Chiquitita - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

• In 1979, René and Nathalie Simard from le Québec made a French cover, "Tous les enfants du monde". René Simard already had covered in French ABBA's "Fernando" on a previous album.
• In 1979, Paraguayan-Brazilian camp singer Perla covered "Chiquitita" (as "Pequenina") on her album "Pequenina". Perla already had covered ABBA's "Fernando" on a previous album.
• In 1979, Puerto Rican boy band Menudo covered the Spanish version of this song for their third studio album, also titled "Chiquitita".
• In 1993, the Croatian group Vatrogasci (Firefighters) made a parody of this song, translating it into Croatian (renaming it "Čičikita") and giving it a turbofolk arrangement.
• French pianist Richard Clayderman recorded his version, together with 14 other ABBA songs, for the 1993 studio album 'Richard Clayderman Plays ABBA'.
• A cover by Irish singer Stephen Gately can be found on the 1999 Abbamania compilation.
• A dance cover by ABBA dance tribute group Abbacadabra was released in the late 1990s through Almighty Records. It was included on the 2008 compilation We Love ABBA: The Mamma Mia Dance Compilation.
• German Eurodance group E-Rotic covered the song for their ABBA tribute album Thank You For The Music.
• A dance cover by Electric can be found on the compilation Lay All Your Love On ABBA.
• Sinéad O'Connor covered "Chiquitita" as her contribution to the compilation album Across The Bridge Of Hope – released to support the families of the Omagh bombing victims – in 1999. O'Connor's version omits the second verse of the song.
• On the tribute album ABBAMetal (also released as A Tribute to ABBA), the song is covered by German heavy metal band Spiral Tower.
• Two dance covers of the song by Donna Burke were included on the 2001 Japanese import ABBA Ibiza Caliente Mix compilation.
• The 2004 German ABBA Mania compilation featured a cover of the song by Lucy, singer of the German pop group No Angels.
• The song is covered by Edie on Abbalicious, a 2004 ABBA tribute compilation performed by various U.S. drag queens.
• A punk cover of the song was recorded by indie band Come 'n Wait for their 2005 album Rock & Dolls.
• A cover of the song by Kress can be found on the 2006 chill out music compilation ABBA Chill Out.
• German AC/DC tribute band Riff Raff recorded a cover in AC/DC style for their 2006 album Rock 'N' Roll Mutation Vol. 1: Riff Raff Performs ABBA.
• ABBA tribute act Swede Dreams recorded a cover of the song.
• A cover of the song by Finnish a cappella choral ensemble Rajaton can be found on their 2006 ABBA tribute album Rajaton Sings ABBA With Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
• U.S. group Lavender Diamond covered the song as one of the b-sides on their 2007 UK single Open Your Heart.
• A jazz/lounge music style cover of the song by Dennis Clark can be found on the 2007 compilation album El Pecado La Paloma Blanca. It was also included on the 2008 album Bossa Mia: Songs of ABBA by American group BNB.
• Spanish singer Charo recorded the song for her 1981 album Bailando Con Charo and performed it at her Bally's Reno concert in 1988.
• Spanish singer Amaia Montero (former leadsinger of pop band "La Oreja de Van Gogh" ) topped the Spanish charts with Chiquitita in December 2010
• Tejano singer Patty Torres (san Antonio Texas) covered the song in a cumbia version on the "...bien protegida" CD.
• Kate MacLeod & Kat Eggleston included a cover of this song on their Lost and Found CD in 2011.