Description
ABBA – Waterloo / Spectrum Music Audio CD 1993 / 550 0342
UPC 731455003420
"Waterloo" is the first single from the Swedish pop group ABBA's second album of the same name, and their first under the Epic and Atlantic labels. This was also the first single to be credited to the group performing under the name ABBA. The title and lyrics reference the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, and use it as a metaphor for a romantic relationship.
On 6 April 1974, the song was the winning entry for Sweden in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest. The victory began ABBA's path to worldwide fame. The Swedish version of the single was backed with the Swedish version of "Honey, Honey", while the English version usually featured "Watch Out" on the B-side.
The single became a No. 1 hit in several countries. It reached the U.S. Top 10 and went on to sell nearly six million copies.
At the 50th anniversary celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, it was chosen as the best song in the competition's history. It received the same honour in a 14-country open vote in the run-up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, placing first above Loreen's "Euphoria" and Måns Zelmerlöw's "Heroes".
| Label: | Spectrum Music – 550 0342 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
1993 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Style: | Europop |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Waterloo |
|
2:43 |
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| 2 | Sitting In The Palmtree | 3:35 | |
| 3 | King Kong Song | 3:09 | |
| 4 | Hasta Manaña |
|
3:07 |
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| 5 | My Mama Said | 3:12 | |
| 6 | Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) | 3:11 | |
| 7 | Honey, Honey |
|
2:54 |
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| 8 | What About Livingstone | 2:54 | |
| 9 | Watch Out | 3:46 | |
| 10 | Gonna Sing You My Lovesong |
3:39 | |
| 11 | Suzy - Hang - Around | 3:10 |
- Acoustic Guitar – Björn Ulvaeus
- Arranged By [Strings] – S. O. Walldoff (tracks: 7)
- Bass – Per Sahlberg (tracks: 6), Rutger Gunnarsson
- Congas – Malando Gassama (tracks: 2)
- Design – Ron Spaulding
- Drums – Ola Brunkert
- Engineer – Michael B. Tretow
- Guitar – Janne Schaffer
- Photography By – Ola Lager
- Piano, Synth [Moog], Mellotron – Benny Andersson
- Producer – Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson
- Tenor Saxophone – Christer Eklund (tracks: 1)
- Written-By – Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson
