I Know Him So Well
~ Recording by Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Soundtrack | Polar | POLYXL 2-600 | |
| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess (1984 concept cast) | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA International | PL70500(2) |
| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess (1984 concept cast) | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD70500(2) |
| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess (1984 concept cast) | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Soundtrack |
| Three Knights, Ltd. | CPL2-5340 |
| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess (1984 concept cast) | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Soundtrack |
| Polar | POLYCD 2-600 |
| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Benny Andersson, Tim Rice & Björn Ulvaeus | Chess (1984 concept cast) | Benny Andersson, Tim Rice & Björn Ulvaeus | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PCD2-5340 |
| 1.1 | I Know Him So Well | 4:17 | Barbara Dickson | Gold | Barbara Dickson | Album |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | ONE 1312 |
| 1.11 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Love Hurts | Elaine Paige | Album |
| Pickwick International, Inc. | PWKS 513 |
| 1.11 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Love Hurts | Elaine Paige | Album |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | CD-240796-2 |
| 2.15 | I Know Him So Well | ?:?? | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Greatest Hits of 1985 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Memories: The Best of Elaine Paige | Elaine Paige | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2313 |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Memories: The Best of Elaine Paige | Elaine Paige | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | STAC 2313 |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Memories: The Best of Elaine Paige | Elaine Paige | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | STAR 2313 |
| 3.1 | I Know Him So Well | 4:17 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Heartbreakers: 42 Classic Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 353 697 |
| 3.17 | I Know Him So Well | 4:14 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Greatest Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2382 |
| 1.3 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Greatest Love, Volume II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2352 |
| 1.14 | I Know Him So Well | 4:17 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Love Collection, Volume VI | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Trax Music | MODCD 1033 |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Kuschelrock 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 469001 2 |
| 1.1 | I Know Him So Well | 4:17 | Barbara Dickson | Gold | Barbara Dickson | Album |
| Castle Classics (LC 6448) | CLACD 297 |
| 1.1 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Songs Of Harmony - Die Schönsten Pop-Duette Der Welt | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PD75347 |
| 1.1 | I Know Him So Well | 4:17 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Best of Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson Together | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige | Woman in Love: The Ultimate Love Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 7500.62 |
| 2.7 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Radio City Love Songs 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 09-474915-10 |
| 1.12 | I Know Him So Well | 4:14 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Emotion Collection: Kiss and Tell | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time‐Life Books B.V. | TL 571/20 |
| 2.13 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige | The Singer & The Song | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 21 |
| 4.14 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige feat. Barbara Dickson | Million Sellers: The Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | MSCD 1971 |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | KuschelRock 5 (Gold-Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 469001 9 |
| 1.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Barbara Dickson | Tenderly | Barbara Dickson | Album + Compilation |
| Kaz Records | EUK CD 921 |
| 2.20 | I Know Him So Well | ?:?? | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Greatest No.1s of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Pure Music (UK label) | PMMC7003 |
| 2.20 | I Know Him So Well | 4:14 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Greatest No.1s of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Pure Music (UK label) | PMCD7003 |
| 1.15 | I Know Him So Well (from Chess) | 4:18 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Magic of the Musicals: Original Cast Recordings | Various Artists | Other + Compilation |
| Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK) | MCCD162 |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Knuffelrock 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 469122 9 |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Kuschelrock 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 07-469001-10, 469001 2 |
| 2.20 | I Know Him So Well (from "Chess") | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Greatest Hits of The Musicals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), EMI TV | 7243 838285 2 4 |
| 1.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:17 | Elaine Paige | Encore | Elaine Paige | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | |
| 1.9 | I Know Him So Well | 4:14 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Best Sellers of the 80's, Volume 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 866432 |
| 2.17 | I Know Him So Well | 4:14 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Duets: 36 of the World's Greatest Ever Duets | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD2927 |
| 1.16 | I Know Him So Well | 4:12 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Now the Music: Two Hearts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation) | 74321 425822 |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Kuschelrock 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 469001 2, SMM 469001 2 |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:17 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The All Time Greatest Musical Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 500544 2 |
| 1.10 | I Know Him So Well | 4:17 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess Pieces | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Compilation |
| Polar | 523 962-2 |
| 2.2 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Musicals: The Essential Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Essentials | ESNDCD220 |
| 2.1 | Chess: I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Best Musicals… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 91746 2 4, VTDCD 564 |
| 1.6 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Barbara Dickson | The Platinum Collection | Barbara Dickson | Album + Compilation |
| 5161092 | |
| 1.3 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige | Centre Stage: The Very Best of Elaine Paige | Elaine Paige | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | |
| 1.3 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige with Barbara Dickson | Centre Stage: The Very Best of Elaine Paige | Elaine Paige | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | 2564617242 |
| 1.3 | I Know Him So Well (from "Chess") | 4:13 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | The Number One Musicals Album 2004 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 9824290 |
| 1.18 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | My Heart Will Go On | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | STVCD173 |
| 2.18 | I Know Him So Well | 4:14 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Worlds Best Mum | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 82876682152 |
| 1.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Barbara Dickson | January, February: The Best of Barbara Dickson | Barbara Dickson | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club Deluxe | MCDLX034 |
| 1.2 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Barbara Dickson | Greatest Ever! Musicals: The Definitive Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | GTSTCD015 |
| 1.2 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Barbara Dickson | The Barbara Dickson Collection | Barbara Dickson | Album + Compilation |
| Metro (UK reissue/compilation imprint, METRCD cat prefix) | METRCD189 |
| 1.7 | I Know Him So Well | 4:18 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The No.1 DJ Collection: 80’s, Volume 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CD152 |
| 2.11 | I Know Him So Well | 4:18 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Very Best of Musicals, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Hong Kong (bootlegs of the real label) | |
| 11.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Ultimate Love Songs Collection: Greatest Love of All | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.5 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Absolute Musicals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4086 |
| 1.13 | I Know Him Well | 4:12 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Number One Musicals Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 5323989 |
| 1.19 | I Know Him So Well | 4:14 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Musical-Hits aller Zeiten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 0600753320303 |
| 2.2 | Chess: I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Now That's What I Call Musicals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV | 5341008 |
| 3.17 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Barbara Dickson & Elaine Paige | Latest and Greatest Duets | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| USM Media | USMMTCD031 |
| 1.9 | I Know Him So Well (from “Chess”) | 4:16 | Elaine Paige with Barbara Dickson | The Ultimate Collection | Elaine Paige | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.9 | Chess: I Know Him So Well (1984 UK single) | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Ultimate Collection | Elaine Paige | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 825646306862 |
| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess: The Original Recording (remastered deluxe edition) | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Soundtrack |
| Polar | 00602547018335 |
| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:17 | Benny Andersson, Tim Rice & Björn Ulvaeus | Chess: The Original Recording (remastered deluxe edition) | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Soundtrack |
| Polar | |
| 2.5 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Now That’s What I Call Musicals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDNNNOW23 |
| 2.1 | I Know Him So Well (from “Chess”) | 4:15 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Elaine Paige Presents The Musicals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008-present) | USMTVCD014 |
| 3.1 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Musicals Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music on Demand | 5377173 |
| 3.16 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson | The Best 80s Album in the World…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), UMC (related to United Musix Corporation do Brasil Ltda.; NOT related to Universal Music) | 5389938 |
| 1.74 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | NOW 100 Hits 80s No.1s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Now! Music | ||
| 4.14 | I Know Him So Well | 4:12 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | NOW 100 Hits: 80s No.1s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music on Demand, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194398066424, CDNNNOW98 |
| 2.18 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The Sing-A-Long / Lip-Sync Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 4.18 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | NOW Yearbook '85 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW Music (Denmark, compilations), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDYBNOW85 |
| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess (1984 concept cast) | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | PCD2-5340 |
| 2.4 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess (1984 concept cast) | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Soundtrack | Polar, Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 847 445-2 | |
| 1.3 | I Know Him So Well | 4:16 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | I Know Them So Well: The Best of Tim Rice | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 516 650-2 |
| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Kuschelrock 5 (Bertelsmann club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music Media | 773747 |
| 6.7 | I Know Him So Well | 4:13 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | The No.1 DJ Collection: 80s (Digital Collection) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | SET479 |
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| 1.9 | I Know Him So Well | 4:11 | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Chess | Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson | Album + Compilation |
| Bellevue Entertainment | 8506-2 |
| 1.16 | I Know Him So Well | ?:?? | Elaine Paige | Broadway's Greatest Love Songs | Various Artists | Album |
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| 1.8 | I Know Him So Well | 4:15 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson | Memories | Elaine Paige | ||||
Relationships
| engineer and mixer: | Michael B. Tretow |
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| lead vocals: | Barbara Dickson Elaine Paige |
| vocals: | Barbara Dickson Elaine Paige |
| orchestra: | London Symphony Orchestra |
| conductor: | Anders Eljas |
| orchestrator: | Anders Eljas |
| recorded at and mixed at: | Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden |
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| recording of: | I Know Him So Well (Chess) |
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Related works
I Know Him So Well (Chess)
| lyricist: | Tim Rice Björn Ulvaeus |
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| composer: | Benny Andersson (ABBA) Björn Ulvaeus |
| publisher: | Bocu Music Ltd. PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Medley (Richard Clayderman) (order: 2) |
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| later translated versions: | 男人心 |
| part of: | Chess (full musical) |