15 Sep
Abba – The Winner Takes It All
Author: victer
Abba visited Paris on October 21-22 1980 to appear on the Stars tv show at the Pavillon Baltard in Nogent, which was broadcast on October 25. They performed The Winner Takes It All and Super Trouper after host Michel Drucker interviewed famous Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, who asked Frida a couple of questions at the end. The Winner Takes It All was recorded on June 6 1980, and had the working title “The Story Of My Life”. It was released as a single on July 21 1980. It reached #1 in Belgium (2 months), Ireland, South Africa, Holland and UK and made the top 10 in another 14 countries. It was voted Britain’s favorite break-up song in 2006. Bjorn went home with a tape of the backing track to write the lyrics. The layers of French chanson suggested something melodramatic and emotional. On this night Bjorn opened a bottle of Scotch whisky and drank freely during the writing process. “I was drunk” he recalled “and the whole lyric came to me in a rush of emotion in one hour”. Tears flowed in the recording studio after Agnetha recorded her lead vocal. She called The Winner Takes It All “the best of all Abba songs. The lyrics are deeply personal, and the music is unsurpassed. Singing it was like acting a part. I mustn’t let my feelings take over. It was quite a while afterwards before I realised that we made a small masterpiece. ” Benny recalls “As a melody its the simplest ever. There are only two different melody lines in it that are repeated throughout the whole song, and . . .
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