"As Good as New"
Single by ABBA
from the album Voulez-Vous
A-side	"I Have a Dream"
Released	1979
Genre	Dance
Length	3:24
Label	Polar Music
Songwriter(s)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
Producer(s)	Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (1979) "As Good as New" (1979) "I Have a Dream" (1979)
Audio
"As Good As New" on YouTube

"As Good as New" is a song recorded in 1979 by Swedish group ABBA, and was used as the opening track on their Voulez-Vous album. The lead vocals are by Agnetha Fältskog. The song was released as a single in Mexico as a double A-side with "I Have a Dream", where it became ABBA's ninth (and final) number-one hit.^[1] "As Good as New" was also released in Argentina^[2] and in Bolivia.^[3]

History

As usual, the song was written and composed by Andersson and Ulvaeus. It originally had the working title "It's Better Now".^[4]