ABBA - The Winner Takes It All (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube Music Sign in 0:00 / 0:00 Listen to ABBA: Follow ABBA on socials: Facebook: "The Winner Takes It All" is one of ABBA's most-celebrated breakup songs. The titular "winner", whom the singer of the track is addressing, is supposed to be one who has emerged victorious from the couple's disbanding, i.e. her ex. You can view the lyrics, alternate interprations and sheet music for ABBA's The Winner Takes It All at Lyrics.org. Stiff and metrical When ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus brought their latest song to Polar Music Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 2, 1980, they knew they had a winner on their hands. Album: Super Trouper ( 1980) Charted: 1 8 License This Song lyrics artistfacts Songfacts®: ABBA member Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote this after separating from wife and fellow band member, Agnetha Fältskog. It's about a divorce where one person doesn't want to separate and clings desperately to the marriage. Here's all you need to know about the classic love song (tissues at the ready): Who wrote 'The Winner Takes It All'? Benny (left) and Bjorn (right) in 2014. Picture: Getty Like most ABBA songs, it was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It originally had the title 'The Story of My Life'. Listen to ABBA: Follow ABBA on socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABBA/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abba Tw "The Winner Takes It All", originally titled "The Story of My Life", was written by both Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, with Fältskog singing the lead vocal. The lyrics to the song were thought to mirror the divorce between Ulvaeus and Fältskog in 1979. nNTC.

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