Chiquitita survey

Well, you won't believe it, but this weekend I went to see the college theater play season that goes on every year. Of course you know this sort of matters has a more professional and more
bombastic name, but well, since as a matter of fact I winded out going there because the ticket was given to me, I obviously can't remember the name at all. From there comes what I'm here to say. The thing is that the play was some sort of requiem dedicated to Abba. And there you had me accompanied by the love of my life watching some post puberty guys hopping, acting, dancing and singing in Spanish all of the most famous songs of the Swedish quartet.

So here comes the interesting part of all this: I want to write some dissertation about musical appreciation, but before anything, I want to make a survey to get warmed up in order to post it with some more foundations.

All of us have heard Abba's "Chiquitita" at least once in our lives. I think that it's been so deeply blended into our tiny heads with tributes, special editions, homages, requiems and remakes that, even though we wouldn't like the song, we could affirm that we know at least two of its verses. True or false? So, my question goes as it follows:

Why do you like the song?

I'll give you some options:

a. Lyrics.
b. The melody.
c. Its music.
d. The mixture of voices.
e. The pretty piano at the ending of the song.
f. Because it's an icon of its time.
g. It's Abba!
e. Because the second bar of the chorus goes longer into five beats instead of four.
h. Instrumentation.
i. Any other reason...x
j. I don't like it.

I'll be waiting for your answers...

And here's the song in case you want to analyze it...
Or the Spanish version, in case you want to hear it as well...



Or, if you want to listen to Coldplay instead, click here.