Summer Night City and Angel Eyes were left off ABBA Gold because there was no
room on it for them.
ABBA Gold, (1992), was based on their UK Top 10 Hits. They had 19 of them. 18 of
them were put on ABBA Gold, with Thank You For The Music being included as a
19th Track, even though that only reached No.33 in 1983. It was felt that it was a sort
of signature tune for ABBA, & that's why it was included. (It had also been a Track
on 'The Album' in 1978, & on 'Greatest Hits Vol. 2 in 1979. As well as being the 'B'
Side of the 'Eagle' Single in 1978. A Single which the UK & Ireland did not get).
Angel Eyes had been a 1979 UK Double 'A' Side with Voulez-Vous. There was only
room for one of the 2 Tracks on ABBA Gold. Voulez-Vous got chosen, & Angel Eyes
was put on More ABBA Gold. Besides, there were already 4 Tracks from their 1979
Voulez-Vous Album on ABBA Gold - more than any other ABBA Album. If Angel Eyes
had been put on Gold as well, then 5 'Voulez-Vous' songs would have been on it, &
the Record Company probably felt that was too many.
Summer Night City was a UK No.5 Hit, in 1978. There was no room to fit it on Gold.
It was 'relegated' to More ABBA Gold. (1993). (It was not one of ABBA's biggest
International Hits, & ABBA themselves were not keen on it. They felt that they
never did get it to sound quite right - although cutting off Agnetha & Frida's
spoken intro was a big mistake).
Australia & New Zealand got slightly different Track Lists for ABBA Gold. Three of
the Tracks were different on their version. For their Tracks 6, 7 & 18, they got these
songs - Ring Ring, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, & Rock Me. That's because those 3 were
big Hits in those 2 Countries. They replaced Super Trouper, I Have A Dream, and
Thank You For The Music, which every other Country got. It was not until 2002
that New Zealand had the Global Track List ABBA Gold released there, & Australia
got it in 2008. (Rock Me became a big Hit in Australia & New Zealand, in 1976, even
though it was the 'B' Side of 'I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do', which had already been a big
Hit in those 2 Countries).