A 1974 ABBA single that won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden, becoming the band's international breakthrough.
Composition
Waterloo was written by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson. The lyric draws on Napoleon’s 1815 defeat as a metaphor for surrendering to love, set to a brisk glam rock arrangement.
Eurovision
ABBA performed the song representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest held in Brighton in April 1974, winning the competition. The performance is widely cited as the launch of ABBA’s international career.
Reception
The single reached number one in nine countries and the top ten in the United States. It became the most commercially successful Eurovision winning entry up to that point and helped establish English-language Swedish pop on the international stage.
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