Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!(A Man After Midnight) – ABBA
Half past twelve
And I’m watching the late show in my flat all alone
How I hate to spend the evening on my own
Autumn winds
Blowing outside my window as I look around the room
And it makes me so depressed to see the gloom
There’s not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Movie stars
Find the end of the rainbow with a fortune to win
It’s so different from the world I’m living in
Tired of T V
I open the window and I gaze into the night
But there’s nothing there to see no one in sight
There’s not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
There’s not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
歌曲《Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)》（ABBA）创作背景和表达含义
创作背景
表达含义
歌曲的开篇描绘了一幅极其写实的都市孤独图景：“十二点半，我独自一人在公寓里看着深夜节目，多么讨厌独自度过这个夜晚”。窗外的秋风瑟瑟，房间里只有电视机的声音，这种极致的孤单让主人公发出了近乎绝望的呐喊：“外面没有一个灵魂，没有人能听到我的祈祷”。
在那个年代，这首歌还蕴含着一层女性自我赋权的深意。主人公并没有被动地坐在角落里等待命运的垂青，而是主动地、大声地向世界索取自己想要的东西。这种“我要”的直白表达，打破了传统女性在感情中矜持、被动的刻板印象。
