She's My Kind of Girl


"She's My Kind of Girl" is a song written and performed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, who were later famous as members of ABBA.
Written for the Swedish movie Inga II: The Seduction Of Inga, the song was recorded in November/December 1969, most likely at Europa Film Studios. The song was originally released in March 1970 as the first Björn and Benny single. Two years later it was released in Japan, hitting #1 and selling half a million copies. Because of that Benny and Björn were invited to perform in the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, November 1972 and they brought Frida and Agnetha with them.
The song was subsequently put on the B-side of the Swedish issue of ABBA's "Ring Ring" single, and on the Ring Ring album in some other countries. The song is also unusual in that it is the only track in the entire catalogue that appears in fake stereo. To date, there is no known mono-only version.
This song was used in the soft porn film Inga II: The Seduction of Inga in 1971, along with the song "Inga's Theme". This film was released in the U.S and Sweden, but became a bigger smash in the U.S.
In 1971, "She's My Kind of Girl" peaked at number 10 in the Danish Tipparaden chart.