Everyone has an ABBA story. Like A Magic Spell is a song-by-song podcast which shares and unlocks the sheer joy of ABBA.

For this episode, Adrian is joined by music journalist and host of the Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast, Steve Holden to discuss ME AND I and HAPPY NEW YEAR. They talk about when Steve met Björn over Zoom, the perils of Mexican fireworks and, inevitably, the bleakness of New Year.

• ME AND I (audio-only video from ABBA YouTube channel)
• ME AND I (Dick Cavett Meets ABBA performance)
• Dick Cavett Meets ABBA (full show)
• ABBA on TV (fan site listing every TV appearance by ABBA)
• HAPPY NEW YEAR (official video)
• Article: How an ABBA Classic Becomes the Anthem of Vietnam's New Year Celebration
• Article: SVT celebrates ABBA with a big gala evening (in Swedish)
• The Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast with Björn Ulvaeus and Martin Österdahl

Next week: OUR LAST SUMMER and THE PIPER

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Produced and hosted by Adrian Stirrup
Music by Ian Jones