Top Club was a daily TV show presented by Guy Lux with high viewing figures as it was broadcast just before the evening news at 8 o'clock.

ABBA performed six songs - all to playback and changing costumes between each one - which were broadcast over six evenings (ie. one song per night for six evenings):

1. Waterloo - broadcast on Monday 23 October 1978 and interview
2. Fernando - broadcast on Tuesday 24 October 1978
3. SOS - broadcast on Wednesday 25 October 1978
4. Knowing Me, Knowing You - broadcast on Thursday 26 October 1978
5. Thank You For The Music - broadcast on Friday 27 October 1978*
6. Money Money Money - broadcast on Saturday 28 October 1978

* repeated Saturday 28 October 1978

Waterloo was performed in a much more lively manner to what we had previously seen up to that point with energetic dancing and lots of clapping.

They were interviewed by Guy Lux afterwards. He asked Benny, "Who keeps the money?" to which Benny answered, "Nobody keeps the money. The Manager keeps the money." Agnetha mimes her little heart out for Thank You For the Music and looks really happy.

("Vincent2" at ABBA - The Site (the Forum is no longer online) seemed to remember Summer Night City was broadcast on the Sunday but the archive does not list this song as being performed on this programme. One other ABBA on TV regular says Summer Night City was not performed. Jean Marie Potiez wrote in ABBA - The Book that there was a strike in France that day and the song was apparently recorded but not broadcast on the day that was planned. In fact the archive indicate that the strike was on 1 November 1978. The archives also reveal that another French programme, Les Rendez Vous du Dimanche showed the Summer Night City PROMO so this could be the reason for the conflicting memories.).  In fact, ABBA were supposed to sing Summer Night City on 19 October, the day after recording the other six songs, but because of the strike (see above) , the whole recording of the show was cancelled.

On 19 October, ABBA did some shopping on the Champs Elysées, they had a photo session in the city and they had a dinner at Le Grand Véfour restaurant with Mireille Mathieu and Alain Boublil.

1. Agnetha in a rare skirt in SOS.
2. The strange walks the girls do during guitar breaks in Knowing Me, Knowing You.

Archive data from French TVs’ public site:

Top Club (24-10-1978)
Ina Number: CPB78053877
Programme Title: Top club:émission of October 24th, 1978
Collection Title: TOP CLUB
Credits: Abba ; Chicot, Etienne ; Saval, Dany ; Barrier, Georges
First broadcast Date: 24/10/1978
Running-time: 001100
Summary: The group Abba interprets Fernando - Etienne CHICOT sings Montreuil sous Bois. Dany SAVAL speaks about the tale that she wrote Pénélope, according to the odyssey of HOMERE and which was adapt for the television-no of band(strip) 49908.
Category Information
Type of Archive: non theme-based archive
Type of Collection: Production
Type of Documentary Note: Isolated note
Genre: Original drama
Themes: Variety shows
Broadcasting Information
First broadcast Date: 24/10/1978
Channel: 2nd channel
Channel Name: France 2
Technical Information
Status of Equipment: digitised

Top Club (26-10-1978)
Ina Number: CPB78053887
Programme Title: Top club:émission of October 26th, 1978
Collection Title: TOP CLUB
Credits: Abba ; Jolivet, Pierre ; Jolivet, Marc ; Verdier, Joan Pau ; Barrier, Georges
First broadcast Date: 26/10/1978
Running-time: 001030
Summary: The group Abba sings knowing me knowing you . Pierre and Marc JOLIVET interpret the sketch the lapse of memory . Joan Pau VERDIER sings bar(helm) you . No. die bandages 41260.
Category Information
Type of Archive: non theme-based archive
Type of Collection: Production
Type of Documentary Note: Isolated note
Genre: Original drama
Themes: Variety shows
Broadcasting Information
First broadcast Date: 26/10/1978
Channel: 2nd channel
Channel Name: France 2
Technical Information
Status of Equipment: digitised

Top Club (28-10-1978)
Ina Number: CPB78051959
Programme Title: Top club:émission of October 28th, 1978
Collection Title: TOP CLUB
Credits: Jolivet, Pierre ; Jolivet, Marc ; Abba ; Corringe, Michel
First broadcast Date: 28/10/1978
Running-time: 001500
Summary: The group Abba sings money, money, money s GAINSBOURG: sea sex and sun (repeat broadcast of 08/10/1978) while G. LUX gives the results of the hit parade, with the brothers Jolivet. Mr . CORRINGE sings: children of ricefields. Bandage 41260
Category Information
Type of Archive: non theme-based archive
Type of Collection: Production
Type of Documentary Note: Isolated note
Genre: Magazine
Themes: Variety shows
Broadcasting Information
First broadcast Date: 28/10/1978
Time of First Broadcast: 203000
Channel: 2nd channel
Channel Name: France 2
Technical Information
Status of Equipment: digitised

Thanks to Michael Price, Jean-Marie Potiez, Petr Mlejnek, Jun Seo, Sam Shervz, Abel & Betsa and Harry Ehler c/o ABBAMAIL (no longer online) and also Trijnie's ABBA Annual.
Most information c/o ABBA - The Book by Jean-Marie Potiez. Other information c/o ABBA - The Site Forum no longer online) and "vincent2".
Track-listing supplied by Johan Jerreling. Thanks also to Mandy Samuels, Mohammed, Eduardo Souza, Petr Mlejnek, David Legrand, Melinda, Neil Barber, Pascale Ranson and ABBA4ever Forum (no longer online). Huge thanks to Jozsef. and extra thanks to Richard Knight for all the 'watch out fors'.
YouTube links c/o Mi3o Channel and ABBAinternet2