The Winner Takes It All

E48053
single song

"The Winner Takes It All" is a 1980 power ballad by Swedish pop group ABBA, renowned for its poignant lyrics about heartbreak and its prominent role in the musical and film "Mamma Mia!".

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The Winner Takes It All (duet/scene with Donna) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist ABBA ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia 1 ⓘ
chartPositionBelgium 1 ⓘ
chartPositionIreland 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNetherlands 1 ⓘ
chartPositionSouthAfrica 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUK 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 8 ⓘ
composer Benny Andersson ⓘ
Björn Ulvaeus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Sweden ⓘ
featuredIn Mamma Mia! ⓘ
surface form: Mamma Mia! (2008 film)

Mamma Mia! ⓘ
surface form: Mamma Mia! (stage musical)

Mamma Mia! ⓘ
surface form: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
genre pop ⓘ
pop ballad ⓘ
power ballad ⓘ
hasKey F-sharp major ⓘ
hasTempo slow ⓘ
hasTheme divorce ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
hasTimeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
includedIn ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:54 ⓘ
lyricist Björn Ulvaeus ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Lasse Hallström ⓘ
musicVideoLocation Marstrand, Sweden ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Cher ⓘ
Il Divo ⓘ
Laura Branigan ⓘ
Meryl Streep ⓘ
Susan Boyle ⓘ
partOfAlbum Super Trouper ⓘ
performer ABBA ⓘ
producer Benny Andersson ⓘ
Björn Ulvaeus ⓘ
publisher Polar Music ⓘ
recordingYear 1980 ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ
Polar Music ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-07-21 ⓘ
releaseYear 1980 ⓘ
sideAOfSingle The Winner Takes It All self-link ⓘ
sideBOfSingle Elaine ⓘ
vocalist Agnetha Fältskog ⓘ

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Benny Andersson → coWriterOf → The Winner Takes It All ⓘ
Mamma Mia! → featuresSong → The Winner Takes It All ⓘ
ABBA → notableWork → The Winner Takes It All ⓘ
Björn Ulvaeus → notableWork → The Winner Takes It All ⓘ
Super Trouper → precededBy → The Winner Takes It All ⓘ
The Winner Takes It All → sideAOfSingle → The Winner Takes It All self-link ⓘ
Sam Carmichael → singsSong → The Winner Takes It All ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Winner Takes It All (duet/scene with Donna)