i remember one time i sang this on stage at a karaoke night in Albuquerque with my brother. good times. i'm so proud of him for getting into the mail room
I don't want to talk About the things we've gone through Though it's hurting me Now it's history I've played all my cards And that's what you've done too Nothing more to say No more ace to play The winner takes it all The loser standing small Beside the victory That's her destiny I was in your arms Thinking I belonged there I figured it made sense Building me a fence Building me a home Thinking I'd be strong there But I was a fool Playing by the rules The gods may throw a dice Their minds as cold as ice And someone way down here Loses someone dear The winner takes it all The loser has to fall It's simple and it's plain Why should I complain But tell me does she kiss Like I used to kiss you? Does it feel the same When she calls your name? Somewhere deep inside You must know I miss you But what can I say Rules must be obeyed The judges will decide The likes of me abide Spectators of the show Always staying low The game is on again A lover or a friend A big thing or a small The winner takes it all I don't want to talk If it makes you feel sad And I understand You've come to shake my hand I apologize If it makes you feel bad Seeing me so tense No self-confidence But you see The winner takes it all The winner takes it all So the winner takes it all And the the loser has to fall Throw a dice, cold as ice Way down here, someone dear Takes it all, has to fall It seems plain to me
This song very nearly killed me. I kind of played it constantly when I...screwed up a perfect thing with drugs. My response? Try to score for every Fentanyl lolly in the Tampa Bay Area. Arriving at my sister's house at 7am with a latte and a Starbucks bag with a muffin and blood from my stomach. Miraculous that I lived. My Angel took me back, but it was a long time before I got to the point of her trusting me...
It had already grown old in the mid 80s because the productions were very zeitgeist to the late 70s. So it's anything but timeless. But a masterpiece for sure.
This song means a lot to me because it was my father's favorite song from ABBA before he passed away. I know he was a flawed man, who sometimes his feelings would get the better of him, but he also was that father who would do anything to his kids. He always showed me great songs from his century and one of them was ABBA. Thank you dad... I miss you.
I just tried to imagine myself in her shoes singing this to her husband whom she was divorcing at the time and just imagining all of the emotions and heartbreak as well as the regrets and hurts that she must’ve been feeling. I made myself cry. My parents have actually been divorced for most of my life so I know very well the heartbreak and hurt as well as the confusion and all of the emotions that come with divorce. But even a single teenage girl can sing this song imagining herself divorcing her husband and start crying. This song is just so real and heartbreaking
Nobody wins when love is lost, you lose a part of yourself, you lose the other person, things lose all meaning. Sure, in the end it might be for the better, but it hurts like hell. It just hurts. But i guess it wouldn't be love if it didn't.
As a swedish abba fan, I have not listened to many of their songs, but I've been rendeeming myself lately with their songs, and all I gotta say is that they are really good! :) how was I not born in the 80s....awh.
I dont know if this is an indirect allusion to your life, but if not and you wrote an actual book please give the name!! if anything is inspired by abba it must be good
Arguably the crown jewel in an album that already lives up to its title "gold". An absolutely timeless masterpiece from a band whose sound can only be imitated, never truly duplicated.
My wife and I have done this song many times during our karaoke nights, so you wouldn't believe how thrilled I was when we saw this on Better Call Saul this weekend!
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. It put Agnetha in the strange spot of being asked to sing a breakup song written by her ex-husband. Ulvaeus didn't intend it this way. He explained: "I sang a demo of it myself which a lot of people liked and said, you have to sing that. But I saw the sensible thing of course, it had to go to Agnetha. I remember coming to the studio with it and everyone said, Oh this is great, wonderful It was strange hearing her singing it. It was more like an actress doing something when she sang it, but deeply moving. Afterwards there were a few tears as well."
I will always love you Penny Lynne Nichols. Just didn’t realize how much I did until it was over. I don’t know about you but there was no winner in my book. I pray you find a man who can be everything I wasn’t. Just know that you’ll always be in my heart as the only lady I ever loved. I’m sorry and I’d take it all back in an instant.
I don't want to talk About the things we've gone through Though it's hurting me Now it's history I've played all my cards And that's what you've done too Nothing more to say No more ace to play The winner takes it all The loser standing small Beside the victory That's her destiny I was in your arms Thinking I belonged there I figured it made sense Building me a fence Building me a home Thinking I'd be strong there But I was a fool Playing by the rules The gods may throw a dice Their minds as cold as ice And someone way down here Loses someone dear The winner takes it all The loser has to fall It's simple and it's plain Why should I complain But tell me does she kiss Like I used to kiss you? Does it feel the same When she calls your name? Somewhere deep inside You must know I miss you But what can I say Rules must be obeyed The judges will decide The likes of me abide Spectators of the show Always staying low The game is on again A lover or a friend A big thing or a small The winner takes it all I don't want to talk If it makes you feel sad And I understand You've come to shake my hand I apologize If it makes you feel bad Seeing me so tense No self-confidence But you see The winner takes it all The winner takes it all So the winner takes it all And the the loser has to fall Throw a dice, cold as ice Way down here, someone dear Takes it all, has to fall It seems plain to me
by saying "no one needs this we already memorized the lyrics etc....you are speaking about your generation and your parent's generation ...how about the other people that came after and the ones that are hearing it for the first time?
This is such a big song. It is so powerful. And it touches me every single time. Every time when I let somebody win it all. It is not about winning. It's about life. Sometimes there are no words left. Just an empty space. I love this song.
The 2.7k who disliked this have no musical taste. ABBA are one of the best song writers ever. Their songs were layered nice and the melodies are unique. Great music.
Agnetha, you are a class apart. Love you a lot. I have been listening to your music since childhood. I am almost 50 now. Music knows no boundaries, no caste or creed, high or low, black or white. Thank you for the music.
Lol, I sat there and paused after reading this, I started imagining that the Universe at the big bang was some sort of conscious entity that decided to segregate an area to record some ABBA, knowing that one day some body will be downloaded this information and make that music, 13 so billion years later. Btw I'm stoned..
#FunFacts Released as the first single from the group's "Super Trouper" album on 21 July 1980, it is a ballad reflecting on the end of a relationship. The single's B-side was the non-album track "Elaine". It was the group's first single after a seven-month hiatus and peaked at No.1 in several countries, including the UK, where it became their eighth chart-topper. It was also the group's final top 10 hit in the United States.
This song, well all of there songs actually are so relatable to everyone. True emotion, that’s why I love Abba. Please 👍🏻 if u agree. Or comment if u want. I don’t mind Love and light ABBA fans 💗💗💗💗💗💗
Finally. People often praise Waterloo and Dancing queen as ABBA signature songs, but I find this song the truly outstanding one. Every ABBA song surely is wonderful, but this is so exceptional.
Das war Musik, die eine Zeit wiederspiegelt bis heute, in der wir alle wahrscheinlich auf einem guten Weg gewesen waren, menschlicher zu werden und nicht nur an uns selbst zu denken. Eine zeit die einen Guten Aufschwung versprach, den wir dann aber wieder zunichte gemacht haben. Wir Kinder von damals hatten zu dieser zeit eine gute Aussicht auf die Zukunft. Nur auf dem Weg in diese Zukunft haben wir verpasst gemeinsam dafür zu kämpfen, dass diese für alle zu einer guten Gegenwart zu machen. Wir sind viel zu gierig und ichsüchtig geworden und wollten zu schnell viel zu viel !!! Ich muss jedesmal weinen, wenn ich solche Musiktitel anhöre und mich in die Zeit zurückversetzt fühle. Es tut mir im Herzen weh, was wir aus dem gemacht haben, was wir so gut begannen !!???
I have always loved there music I'm 52 and I will listen to them until the day I die and I'm glad to see young people loving this group too makes me a very happy man
Теперь эта песня звучит на русском, исполняемая баритоном, имеет несколько иное, но не менее пламенное, содержание - КАК РАДОСТНА ЗЕМЛЯ. Текст - смотрите выше.
It's funny and sad how I could rearrange the songs order and paint an almost perfect picture of my relationship and how it ended twice and progressively. I saw it drift away powerless...
Se queremos um país melhor, temos que fazer um país melhor. www.linkedin.com/pulse/se-queremos-um-pa%C3%ADs-melhor-temos-que-fazer-luiz-henrique-maleski/ Meus amigos, publiquei um artigo no Linkedin sobre algumas idéias que tinha a respeito do que está acontecendo ao nosso redor. Faz tempo que queria fazer isto. Daí parei um pouco e escrevi. Espero que gostem. O único meio de melhorar o país, de verdade, é multiplicando as boas ideias. Obrigado, Luiz Henrique
I have always loved this song! But it took a whole new meaning when my first and only wife left me and eventually divorced me! Sometimes when I listen to this song it reminds me of her leaving me and makes me cry! But I will always love this song and Abba they are such talented musicians!
