Nina, Pretty Ballerina

"Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
"Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
	Austrian picture sleeve
Single by ABBA
from the album Ring Ring
A-side	"He Is Your Brother" (France); "So Long" (Philippines);
B-side	"I Am Just a Girl" (Austria); "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)" (Kenya);
Released	October 1973 (France); 1974 (Austria); 1977 (Kenya, Philippines)
Genre	Europop
Length	2:53
Label	Polar Music
Songwriter(s)	Benny Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus
Producer(s)	Benny Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
Audio video
	"Nina, Pretty Ballerina" on YouTube

"Nina, Pretty Ballerina" is a song recorded in November 1972 by Swedish pop group ABBA, and released on 7" vinyl record in Austria and France in October 1973 as the seventh and final single from the band's debut album Ring Ring. It reached #8 on the singles chart in Austria.

The song was also the theme song of Sirius talk-show host Lynn Samuels. Lynn Samuels only played "Nina, Ballerina," as she called it, on Friday, to reward herself for working all week, when she was on Sirius Radio in New York.^[1]

Track listings

Austria^[2]

A. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
B. "I Am Just a Girl"

France^[3]

A1. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
A2. "He Is Your Brother"

Philippines^[4]

A1. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
A2. "So Long"

Kenya^[5]

A. "Nina, Pretty Ballerina"
B. "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)"

Cover versions

The song was covered by Hong Kong-born Filipino singer Rowena Cortes for her 1977 album Sweet Fairy.
German girl group Pretty Maid Company released a cover of the song as a single in 1977.
Jawadde, a group from Ghent, East Flanders, released Mina, schuune ballerina in December 1979.

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[6]	8

References

^ "Listen To Lynn". LynnSamuels.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
^ "Björn, Benny, Anna And Frida - Nina Pretty Ballerina / I Am Just A Girl - Polydor - Austria - 2040 111". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
^ "Bjรถrn And Benny, Anna And Frida - Nina, Pretty Ballerina / He Is Your Brother - Vogue - France - 45. X. 3027". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
^ "ABBA - Nina, Pretty Ballerina / So Long - Polydor - Philippines - PRO-3512". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
^ "ABBA - Nina, Pretty Balerina / Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) - Polydor - Kenya - 2001 736". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
^ "ABBA – Nina, Pretty Ballerina" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

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[1] "Listen To Lynn". LynnSamuels.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

[2] "Björn, Benny, Anna And Frida - Nina Pretty Ballerina / I Am Just A Girl - Polydor - Austria - 2040 111". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

[3] "Bjรถrn And Benny, Anna And Frida - Nina, Pretty Ballerina / He Is Your Brother - Vogue - France - 45. X. 3027". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

[4] "ABBA - Nina, Pretty Ballerina / So Long - Polydor - Philippines - PRO-3512". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

[5] "ABBA - Nina, Pretty Balerina / Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) - Polydor - Kenya - 2001 736". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

[sc_Austria_ABBA-6] "ABBA – Nina, Pretty Ballerina" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

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v t e ABBA songs
Discography Unreleased songs
Ring Ring	"People Need Love" "He Is Your Brother" "Ring Ring" "Another Town, Another Train" "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" "Rock'n Roll Band" "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" "Disillusion" "I Saw It in the Mirror" "Me and Bobby and Bobby's Brother" "She's My Kind of Girl"
Waterloo	"Waterloo" "King Kong Song" "Hasta Mañana" "My Mama Said" "Honey, Honey" "What About Livingstone?"
ABBA	"Mamma Mia" "Hey, Hey Helen" "SOS" "Bang-A-Boomerang" "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" "Rock Me" "Intermezzo No. 1" "I've Been Waiting for You" "So Long"
Greatest Hits	"Fernando"
Arrival	"When I Kissed the Teacher" "Dancing Queen" "My Love, My Life" "Dum Dum Diddle" "Knowing Me, Knowing You" "Money, Money, Money" "That's Me" "Why Did It Have to Be Me?" "Tiger" "Arrival"
ABBA: The Album	"Eagle" "Take a Chance on Me" "One Man, One Woman" "The Name of the Game" "Move On" "Hole in Your Soul" "Thank You for the Music" "I Wonder (Departure)" "I'm a Marionette"
Voulez-Vous	"As Good as New" "Voulez-Vous" "I Have a Dream" "Angeleyes" "The King Has Lost His Crown" "Does Your Mother Know" "If It Wasn't for the Nights" "Chiquitita" "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)" "Kisses of Fire"
Greatest Hits Vol. 2	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" "Summer Night City"
Super Trouper	"Super Trouper" "The Winner Takes It All" "On and On and On" "Andante, Andante" "Me and I" "Happy New Year" "Our Last Summer" "The Piper" "Lay All Your Love on Me"
The Visitors	"The Visitors" "Head over Heels" "When All Is Said and Done" "Soldiers" "I Let the Music Speak" "One of Us" "Two for the Price of One" "Slipping Through My Fingers" "Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"
The Singles: The First Ten Years	"The Day Before You Came" "Under Attack"
Voyage	"I Still Have Faith in You" "Don't Shut Me Down" "Just a Notion" "Little Things"
Other songs	"Merry-Go-Round" "Elaine" "Put on Your White Sombrero" "Should I Laugh or Cry" "You Owe Me One"
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