This classic ABBA song is a bittersweet ballad about the end of a relationship. It tells the story of a couple who have decided to part ways, and the narrator reflects on the memories of what they once had. The title phrase "The Winner Takes It All" speaks to the
"The Winner Takes It All" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released on 21 July 1980 as the lead single from the group's seventh studio album, Super Trouper (1980). Penned by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, it is a ballad in the key of G-flat major featuring Agnetha Fältskog on lead vocals, reflecting on the end of a relationship. Although Ulvaeus has denied the song being about his divorce from Fältskog, he has stated the song is about the experience of a divorce. The single's B-side was the non-album track "Elaine".