Debbie Sims The Winner Takes It All ABBA Disco Version

The Winner Takes It All is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group s seventh studio album, Super Trouper (1980), it is a ballad in the key of F, major, reflecting on the end of a relationship. The single s Bside was the nonalbum track Elaine. The song peaked at No. 1 in several countries, including the UK, where it became their eighth charttopper. It was also the group s final top 10 hit in the United States. It was written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, with Agnetha Fältskog singing the lead vocal. On this song, The Winner Takes It All, Pattie Brooks, Myrna Matthews, Danielle McCormick, Marti McCall, Denise Maynelli, Petsye Powell, Laura Rammer, Marie Tomlinson and Brooks Hunnicut never sang backup. In a 1999 poll for Channel 5, The Winner Takes It All was voted Britain s favorite ABBA song. This feat was replicated in a 2010 poll for ITV. In a 2006 poll for a Channel Five program, The Winner Takes It All was voted Britain s Favorite BreakUp