Tracklist
| Head Over Heels | 3:45 | ||
| The Visitors | 5:49 |
Credits (3)
Michael B. TretowEngineer
A. Hanser*Photography By
Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus*Producer, Arranged By
Notes
"Head Over Heels" was the second and last 'general release' single off "The Visitors", released in the spring of 1982. "The Visitors" was the B-side.
Seemingly a happy song, the A-side somehow fails to deliver, which was reflected in the chart performance and marked the beginning of the group's decline in popularity. The single only made #25 in the UK, breaking the run of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits (which started in 1975). Worth noting is that the track was omitted from "The Singles", the group's first career-spanning compilation, the following year. A different A-side was, once again, chosen in the US, although this time the sides were merely switched - see "The Visitors".
As with the previous single, a unique cover art was created in the UK. In other countries, the same photo was used on all designs.
Seemingly a happy song, the A-side somehow fails to deliver, which was reflected in the chart performance and marked the beginning of the group's decline in popularity. The single only made #25 in the UK, breaking the run of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits (which started in 1975). Worth noting is that the track was omitted from "The Singles", the group's first career-spanning compilation, the following year. A different A-side was, once again, chosen in the US, although this time the sides were merely switched - see "The Visitors".
As with the previous single, a unique cover art was created in the UK. In other countries, the same photo was used on all designs.
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Polydor – PRO-3650 | Philippines | 1981 | Philippines — 1981 |
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Polydor – 2002 122 | Austria | 1981 | Austria — 1981 |
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RCA Victor – 103947 | Australia & New Zealand | 1981 | Australia & New Zealand — 1981 |
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Epic – EPC A 2037 | UK | 1982 | UK — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels / The Visitors
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Head Over Heels = Cabeza Sobre Talones / No Hay A Quien Culpar = When All Is Said And Done
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RCA Victor – SP-5678 | Mexico | 1982 | Mexico — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels / The Visitors
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Polydor – 2200 138 | Netherlands | 1982 | Netherlands — 1982 | ||||
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Head Over Heels / The Visitors
7", Single, 45 RPM
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Polar – POS 1296 | Scandinavia | 1982 | Scandinavia — 1982 |
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Epic – EPC A 2037 | Ireland | 1982 | Ireland — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels / The Visitors
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Columbia – MO 2120 | Spain | 1982 | Spain — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels
7", Single, Promo, Stereo
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Discomate – DSP-218 | Japan | 1982 | Japan — 1982 |
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Discomate – DSP-218 | Japan | 1982 | Japan — 1982 |
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Epic – EPC A2037 | UK | 1982 | UK — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels
7", 45 RPM, Single, Holland Pressing
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Epic – EPCA 2037 | UK | 1982 | UK — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels / When All Is Said And Done
12", Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
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Discomate – DSS-1010 | Japan | 1982 | Japan — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels / The Visitors
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Sunshine (2) – GBS 148 | South Africa | 1982 | South Africa — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels / The Visitors
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Polydor – 2002 122 | 1982 | — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels / The Visitors
7", Single, 45 RPM, Red
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RCA – PO.02 | El Salvador | 1982 | El Salvador — 1982 |
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Sunshine (2) – GBS 148 | Zimbabwe | 1982 | Zimbabwe — 1982 |
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RCA Victor – ECK-201134-3-A | Ecuador | 1982 | Ecuador — 1982 |
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Head Over Heels
7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo, Injection Labels
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Epic – EPC A 2037 | UK | 1982 | UK — 1982 | ||||
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Head Over Heels / The Visitors
7", 45 RPM, Single, Picture Disc, Reissue
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Polar – 00602455074355 | Europe | 2023 | Europe — 2023 |
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Recently acquired a copy of this at a record fair and digitised it. After a few plays, something dawned on me: on both sides, the stereo tracks are reversed (L->R & R->L) relative to the digital versions from the album that you can stream from Apple Music or YouTube. It’s quite subtle on Head Over Heels, but much easier to detect on The Visitors. To rule out the obvious possibility that I’d wrongly wired up the cartridge or record player, I compared other tracks I’ve digitised (by ABBA and other bands) with their streamed versions, and the stereo mixes are the same. Can anyone else confirm or invalidate my findings? My pressing is the UK version with injected labels; runouts say EPC-A-2037-A1/EPC-A-2037-B4 and “TOWNHOUSE”.
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