Elaine Paige, Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well "From CHESS"
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2016
- From the album CHESS THE ORIGINAL RECORDING by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus.
Listen to the full album here: PolarMusic.lnk.to/5OO9MfKAID
Music video by Elaine Paige, Barbara Dickson performing I Know Him So Well. (C) 1984 3 Knights Ltd., Under exclusive license to Polar Music International AB
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This song is 40 years old. Still sounds amazing in 2023
May 2023 Friday 1045pm😊
@@andrewgahan3568JUNE 2023
& FOREVER, AN EVERLASTING SONG
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How true, so exquisite.
They are still so beautiful. I'm not so sure about me; timeless talent.
Barbara Dickson's voice is like liquid gold. She hits the high notes without screeching.
I saw her in concert twice. She was a much under rated singer in the UK.
I totally agree. We saw her in Peterborough a few years ago. A very good voice
One of those pure smooth voices like Karen Carpenter! A pitch perfect tone
In the world. She deserves all of the recognition.
Absolutely agree. With no disrespect at all to Elaine Paige, I am surpised that Barbara Dickenson has not recieved more recognition as a very fine vocalist.
My mum's favorite song. Can see her singing along with the radio to it, making the Sunday dinner, every time I hear it. RIP Mum. xx
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Benny and Björn - such musical geniuses.
Absolutely...!!
Ja die beiden sind im wahrsten Sinne Genies .Einfach Spitze Thank you for the Music Björn & Benny 🙏
The lyrics and original idea for chess were by Tim Rice.
전설의 아바멤버들...❤
Truly they are.
I really love this duet!
'No one in your life is with you constantly. No one is completely on your side'. So true!
Love elaine
Never a truer word said..!!!
yep - never truer words spoken
Until you meet the right person..it does happen. It happened to me.
Ye that my favourite lyric of the song and words of wisdom to live by
"no one is completely on your side"
As long as I'm on my side I don't care
A life lesson 💋💋👊
These lyrics are incredibly heart-wrenching, about the wife and the mistress grieving over the man who broke both their hearts. And their voices are incomparable!
I haven't realized the meaning of the song not until I listen closely to its meaning and dang you're right!
so so so true..!!
@@aireenrazelcoca887 yes, if you listen to the words, Elaine is the mistress. He needs more security than a mistress offers, but the wife sings how he needs his fantasy and freedom. It's really heartbreakingly accurate!
What a performance by both on Chess Boards amazing this hits u like lots blessed the 80s the pinnacle my spirit to guide me back words list is endless to describe how it all went on i take it like it was superb lots of emotions how and what we were doin
Incomparable... as long as you can block out the idea of Agnetha and Frida performing this song.
I heard this on the radio today. For the first time in more years than I care to remember. And do you know what.....I sang - well, screeched - my 50-something heart out. I was suddenly a teenager again. I know it's an age-old cliché, but they don't make 'em like this anymore. This is sheer musical brilliance.
Friday March 8th 2024😮
I'm glad you screeched it out and enjoyed yourself!
Two powerful voices coming together for a beautiful duet
Barbara Dicksons voice is amazing…
This song holds one of the most gut-wrenching lyrics I've ever heard: "No one in your life is with you constantly. No one is completely on your side."
Even typing it drew out a tear.
True words
Keep searching babe
hummingbirdcity That made me crying hard af!
hummingbirdcity That made me crying hard af!
True say!
These songs will live on for ever, there's nothing to get anywhere near them these days!
my mum played this when my dad left, my mum died 6 years ago but this song will forever ingrained in my mind because she was the greatest woman in life
Sorry for your loss,my mum died 7 years this month,but that's the power of songs.❤
My Mum sing this song I m his girl 💜
On behalf of the astronomical community of San Diego, california, I am very sorry for your loss.
November 12th 2023😊
I AM SURE SHE WAS ! ❤
I am having a panic attack even thinking one day ....NO, NO. NO ! NEVER! 🥺😭
listening to this for my mum who lost her battle to cancer September 2021 she/we loved this song R.I.P mum xxxx
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Still listening in 2024❤
Still listening in 2025❤️
This song will go down in history, as one of greatest power ballad duets of all time
It already has 🙂
Brilliant
yeeaaahhh
@@tdamtoft Ahhhh!!!!! Touché!
No 💩 sherlock
When we were living our way thru the 1980s, charts overflowing with this quality of music, I for 1 took it all for granted.
One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, with two superb voices, the ABBA influence is there, I can imagine Anna and Frida singing it,
Yes it sounds like an ABBA song; they should do this one now they're back together!
I would love to hear that.
@@tricktrick-cp5piAgnetha*
Watched a doco in early 2000's, they had interviewed some "studio tech" that had worked with ABBA "rumor has it" they have sung it & other Chess songs, only in a studio/informal/messing about way. The boys were playing around/drafting/writing Chess music in those last years of ABBA 81 -82. " I know him so well" is taken from ABBA's I Am An A and there are other cross overs of Chess music to ABBA songs. There was supposed to be another album after Visitors ( new material) 82 but didn't happen. Late 82 -83 it was full on for the guys to complete Chess & girls doing there own thing. I could imagine them doing it trying sounds/lyrics etc. Yes for sure would be something to hear for sure.
Thank you Norman for that information, I appreciate you taking the time to reply, I would love to see the ABBA girls do the song, even the film clip could be similar. I saw ABBA live in concert in Sydney in 1977, one of the highlights of my life. @@normandunckley3926
Elaine is excellent. Her voice is very here and now, so sweet and very human. Barbara's voice is like something in a dream, sounds like an angel, with a heavenly voice that is both strong and soaring that you can hear from the best church singers. They compliment each other.
Totally agree bro.. best summary.. elaine has the most beautiful voice and barbara is so powerful
In other words Elaine plays the role of the young lover where as Barbara plays the role of the more mature experienced role.
1985 THE YEAR THIS SONG CAME OUT,I WAS IN FIRST YEAR,FIRST SEMESTER IN COLLEGE, ENGINEERING.37 YEARS LATER,THE SONG STILL REMINDS ME OF SIMPLIER,HAPPY TIMES.
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You could imagine agnetha and Frida from ABBA singing this together. Written by the ABBA boys + tim rice. + one night in Bangkok. Two massive hits from the chess musical. Xx. Chess is deep ...but Brilliant. Xx
Thank you for the info!😊
More to the point, THIS, along with 'One Night In Bangkok', 'Nobody's Side' & 'Heaven Help My Heart', plus virtually all the songs given to the Gemini Swedish duo for their 2 80s albums were to be ABBA's next songs if they hadn't split, and like with Gemini (though they are fine) we have to take them like this with these singers standing in well for our lovely A&A because no other version exists.
Have you seen this version?
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Elaine Page has such a strong voice but Barbara Dickson has that exquisite and classy tone. I could listen to Barbara all day!!
Elaine Page has an absolutely amazing voice, as if from heights, heavenly, divine ... it's not just about Barbara .... ua-cam.com/video/sxR-1mZem8Q/v-deo.html
@@BestForeverMusic I think Jennifer is just having an opinion of the voice she prefers, she’s allowed that privilege. I must admit I tend to agree with Jennifer.
Scottish much?
@@sametoyoutoo8509 haha nooo not at all. Half Irish, Half French. Why is Elaine Paige Scottish?
Still listening 2019, this was a time when people were famous because they had talent, not just because they had been on love island, come on bring it back.
We live in an age of mediocrity.
@Damian Cairns Euphemism for reality tv.
@@matrimcauthon7937 I think you are being too generous, mediocrity would be a step up.
Er, I think you'll find that there are still talented people around. Then there were celebrities of questionable talent around when this was in the charts.
Realistically no one fucking cares who jumps on the Love Island train. It might be popular during the summer time when people have the right to jack off to it but after August, people get on with their lives and forget about those contestants on the show.
Barbra Dickson comes across as a nice person in interviews! And has a lovely voice! Not a diva who thinks shes better than everyone!!!!!!
From 1982😊
Dunfermline's finest
@@andrewgahan3568 1985
This record came out in 1984. I had it for Christmas.
My dad knew Barbara’s family in Dunfermline where we are from. Although we stay in Rosyth.
All I want is that Frida and Agnetha would sing this. Imagine the blend of their voices on this..
That should have happened.
It would be amazing.
Why??? They are hugely less interesting as singers and performers that EP and BD. Both these women are hit makers and award winning actresses in their own right - real individual stars - and both continue to have wonderful interesting careers. Dickson in particular is glorious - a great voice, a fine musician and songwriter.
That would indeed be cool.
Они пели это, поищите в интернете. Но мне больше понравился, как ни странно, этот дуэт
80s when we really lived...never forget...BEST times ever!!
Please do analyze this. Some women go for the looks, instead of getting to know the person. Sometimes, when women wants their man to be committed to her, he is not ready, which leads to the realization they made a mistake.
Mindless the hair =D
Amen, Amen and Amen! Life was so great and people were so much friendlier.
Mi Picasso Well the Gay scene in London from 1980 onwards esp in Earls court SW5, "those were the days!"
+Resty Mervin Ponio listen happy with my man since I was 16 just broke up with him 21 years together and I tell you what I didn't fancy at first we're just friends so what you're saying is b*******
Two legendary ladies singing one legendary piece of musical theatre.
Songs don't much better than this - period!
This really is a duet of such magnificent proportions.
Jimmy Young They got an oportunity to sing an ABBA duet. How could they refuse?
Best duet was by Whitney Houston and her Mother....try it...
Absolutely fantastic ❤️
@@masterseedinv I shall definitely take a look 👍
Great song
Long live Chess, and the fans of Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson for this Wonderful song
I love Barbara Dickson, her voice is amazing
I'm a huge guy and a Heavy Metal head but this is my guilty pleasure. This pandemic makes me use UA-cam as a time machine.
Watch this remake version! I think it's even better! Yes, 2 of the Spice Girls! (Also a metalhead! We have taste!) ua-cam.com/video/7eO0hhfq5RM/v-deo.html
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I'm 100 foot tall and can listen to whatever pleases me.
From experience, a metal head sees the value in good music, however it may sound.
watch the version of STEPS
benny and bjorn from ABBA are musical's genius !!!!!!
I agree
Sverige levererar alltid
That has never been in doubt
Can you imagine this as a duet by Agnetha and Frida!!! Would have been awesome too.
Definitely 👍
My sister and I used to sing this back in the 80’s karaoke style. Brings back so many memories 💕💕💕💕. Life in the 80’s was so simple......
So true...
A million times better than now ! 💖💖💖💖💖💖
Damm I love the 80's. So glad I experienced them.
I had just left my husband when this song was released. I know i made the right decision. I am with my next husband for 34 years and I am so happy.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Sadly, this song, these two ladies, and this record aren't well-known in the U.S. I'm so grateful I stumbled across it on UA-cam..
I think that may be at least partly because when Chess opened in American the part that Elaine Paige played in London part was played a different and the musical was not a success in America. On a slightly different note Did you know Elaine Paige was also a actor co-director on Anything Goes?
Who knew this song would sound so beautiful from these gorgeous ladies. What powerful voices they have. A classic 80’s track 🎼🎤😘
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Beautiful! We are blessed to have such beautiful female singers throughout time. Elaine Page, Barbra Dickson, Celine Dion, Susan Boyle, Vera Lynn, Whitney Houston and so on.
Why are people gormlessly commenting about who they would like to hear sing this song. The two ladies singing it here are peerless.
It makes you wonder, doesn't it Alan
Well, considering it's written by B & B, how Agnetha & Frida would've handled it with their ridiculously übersynced harmonies and voices would be a treat.
there is another interesting version sung by Whitney and Sissi Houston.. magnificent too...
@@fylaxx seeing that this song was also written by Tim Rice for the stage show Chess Elaine singing the song makes a lot a sense.
@@fylaxx No it wouldn't! Outside of ABBA both A&A are as dull as ditchwater.
Sweden - Björn and Benny forever - long live Abba, Tim Rice, Chess and all the other big Musicals from this period of time - Cats and all those great remarkable musicals who still gives us all goosebumps, even now in 2023 - Im from 1982 and Im brought up in Musicals from the the 40’s and up. This kind of music lives on forever and for those people who dont like musicals, well what can I say, sad life. Let us celebrate this musical and cheers to Björn and Benny 🍻
Two of the greatest female voices in the business. Both have a fabulous set of pipes.
I cry when I listen to this song. My father ... my music.. my love. He taught me how to appreciate life, love and music. Incredible ❤️
Music is so strong. It can really help you through ups and downs. I have been a member of the famous choir in Trondheim for 14 years and started singing when I was 5 years old ( now 48) and i am still singing every day. Keep continue with your singing. It helps you and other who are listening 😀😀😀 Paul Jensen from Norway
@@jensenene I’m working on a wee theory or way that people in my community can use music to help heal. It’s early days but it is working. I sing not very well I’m guessing 😂😂but music is the key 🔑 Happy new year!! 😊
"no one in your life is with you constantly, no one is completely on your side"
Jesus is---if you ask Him into your heart but He is the only exception
Too true
Barbara Dickson sings so effortlessly
I never heard of this show. I heard the Whitney & Cissy Houston’s cover and that brought me here. I’m thankful for this. I love this version and the purity of the original ❤
All these years, I too never knew Whitney and Cissy's version was a cover. This Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige version was a huge hit in Britain, but not the United States. That might have influenced Whitney's decision to cover the song.
Just a couple of years before this, Barbara Dickson did a cover of Stop! In the Name of Love by The Supremes. The Supremes version is a classic of course, but Barbara Dickson's version was pretty good and very contemporary sounding for the 80s.
@@Tes7000 I’m definitely going to have to look up that version of Stop! In the Name of Love! Thanks for the recommendation!
They don't write phenomenal music like this anymore. First time I heard this song and the soundtrack to Chess, I was around 14 years old. Till this day I am amazed by this song. I still listen to this music and it brings me back in time. I hope someday they bring back Chess to Broadway.
It took me almost thirty years to appreciate this song, but I am making up for lost time.
Gary Watton Ditto
took me 50+
Why? x
because i wouldn't have understood how you can know someone so well.. but not... but now i do... experience... didn't have it before... :)
Gu Est I love your comment and I feel the same, I was 9-10 when this came out and my Mum bought it on vinyl, we'd listen to it together and I liked it but now i can understand the words I appreciate it so much more x
Just class …. No substitute for this level of singing ability 👌🏾
Another Benny & Bjorn masterpiece
I forgot about this song, came across it today and it hits different now 😔 Like a punch in the gut
Anyone else old enough to remember when this was no 1 in 1985? I was 10 and remember it being announced on Top of the pops.
Erm no :)
Nope, i was born when it was no1 tho
I was only 12 when this song reached no 1.
Tom Fennell I was 10.
I am x
Haven't heard this song in years still love it 😢
But it dont sounds old
This Song Gives Me Goosebumps
Lyrics hit me deeply😢😢😢😢😢
Huge respect for both of these ladies. For their voices and for performing so near to naked flames with that amount of hairspray.
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AquaNet for the win!
PERFECTION PERSONIFIED
Best comment 😂😂😂
My late grandad got me into this song as he liked elaine paige. R.I.P. Grandad
Your grandad had great taste in music.
Back in the day, being vulnerable in love, admitting one's mistakes, being honest about how you feel, and letting go without holding a grudge were all good things. Hence the poetic songs of the 80s and 90s.
Chess is a Masterpiece from 2 of the Greatest Songwriters and Machines in Benny and Bjorn.These 2 have great lungs voices done so well as a Girl Duet to be part of the greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s
This is a great song that got to No.1 in the UK Charts in February 1985.
I've noticed that 294 people hate this song. Why? This song is an absolute beauty.
Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson both have such amazing voices. Two great dames of the music world!!!!
Once again another wonderful Song recorded by two Wonderful Singers. And it Reminds me of the LOVE I Shared with my Husband, Sadly not with us anymore, but we had 40 years together and I wouldn't have Missed it for the World, Still LOVE YOU KEITH 💕💜💞🌹💯
Elaine Paige is great, but this song really shows the richness and power of Barbara Dickson's voice. He timbre is exceptional
Benny Anderson is used to writing for soprano and contralto combo with the ABBA girls: the guy has a brilliant ear and apparently can’t read a note of music: total genius.
I have always loved Barbara Dickson's exceptionally beautiful voice. ☘
Exactly. The timbre and the warmth and depth of that voice. The note on the first syllable of "younger" is a spot I could occupy for a long time.
Love Barbara’s voice and she is very versatile too!
Barbara was a folk singer! they have a richness, depth and exceptional timbre to their voices just like Judith Durham of the Seekers
Barbara Dickson is so amazing
Absolutely timeless and peerless. One of the few duets I play regularly and still enjoy it as much as the first time I heard it.
Excellent, classy song. Still remains the best selling song by a female duo in the UK. Yet another number 1 for Benny and Bjorn
One word to this masterpiece: epic!
One Night In Bangkok is brilliant part of Chess the Video remember at 14 at College playing Bongos to the Song love Murrays strong pommy accent puts a spin on it
Barbara has THE most amazing voice
Beautiful music by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus
The ABBA sound without the girls, imagine that…the girls……...
ABBA all over
I was thinking how much this song sounded like ABBA, that very moment I saw your comment.
The music truly is something to behold, isn't it? These two musicians and singular lyricist are the reason that Chess is my all-time favorite musical.
ABBA writes the best music, they marry sad and happy in the same song and you feel both emotions strongly ...
Yes, ABBA songs are very emotional!
Fell in love with this album when it came out in 1984. I always wished I could have seen the musical
Every so often a theatre troupe somewhere revives it, so perhaps you will. "Chess" is like those cult classic movies, they never disappear...
It was a beautiful musical. At least you have this wonderful music to listen to
It's May 2021, and this song is STILL AMAZING.
Very sad!
ikr!
It's now Jan 2022 an i agree
Elaine Paige can not only sing but also her phrasing and expression can move a grown man to tears.
@@teknikgroup7597 It did.
Who is still listening this beautiful song in march 2021 the same with me???? This song make me back to the old past and remember beautiful memories
I will never tire of this duet. There are many to chose from on the Tube, but this version just does it for me.
I love this, never will I tire of it.
So very beautiful
We played this at my Dads funeral March 2021 beautiful song miss my Dad every day ❤️
I've just seen Chess at Perth Concert Hall today Saturday 5th June 2021😍 and came home straight away to check out Elaine and Barbara with a better understanding. Fantastic 👏 👏 👏
I can hear the ABBA girls singing this .....but babs and barb do a wonderful job .. love chess ....so underrated..and " one night in Bangkok = sublime ! . Love ABBA.. take there VOYAGE .🌈💚 ⭐
И я постоянно слышу это!! 💥💥💥
Есть видео с девочками из АББА
This was and still is 1 of my favorite song.The oldies have that quality that last forever.
Nice ln 😁
Amazing. Nobody can beat this version.
Yeah - try the Whitney and Cissy Houston version - they own this track
Steps version too
Nowadays, they don't make this kind of beautiful music like they used to.
Always, was a big fan of Barbara Dickson
The way their voices sound together at 2:28 is beautiful
One of the greatest, most heartbreaking songs ever written. And amazingly performed here, despite the almost ridiculously 80's visuals...
I absolutely adore this song - this version of it - and sing it at karaoke when I can find someone to sing it with me; it's just a beautiful song - full stop!
Check out the brilliant sendup of it by Susan Boyle and Peter Kay (in drag), done for Comic Relief. It's visually hilarious and musically really very fine indeed. (Madness!) 😉
the most successful female duet song in history.
Thanks, Abba!
Two great voices, but Elaine Page's voice is truly beautiful
I find this more beautiful now than I did back then. A stunning song .
No one in your life is with you constantly, no one is completely on your side (true)
sabinasabina2010 it really is. I’ve just started to realise this.
GOD IS ALWAYS WITH YOU.
there is my friend....THE ALMIGHTY.....
So true.
Why do u say true? Some of us know how to be loyal and completely on someone's side. Just not every person in your life deserves that level of respect and loyalty, regardless of how long u may have known them.
April 2022. Still as good as first time I heard what a duo they were
And in April 2023! Hi from Victoria 🇨🇦
Such an iconic song written by two pillars of modern music... And performed by two superb singers of the modern era...
Could’ve been the next big ABBA hit! Having said that, I do respect their decision to go on a “hiatus” for 40 years.
I agree, it would have been great to hear ABBA performing this song. An early version of the song was the Abba live-only song 'I am an A, I am a Bi'
80s hair and fashions and all that. I live for Elaine Paige!
well she is available on the radio every Sunday at 1pm radio 2
and still not a patch on Barbara Dickson who is a truly great singer
Big hairdo. Huge shoulder pads, big jewellery, big makeup. Those were the days!
😂😂😂. 80s fashion
@@Gayalert69 Two gorgeous and amazingly talented ladies , Barbara’s voice is so sweet 💕
2024!! Still fabulous!!
Listening to this song makes me feel like a teenager again... The sounds, the fashion, the hairstyling - these were "state of the art" in the 80's... And I miss these times so badly (ok, not really the cloths an the hair...). But the feeling, these days, when life seemed to be endless, when you couldn't imagine, that the basics of your life could ever change, when you had no serious problems, when every single day was a new adventure, always wit a happy ending... Memories of a better life and better times. I miss these times, I miss my youth.
"But it's over, it will never be the same"...
How can not fall in love with Barabara Dickinson.
I am touch too.. where is she now?
I didn't discover this emotional masterpiece till this year. Can't imagine anyone else singing it but these two. Their voices are perfect together.
2023 still listening classic
Pandemic teaches me to appreciate old music like this.
I'm just 20 years old but I'm inlove with this song. Classic old songs are the best ❤️👌 I'm an old soul 💕
Always, the one most great and beautiful ballads
I know this is a classic but I was looking at some recent Barbara Dickson UA-cam videos....and her music has so much more depth and interest these days. She is a proper musician, plays guitar and keyboards and is a fine songwriter. Her 'When Shadows Meet the Light' is superb. Its just a shame that for most people Barbara is only remembered for this song and its big hair/shoulder pads/lip gloss etc. She is so much more interesting. ...
Thanks for the vector! Didn't know any of that about Barbara...
Correct title is "Where Shadows Meet The Light"
I am listening while quarantined in a nursing home where I live. Watching videos found some old favorites.
Should of won an Oscar for her performance, let anyone the song. Her eye contact is off the scale!!!!
For everyone saying that this should have been performed by Agnetha and Frida, ABBA had indeed sang a previous version of this song with different lyrics during one of their live concerts in Australia. It was a silly song called ‘I Am an A’ and wasn’t intended to be recorded (you can watch it on UA-cam). Björn and Benny reused its chorus melody to create the masterpiece you’re now listening to. I suggest you checking out all the other songs from the musical ‘Chess’
How Genius Benny Anderson who creates this song. Combines with 2 beatiful singers. Perfecto!!
A master piece from Abba only to be pulled off by this amazing talent of Elaine page & Barbara Dickson
Memories with my mom.. Singing this song together before she passed away.. Beautiful song to remember ❤️🙌🙏🏻👍