ABBA has been in the music business for 50 years. To celebrate that happy event, INFE Ireland and INFE South Africa are hosting the ABBA TOP 50. We’ll be posting what we think are the 50 best ABBA songs in alphabetical order. Enjoy!
There are many covers of THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL, but ESC Covers picked one in Italian by Wilma Goich called ALLORA PRENDI E VAI.
THE 43rd ABBA SONG IN OUR LIST IS:
The Winner Takes It All, released as the first single from the ABBA’s seventh studio album Super Trouper, reached No. 1 in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, South Africa and the United Kingdom. It reached the Top 5 in Austria, Finland, France, West Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Zimbabwe, while peaking in the Top 10 in Australia, Canada, Italy, Spain and the United States. The Winner Takes It All was also a hit in Brazil where it was the main theme of Coração Alado, a popular soap opera.