Mamma Mia! Sony is about to heap more misery
on tormented neighbours.
More than half a million SingStar microphones
are now in Australian homes and regularly suffering the indignity of having inebriated
party guests and excitable teenagers using them to perform their worst Cyndi
Lauper or Delta Goodrem impersonations.
This Christmas, Sony is making a dire situation
even worse by releasing dedicated ABBA versions of SingStar for both the
PlayStation 2 and PS3 consoles.
The track list will include Mamma Mia, Gimme
Gimme Gimme, Waterloo and of course, Dancing Queen.
"We are thrilled to be collaborating
with ABBA to bring their tracks to SingStar this Christmas," says David
Reeves, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (and closet Benny
Andersson admirer).
"The popularity of this iconic band
continues year after year, and we know SingStar fans will be delighted to add
this selection of classics tracks to their SingStar collection."
Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of Universal
Music Group International says "ABBA have joined that elite club of
musicians and artists whose popularity only grows with time, as new generations
enjoy some of the most memorable music ever made. SingStar ABBA will have the
world singing along again."
ABBA has sold over 370 million albums
worldwide and SingStar ABBA continues the recent resurgence of popularity of
the Swedish band, sparked by the dreadful Hollywood musical Mamma Mia starring Meryl
Streep and Pierce Brosnan.