I Know There's Something Going On#Bomfunk MC's version

Recording began in ABBA's Polar Music Studio, Stockholm, in February 1982. Frida recorded the album during the last year of ABBA in the 20th century. At the time of recording this song/album, Frida wanted to distance herself from "the typical ABBA pop sound". "I Know There's Something Going On" was written by Russ Ballard and produced by Genesis drummer and singer Phil Collins, who also played drums on the song. The backing vocals are sung by Lyngstad herself and Collins. A one-hour TV documentary about the making of the album and this song is included in Frida - The DVD. The whole recording process, from day one in the studio to the release party, was filmed by Swedish television broadcaster SVT. This documentary includes interviews with Lyngstad and Collins, Björn and Benny from ABBA, as well as all the musicians involved with the album.

"I Know There's Something Going On" was released throughout the summer of 1982 and became a major chart success for Frida. The single reached the number one position in Belgium and Switzerland. The track reached the top ten throughout most of Europe– including a number three peak in Frida's native Sweden–as well as in Australia and South Africa. It had longevity in the United States, where it reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 29 weeks in total, an unusually lengthy time in the chart at the time. This was reflected in the 1983 year end chart, where it was ranked at number 20 despite not peaking within the top ten.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=16}} An exception of the song's success was in the United Kingdom, traditionally a popular market for ABBA, where it failed to enter the top forty, peaking at number 43. Her fellow member Agnetha Fältskog was also struggling to enter the UK market.

The music video was directed by Stuart Orme and filmed at several locations in London, England in early July 1982. The video, which received heavy promotion on MTV due to the worldwide success of the song, shows Frida in a relationship with a man who works as a photographer. She then discovers through photos taken by a private investigator that the man is seeing another woman who had modeled for him. The rest of the video consists of Frida spying on the two.{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/p98PjtSfNWo |archive-date = 11 December 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98PjtSfNWo |title = Frida - I Know There's Something Going On |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

• Frida – vocals
• Phil Collins – drums, backing vocals, producer
• Daryl Stuermer – guitars
• Mo Foster – bass
• Peter Robinson – keyboards

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{{Infobox song

| name = (Crack It) Something Going On

| cover = (Crack It) Something Going On cover.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bomfunk MC's featuring Jessica Folcker

| album = The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup

| B-side = PamPam

| released = {{start date|2002|6|10|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://sonymusic.mmd.fi/tiedote.php?h=read&list=82|title=Viikkotiedote 22 / 10.06.2002|trans-title=Weekly Bulletins 22 / 10.06.2002|publisher=Sony Music Finland|language=fi|date=10 June 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020715002706/http://sonymusic.mmd.fi/tiedote.php?h=read&list=82|archive-date=15 July 2002|access-date=17 March 2025}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Electro-pop

| length = 3:47

| label = Epidrome

| composer = * Russ Ballard

• Jaakko Salovaara

| lyricist = * Russ Ballard

• Raymond Ebanks

| producer = JS16

| prev_title = Live Your Life

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Back to Back

| next_year = 2002

| chronology = Bomfunk MC's

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Jessica Folcker

| type = singles

| prev_title = Miracles

| prev_year = 2001

| title = (Crack It) Something Going On

| year = 2002

| next_title = Du kunde ha varit med mig

| next_year = 2005

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{{External music video|{{YouTube|MSqDIWI__Ew|"(Crack It) Something Going On"}}}}

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In 2002, Finnish hip hop group Bomfunk MC's used the song as a basis for their track "(Crack It) Something Going On", originally included on The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.{{cite magazine|title=Bomfunk MC's: Freestylers from the Cold|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=37|page=19 ("IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 2002" appendix)|date=7 September 2002}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fever-pitch-the-official-music-of-the-2002-fifa-world-cup-mw0000219084|title=Fever Pitch: The Official Music of the 2002 FIFA World Cup: Various Artists|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=14 September 2022}} This version features Swedish singer Jessica Folcker performing the choruses and includes addition writing from Bomfunk MC's members Jaakko Salovaara (music) and Raymond Ebanks (lyrics). "Something Goin' On" was released a single in June 2002 and charted throughout mainland Europe, entering the top 10 in Finland, Germany, Norway, and Sweden. A music video was made for the song, directed by Juuso "Uzi" Syrjä.

Scandinavian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=(Crack It) Something Going On|year=2002|type=Scandinavian CD single liner notes|publisher=Epidrome|id=EPD 672776 1}}

1. "(Crack It) Something Going On" – 3:47
2. "PamPam" – 4:20

European maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=(Crack It) Something Going On|year=2002|type=European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Epidrome|id=EPD 672776 2}}

1. "(Crack It) Something Going On" (original) – 3:47
2. "(Crack It) Something Going On" (Beats'n'Styles remix) – 4:45
3. "(Crack It) Something Going On" (extended) – 4:52
4. "PamPam" – 4:20
5. "Live Your Life" (video) – 3:53

Credits are taken from the European maxi-CD single liner notes.

Studio

• Mixed at 16 Inch Studios (Helsinki, Finland)

Personnel

• Russ Ballard – music, lyrics
• Jaakko Salovaara – music
• Raymond Ebanks – lyrics, vocals (as B.O.W.)
• Jessica Folcker – vocals
• DJ Gismo – turntables
• JS16 – programming, production, mixing
• Edgar Tompson – mixing
• Jani Tolin – artwork design
• Matti Pyykkö – photography

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Year-end charts

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2002|certyear=2002|nosales=true|access-date=14 September 2022}}

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• In 1992, Italian disco band Co.Ro. covered the song and released it as a single.
• In 1998, N'Time Vs Larry N'Mike - "What's Going On", rap version of "I Know There's Something Going On"
• In 2006, American electronic rock band Luxxury covered the song on their debut album Rock and Roll is Evil.
• In 2006, Tre Lux Covered the song on their Cover Album "A Strange Gathering".
• In 2007, German band Wild Frontier covered the song for their album Bite The Bullet.{{cite web|url=http://www.rockeyez.com/reviews/cd/wildfrontier/rev-wildfrontier-bitethebullet.html |title=Rock Eyez Webzine: Wild Frontier "Bite The Bullet" - CD Review |website=Rockeyez.com |access-date=23 June 2016}}
• In 2009, American electronic group Sleepthief covered the song, featuring vocals by Roberta Carter-Harrison.
• In 2011, Swedish heavy metal group Overdrive covered the song for their album Angelmaker.
• In 2014, American Producer Straight-P covered the song featuring Elan Noelle on lead vocals.{{cite web|url=http://straight-p.com/songs/know-theres-something-going-feat-elan-noelle-2014/ |title=I Know There's Something Going on feat. Elan Noelle (2014) - Straight-P |access-date=12 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615002942/http://straight-p.com/songs/know-theres-something-going-feat-elan-noelle-2014/ |archive-date=15 June 2015 }}
• In 2015, Norwegian DJ and producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm released his own remix of the song.{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/feedelity/sets/i-know-theres-something-going |title=Frida - I know there's something going on (Lindstrøm remix) by Lindstrøm | Hans-Peter Lindstrøm | Free Listening on SoundCloud |website=Soundcloud.com |date=21 March 2016 |access-date=23 June 2016}}
• In 2016, Norwegian heavy metal singer Jørn Lande and his solo band Jorn recorded their version of the song as the opening number of their cover album Heavy Rock Radio.
• In 2017, American Darwave, EBM, industrial band Sun Goes Dark covered song and released it as a single. Song is also in their album Pieces of humanity, released in 2018.

• In 1988, American hip hop trio Salt-N-Pepa sampled the guitar riff in the song "I Gotcha" on their second album A Salt with a Deadly Pepa.
• The drum line of Foo Fighters' "Erase/Replace" from their 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace was borrowed from this song.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16ov4Q6AJiI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/16ov4Q6AJiI |archive-date=19 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=The BJ Shea Video Blog 07/10/08 "Taylor Hawkins Part I" |publisher=YouTube |date=10 July 2008 |access-date=23 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}
• In 2009, the track was sampled by Canadian hip hop artist k-os for the song "Eye Know Something" from his album Yes!.

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