ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

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

[Verse 1]
Half-past twelve
And I'm watchin' the late show in my flat, all alone
How I hate to spend the evening on my own
Autumn winds
Blowin' outside the window as I look around the room
And it makes me so depressed to see the gloom

[Pre-Chorus]
There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

[Chorus]
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

[Verse 2]
Movie stars
Find the end of the rainbow with a fortune to win
It's so different from the world I'm livin' in
Tired of TV
I open the window and I gaze into the night
But there's nothing there to see, no one in sight
[Pre-Chorus]
There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

[Chorus]
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

[Post-Chorus]
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]
There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

[Chorus]
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away?
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

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Written by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” is one of ABBA’s greatest hits. It went to number one in seven countries. The song is about a lonely woman who just wants a man (after midnight) to satisfy her for a night.

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Synthesizer
Assistant Remastering Engineer
Strings Arranger
Bass Trombone
Percussion
Recorded At
Polar Music Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Release Date
October 2, 1979
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