Abba - The Winner Takes It All (1980) -

: The song reached No. 1 in the UK, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, and South Africa.

"The Winner Takes It All" is ABBA's definitive heartbreak ballad, released in July 1980 as the lead single from their album Super Trouper . While Björn Ulvaeus has stated the lyrics are a fictionalized portrayal of divorce, they were written in the wake of his own separation from lead vocalist Agnetha Fältskog, who recorded her legendary performance just ten days after their divorce was officially finalized. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All (1980)

: Björn reportedly wrote the lyrics in a single, emotional hour fueled by whiskey. He later recalled an image of a man walking through an empty house as the core symbol of the divorce. : The song reached No