Filmed: Monday 28 May 1979
Location: Roma Studios, Madrid, Spain
Broadcast: Monday 18 June 1979, 22:05-23:00, RTVE1, Spain
Release status: See below
Duration: 1:04:26 entire show, 19:11 ABBA bits
Shown in: Spain
300 Millones = 300 Millions
300 Millones was a weekly Spanish TV programme run on RTVE1 between 26 June 1977 and 22 March 1983, featuring different music performances, interviews, reports and competitions.
The title of the programme refers to the number of spanish-speaking people in countries all over the world ie. 300 million. The series ran via satellite in 18 Spanish-speaking countries (Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Antillas, Panamá, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, México and Guinea Ecuatorial) as well as in Japan (on channel NHK) and the USA.
Each episode was around 1 hour long. The presenters of this edition were well-known Spanish actress Paca Gabaldón and Kiko Ledgard.
Running order of the show:
- Cultural Quiz
- Cleverness Quiz
- Triana – Una Historia
- ABBA – I Have A Dream
- Hollywood Stars Ballet
- ABBA – Does Your Mother Know
- Hollywood Stars Ballet
- ABBA – Voulez Vous
- Orchestra directed by Augusto Algueró - Encuentros en la 3 Fase, Tema de amor de Superman and Guerra de las Galaxias
- ABBA – Chiquitita (Spanish)
This is probably the only time Frida and Agnetha ever wore their skin-tight purple and pink Voulez Vous PROMO outfits without the little shiny bolero jackets over them. It's a bit of a shock when you see them for the first time because they are so revealing! A photograph has emerged showing Agnetha wearing the jacket and Frida holding her jacket in what is probably a dress rehearsal for Chiqutita.
The recording ended at 15:00 after an early start so ABBA only had one hour for their lunch in a nearby restaurant where they had grilled steak and salad before their next appointment - recording Aplauso.
Click here for a TV listing from ABC (Sevilla) - 17 June 1979, p.64 (listing the following day's TV guide).
Chiquitita was released on the CD/DVD Gracias por la musica Deluxe Editon on 15 November 2014.
The entire programme is available to view on the RTVE (Spain) website.
- In Voulez Vous, Frida kissed Benny and you can clearly see the lipstick on Benny's face.
- Frida whisperd in Agnetha's ear then tripping up as she runs behind her during Voulez Vous. Could this have been an impromptu decision on Frida's part to "swap partners" to ease Agnetha's possible discomfort perhaps? After all news of her divorce from Björn was still fresh.
Lyrics available on the Official ABBA site: I Have A Dream, Does Your Mother Know, Voulez Vous and Chiquitita (Spanish)