medley [Pierre J's Full Length Mix] - 8:19

Mexican CD Single

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Radio Version] - 3:45
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Spanish Version] - 3:43

Japan CD Maxi

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Radio Version] - 3:45
A*Teens Medley [Pierre J's Radio Mix] - 3:54
Mamma Mia [Spanish Version] - 3:46
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Spanish Version] - 3:43

[edit] Charts

Chart (1999/2000)	Peak position
Philippine Top 20 Singles	#1
Argentine Top 100	#2
Thai Top 40	#4
Singaporean Top 20	#6
Indonesian Top 40	#8
Swedish Top 60 Singles	#10
Chilean Top 40	#10
Mexican Top 100	#11
Colombian Top 100	#25
Dutch Top 50 Singles	#27
German Top 100 Singles	#33
Swiss Top 100 Singles	#51