I Know There's Something Going On

"I Know There's Something Going On"
UK vinyl-single cover for "I Know There's Something's Going On".
Single by Anni-Frid Lyngstad
from the album Something's Going On
B-side	"Threnody" (album version)
Released	1982
Format	Cd/Vinyl
Recorded	1982
Genre	Art Rock, New Wave
Length	5:29 (album version) 4:04 (edit)
Label	Epic / Universal
Writer(s)	Russ Ballard
Producer	Hugh Padgham, Phil Collins
Anni-Frid Lyngstad singles chronology
"Fernando" "I Know There's Something Going On" "To Turn The Stone"
Music sample "I Know There's Something Going On"

"I Know There's Something Going On" is a song recorded in 1982 by ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida). It was the lead single from her solo album Something's Going On. The song was a huge hit around the world during 1982 and 1983.

Contents 1 Song history 2 Music video 3 Single 4 Charts 5 Cover versions 6 Sampling 7 Appearances in other media 8 References

Song history

Recording began in ABBA's Polar Music Studio, Stockholm, in February 1982. As ABBA were unofficially on a break, Lyngstad spent time on her solo project. At the time of recording this song/album, Frida wanted to distance herself from "the typical ABBA pop sound". "I Know There's Something Going On" was written by Russ Ballard and produced by Genesis drummer & singer Phil Collins, who also played drums on the song. The back-up vocals are sung by Lyngstad herself & Collins.

The song & video were released in Autumn 1982 & became a massive hit. It hit #1 in France (spending five weeks on top), Belgium, Switzerland and Costa Rica and was a Top 10 hit throughout the whole of Europe, as well as in Australia and South Africa. In the United States, the track reached #13. In the UK the song peaked at #43 in September 1982, but did spend seven weeks inside the Top 75.

This single sold 3.5 million copies worldwide and did far better than the last ABBA singles recorded and released in 1982.

The album Something's Going On is also the best-selling solo project of any of the former ABBA members to date.

A one hour TV documentary about the making of the album and this song, is included in Frida - The DVD. The whole recording process, from day one in the studio to the release party, was filmed by Swedish TV SVT. This documentary includes interviews with Frida and Phil, Björn and Benny from ABBA, as well as all the musicians playing on the album.

Music video

The music video was directed by Stuart Orme and filmed at several locations in London, England in early July 1982. The video, which received heavy promotion on MTV due to the worldwide success of the song, shows Frida as a young woman in a struggling relationship. She then discovers through photos taken at a fashion shoot that her husband or lover is seeing another woman.

The video is included in Frida - The DVD.

Single

• Side A.

1. I Know There's Something Going On 4:04 (single edit).

• Side B.

1. Threnody 4:16 (album version).

Charts

Chart	Position
Australian Singles Chart	5
Austrian Singles Chart	3
Belgian Singles Chart	1
British Singles Chart	43
Canadian Singles Chart	30
Costa Rican Singles Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart	3
Finnish Singles Chart	7
French Singles Chart	1
German Singles Chart	5
Irish Singles Chart	23
Italian Singles Chart	7
Norwegian Singles Chart	3
Polish Singles Chart	3
South African Singles Chart	5
Swedish Singles Chart	3
Swiss Singles Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	13

Cover versions

• In 1992, Italian disco band Co.Ro. covered the song and released it as a single.
• In 2006, American electro-rock band Luxxury covered the song on their debut album Rock and Roll is Evil.
• In 2006, Tre_Lux Covered the song on their Cover Album "A Strange Gathering".
• In 2007, German band Wild Frontier covered the song for their album Bite The Bullet.^[1]
• In 2009, American electronic group Sleepthief covered the song, featuring vocals by Roberta Carter-Harrison.
• In 2011, Swedish heavy metal group Ovedrive covered the song for their album Angelmaker.

Sampling

• In 2002, Finnish hip hop group Bomfunk MC's used the song as basis for their hit named "(Crack It!) Something Goin' On". The chorus was performed by Swedish singer Jessica Folcker.
• In 2009, the track was sampled by Canadian hip hop artist k-os for the song "Eye Know Something" from his album Yes!.

Appearances in other media

In the MTV animated series Daria, the song was featured during the closing credits of Episode #406, entitled, "I Loathe a Parade". The song is featured in the 1984 movie "Just The Way You Are" as well as the song "Voulez-Vous" by ABBA (whom Frida is a member of).

References